Seattle Times: Spuds Suffering in This Low-carb World
...that glamour-challenged vegetable, the potato, is gearing up for an image overhaul.
Theories abound as to why we're eating fewer spuds than we once did: changing families, weight-loss diets, an aging population, the decline of home cooking and the rising popularity of mostly potato-free cuisines, such as Mexican and Asian, to name a few.
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