The author awaits a bowl of ramen noodles in a Tokyo restaurant.
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The author awaits a bowl of ramen noodles in a Tokyo restaurant.
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I was born and raised in the American Midwest, but love visiting my parents’ homeland in Japan. Central to every trip there is always the food: Oh my goodness, the food.
Eating is a raging national obsession here, with good reason. Staggering varieties of food are available everywhere; it’s all delicious and — most impressively, to me — always fresh.
Soba noodles come made to order,
American Heart Association fosters nutritional security with healthy food delivery to rural and homebound residents
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., March 18, 2024 — The American Heart Association, dedicated to a world of healthier lives for all, has locked arms with Community Clinic, Cobblestone Farms and United Way of NWA to get healthy homegrown food into the hands of through residents the Food is Medicine initiative. The program is supported by a $99,950 grant from the Walmart Foundation.
In Northwest Arkansas, one in every eight households reports having food insecurity — limited or uncertain access to adequate food — due to one or more social determinants of health.
“The American Heart Association believes in the right to healthy