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News Articles: lunch

A Chinese worker's vision of "white people food" includes raw veggies, crackers, lunch meat and raspberries. This kind of pared-down, easy-to-prepare meal is catching on among office workers in China's cities.

This is not a joke: Chinese people are eating — and poking fun at — #whitepeoplefood

The playful term is trending on social media: Urban workers are embracing (even while joking about) easy-to-fix, healthy Western-style lunches — think sandwiches, veggies ... a lonely baked potato.

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  • Aowen Cao and
  • Emily Feng
Young women eat lunch in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in January 1929.

Drop that fork! Why eating at your desk is banned in France

What the French history of the leisurely lunch break can teach us about separating work from rest.

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  • Gregory Warner and
  • Luis Trelles
Young women eat lunch in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in January 1929.

Drop that fork! Why eating at your desk is banned in France

What the French history of the leisurely lunch break can teach us about separating work from rest.

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By:
  • Gregory Warner and
  • Luis Trelles
Kindergartner Landon Hall (right) licks his fingers as he finishes off his peanut butter and jelly sandwich at Alexander II Magnet School where students began their lunch at 10:30 in the morning.

How Congress Could Change Lunchtime In Macon Schools

The federal Farm Bill making its way through Congress could dramatically reduce the availability of free school meals. Those meals offer significant...

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