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An investment from CJ CheilJedang—a $23 billion Korean conglomerate which owns a 25-percent stake in the US frozen pizza market—gives New Culture Foods the boost it needs to get its vegan cheese to pizzerias nationwide in 2023. Most vegans know how to order pizza at any chain restaurant: ask if the sauce and crust are vegan, add extra veggie toppings, and hold the cheese. But what if these chains offered a gooey, stretchy, dairy-identical mozzarella but made without harming any animals or the environment? Game-changer, right? This reality could come as soon as next year thanks to Korean conglomerate CJ...

A few weeks ago, I shared my dirtiest picky-eating secrets and listed the foods I refuse to try — from grapefruit to beans. I asked readers to tell me about their finicky ways. It turns out I'm not the only one out there. Read what they said. Mushrooms? No way. Kevin McDermott, Waterbury I wouldn't eat a banana on a dare. In the late '60s, one of our neighbors had visitors from Delaware and they introduced all the kids to baked bananas. Yum! You cannot even imagine the smell of oozing nanner guts in the oven. I can actually get...