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What we know about food today is very different from what people once believed, thanks to decades of research, improved technology, and careful scientific study. Everyday choices in the kitchen are ...

Food is, perhaps more than anything else in the world, a focal point for how people think about tradition. Consumers prize traditional processing techniques, and legislators protect traditional ...