Kim Severson

national food correspondent, New York Times

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Atlanta Bureau Chief and food writer for the New York Times and author of Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life

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Many Gen Zers are choosing milk alternatives over cow milk. The dairy industry is looking for ways to change that, including marketing milk as a sports drink.

‘Got Milk?’ to ‘Gonna Need Milk’: Industry tries winning over Gen Z

Many Gen Zers are choosing milk alternatives over cow milk. The dairy industry is looking for ways to change that, including marketing milk as a sports drink.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Fire, floods, and pests are biblical nightmares that are now commonplace thanks to climate change. Modern farmers have to adapt.

Climate change transforms how California farmers grow crops

Fire, floods, and pests are biblical nightmares that are now commonplace thanks to climate change. Modern farmers have to adapt.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Turtle soup, pecan pie and shrimp po-boys are synonymous with New Orleans, which has always been famous for food.  But Katrina drove some beloved institutions quite literally under…

New Orleans Food Scene Shows the Katrina Recovery

Turtle soup, pecan pie and shrimp po-boys are synonymous with New Orleans, which has always been famous for food.  But Katrina drove some beloved institutions quite literally under…

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