DAHLONEGA, Ga. — A Georgia man is dead and his family believes his death is tied to a product you can buy legally online or even at the grocery store. Scientists say “raw” or “unwashed” poppy seeds ...

The seeds are used whole or ground into meals as an ingredient in many foods – especially in pastries and breads – and they are pressed to yield poppy seed oil. Here are a few health benefits of poppy ...

Although you can find poppy seeds in almost any supermarket, they are usually packaged in 1- or 2.5-ounce jars costing $5 and up — too small and expensive for the accompanying recipes. I used to make ...

In 2023, two New Jersey women tested positive for opiates after eating poppy seed bagels when they arrived at the hospital to give birth, according to the ACLU. News stories like this are alarming: ...

The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and ...

There’s a certain feeling of joyous abandon in Israel at Purim, the happiest, most lighthearted holiday on the Jewish calendar, which begins Thursday evening. Tricks are permissible and treats ...

My husband heard this story many times as a child: When my father-in-law was about 12 years old, he and his family were sent by the Nazis from Hungary to a forced-labor camp in Vienna. On the way back ...

In a letter to the country’s top medical official, the Center for Science in the Public Interest asked U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to issue an advisory warning people of the dangers of ...

WASHINGTON -- Members of Arkansas' congressional delegation have reintroduced legislation to prohibit the sale of unwashed poppy seeds. U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., are ...

My family, and all four of my grandparents lived in Evanston. Nana, my maternal grandmother, loved a fancy little tearoom on Davis Street in downtown Evanston called The Dominion Room. Some internet ...