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 NY Times: I Spent a Week Rescuing Food From the Trash. Here’s What I Ate. A climate-conscious reporter tried an app that connects eaters and surplus restaurant food. She got bargains, no booze and some pleasant surprises. By Judy D’Mello - Photographs By James Estrin

Most meals on the app are sold as “surprise bags,” usually at the end of the day, and you often have no idea what you’ll get. That makes the experience something like gambling.