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Dan Gebhart surveys some of the haul of chanterelle mushrooms. Jordan Anderson hide caption

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These mushroom foragers hit the jackpot. Then they got creative

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Striking Kellogg's workers stand outside the Omaha, Neb., cereal plant on, Dec. 2. The company reached a new tentative agreement on Thursday, with its 1,400 cereal plant workers that could bring an end to the strike that began Oct. 5. Josh Funk/AP hide caption

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Earlier this month, customers were able to get cream cheese from a Manhattan grocery store. But Kraft, which owns Philadelphia Cream Cheese, hopes you lay off the popular baking ingredient. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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New York Times food writer Priya Krishna says Dorie Greenspan's World Peace 2.0 cookie are impossible to hate. Mark Weinberg/Mariner Books, an imprint of Harper Collins hide caption

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5 DIY holiday recipes and crafts to avoid supply chain problems

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Listen.

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Detail of the fabric used on his feet by Marcos Antonio Costa, 27, to climb açaí palm trees to pick its berries in the rainforest near Melgaco, southwest of Marajo Island, state of Para, Brazil, on June 6, 2020. Tarso Sarraf/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Do you know who's picking your açaí berries?

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Producers plan to tap 7 million more maple trees to meet syrup demand. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption

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Canada taps into strategic reserves to deal with massive shortage ... of maple syrup

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This cranberry sauce recipe calls for orange zest as well as orange liqueur like Grand Marnier. Steve Klise/America's Test Kitchen hide caption

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Here's an America's Test Kitchen recipe for keeping Thanksgiving (cranberry) saucy

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Thanksgiving is a day at the beach — quite literally — for young Liberians. Above, the beach in West Point is a sandy playing field for soccer lovers. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption

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Down North Pizza employee Myles Jackson presents a pie from the oven. Kimberly Paynter/WHYY hide caption

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Former inmates are cooking up some of Philly's best pizza

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This Thanksgiving, let science help you roast a tastier turkey

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Samantha Seneviratne says her maple cream pie is very, very forgiving. Julia Gartland hide caption

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These 3 Thanksgiving recipes offer a stress-free menu for your holiday gathering

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A trunk full of truffles (Update)

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Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish recipe. Ariel Zambelich/Ariel Zambelich hide caption

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A U.S. Thanksgiving tradition is lost on 2 former members of The Cranberries

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