Food & Drink
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These Crazy Candy Cane Flavors Go Way Beyond Peppermint
This holiday season, skip the traditional peppermint-flavored candy canes and tease your taste buds with a flavor that will leave you tongue-tied. How about a shiitake mushroom-flavored candy cane? Kale, perhaps? Maybe bacon? Or how about … a hot dog-flavored…
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Tips for Dining Out on a Low-Salt Diet
We all know too much sodium is a dietary danger, but the Food and Drug Administration wants restaurants and food companies to take action. The FDA recently issued voluntary guidelines aimed at reducing sodium levels in prepared foods over the next…
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The 14 Worst Halloween Candies for Your Teeth
If you ask your dentist, the scariest thing about Halloween is the damage all that candy can do to your teeth. Experts say trick-or-treat sweets aren’t quite so sweet when it comes to oral health. The worst ones are sticky…
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Fall Beers and Ciders: Craft Brews to Toast the Season
Crisp air, the crunch of leaves under feet, leaf peeping, a glowing fire pit — ready or not, autumn is here, and there’s nothing like a belly-warming brew or hard cider on a fall evening to make it feel especially…
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A History of Dessert Posing as Cereal
Whatever your feelings on sugary cereal, the beloved treat has long been a staple on breakfast tables, much to kids’ delight (and parents’ chagrin). Soon, you’ll even be able to grab a bowl of cereal inspired by the Wendy’s Frosty, but it’s…
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The Best Fried Foods Around the World
Few cooking techniques can transform ingredients as magically as frying. Fried food is half the reason most of us go to state fairs (let’s be honest — no one goes for livestock contests) and people have waited in line for…
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20 Things You Didn’t Know About Ben & Jerry’s
If, after digging into a pint of Chunky Monkey (or after you’ve made your own creamy concoction), you’ve wondered what it’s like to work at Ben & Jerry’s or how…
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The Most Outrageous Burgers You Can Order
Burgers are so beloved and ubiquitous that they’ve become the blank canvas of food. Chefs can dress them up any way they want to, and chances are customers will order…
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Which Fast Food Salad Is the Best?
We’ve all been there: it’s inching past lunchtime and the only available options seem to be breaded, fried, and served with a large soda. Thankfully, more fast food chains realize…
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The Most Popular Foods of the Last 70 Years
Impossible burgers, farm-to-table restaurants, charcoal-flavored ice cream, and White Claw have all had their breakthrough moments over the past decade. But many of the foods that today we think of…
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28 Meals You Can Make in Your Toaster Oven
The toaster oven is quite possibly the most underused kitchen gadget in most households. While its diminutive size makes it seem incapable of turning out anything more complicated than grilled…
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Under-the-Radar Coffee Shops in Every State for an Inexpensive Cup
Why pay for expensive Starbucks coffee when your city likely has a righteous and robust coffeehouse where you can do so much better? Deep, fresh, flavorful drip coffee shouldn’t be…
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Don’t Ever Fall for These Weight Loss Gimmicks
Losing weight requires both rock-solid commitment and a plan for reaching and maintaining that goal weight. There’s no shortage of weight-loss strategies out there, but the trick is finding one…
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Pumpkin Spice-Flavored Products You’ll Want to Try — and Which Ones to Skip
Many people enjoy a pumpkin spice latte in a toast to autumn, and pumpkin pie is certainly a seasonal delight. Not long ago, those two things pretty much made up…
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Krispy Kreme Doubles the Free Doughnuts in its Vaccine Promotion
Krispy Kreme is sugarcoating its long-running vaccination doughnut deal by doubling the freebies. In the original deal, announced back in March, anyone who shows their COVID-19 vaccination card at participating…
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25 Places to Find Amazing Waffles Across the Country
For many eaters, waffles are about as American as a food gets. But Belgian waffles, the kind featured in recent years at more great breakfast restaurants across the country, are a…
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20 Ways to Jazz Up Your Oatmeal
Oatmeal is the ultimate budget-friendly breakfast, and it’s packed with nutrients. When you can’t stock up on other breakfast options because the coronavirus pandemic has put a crimp in your…
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Target, Walmart, Aldi: Which Cheap Pasta Sauce Is a Winner?
When it comes to the best jarred pasta sauce, Rao’s Homemade wins plenty of taste tests. It also costs upward of $10 per jar. So what about store-brand offerings from…
