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Joey Chestnut ate 83 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes onstage in Las Vegas for a live Netflix event on Monday. His longtime rival, Takeru Kobayashi, ate 66. David Becker/Getty Images for Netflix hide caption

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This image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in July 2024 shows a label for Boar's Head liverwurst. The company recalled 7 million pounds of deli meats on July 30, 2024, expanding an initial recall earlier in July after a liverwurst sample collected in Maryland tested positive for listeria. USDA/AP hide caption

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Chef Eric Banh of Seattle, Wash. recommends his cucumber shrimp salad. Ba Bar hide caption

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People on the internet are going cuckoo for -- cucumbers?

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The PSL or Pumpkin Spice Latte. Christina Tkacik/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service hide caption

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To save money on groceries, try these tips before going to the store

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LISTEN: Fruit flies don't appear out of nowhere. Here's how to get rid of them

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The USDA is asking consumers to throw away any potentially contaminated products, including the organic gluten-free chicken breast nuggets seen here. The affected products have a "best if used by" date of March 23, 2025. Perdue Foods hide caption

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Chef René Redzepi in the Apple TV + series Omnivore. Apple TV + hide caption

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This image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in July 2024 shows a label for Boar's Head liverwurst. The company recalled 7 million pounds of deli meats on July 30, 2024, expanding an initial recall on July 25 after a liverwurst sample collected in Maryland tested positive for listeria. USDA/AP hide caption

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These chocolate chip cookies from America's Test Kitchen are yummy. But can they top a cookie created by AI? ‎/America's Test Kitchen hide caption

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Cooking with AI

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KD Deshmukh says he recently celebrated his spouse's birthday with a salmon dinner at home. He also buys in bulk, clips coupons and has switched to more store brands to save money at the grocery store. Steven Pruitt hide caption

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Henrik Christiansen, pictured at a 2022 championship medal ceremony in Australia, is chasing medals as well as chocolate muffins in his third Olympic Games. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images hide caption

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This 2002 electron microscope image from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. Health officials have announced a recall of liverwurst and deli meat products in connection with a national listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people in 13 states. Elizabeth White/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP hide caption

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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that 'boneless' refers to a cooking style, finding Wings on Brookwood not liable for injuries caused by swallowing a bone from one of their 'boneless' wings. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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A customer pays for their food at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Austin, Texas. Chipotle says its portion sizes have not shrunk, despite complaints shared on social media. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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At least two people have died and more than a dozen have been hospitalized in connection with a listeria outbreak linked to meat sold at deli counters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. AJ Watt/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption

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Chef Mustapha Kachetel serves a couscous royal in the restaurant Le Fémina, in Noailles. Emilienne Malfatto for NPR hide caption

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A new French cookbook shows the diversity Marseille through its cuisine

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PepsiCo said sales of its Frito-Lay snacks slumped in the most recent quarter as shoppers became more sensitive to rising prices. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Food prices are no longer rising as much — but here's why it might not feel that way

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