Food & Drink
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Artist Builds 3,000-Pound Tomb to Preserve Bag of Hot Cheetos
Deep in the Pacific Northwest, entombed in a 3,000-pound concrete sarcophagus, lies a resin-encased bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The snack food time capsule is the Washington artist and TikTokker Sunday Nobody’s most recent project, one of several “meme” art…
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This Company Will Pay You To Skip This Year’s Turkey Trot
If you’re not eager to slog through your community’s annual 5K turkey trot on Thanksgiving, Coffee mate, Nestle’s coffee-creamer brand, is offering an out. Those who enter its $5K to Skip the 5K sweepstakes for a chance a the prize…
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Drinking Deaths: Fatalities Caused by Alcohol Surged 26% During Pandemic
Though most of us were well aware of the growing number of coronavirus fatalities during the pandemic, we may not have been as cognizant of early deaths caused by other factors, including drinking. Deaths caused by alcohol use rose 26% during…
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Seasonal Aldi Favorites That Should Be Available Year-Round, According to Superfans
Whether you mourned the loss of Costco’s combo pizza or cursed Trader Joe’s for axing its chocolate pudding, most shoppers know the sinking feeling that accompanies a product’s disappearance. Aldi superfans are no different. In a recent Reddit thread, the…
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The Best (and Worst) Store-Bought Coffee Creamers
There’s no shame in adding cream and sugar to your coffee. But if you want to sweeten your morning up a little bit with coffee creamer, which direction do you go in? Do you blast off into sweetness or opt…
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A Free Krispy Kreme Doughnut on Election Day Is a Sweet Deal
Election Day results tend to make voters either thrilled or miserable thanks to our two-party system. No matter which side you’re on, Krispy Kreme is hoping to make your day a little brighter with a free sweet treat. On Tuesday,…
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New Jet-Puffed Item Might Be Just the Thing for Sweet Dreams
Buying pillows used to be so simple. You either got one stuffed with feathers or synthetic fluff and selected your firmness — from cloud-like to something short of hard. These…
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Costco Superfans Reveal the Retailer’s ‘Best Deals’
While most retailers tack on 25-50% extra on products to make a profit, Costco keeps its markups lower than 15%, ensuring that its members pay low prices. And some deals…
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Here’s What It’s Like To Be a Costco Sampler
Beyond boosting sales as high as 2,000%, grocery store samples can turn shopping into a fun, food-filled pastime. That’s certainly the case at Costco, where sampling is part of the warehouse…
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Walmart Holds the Line on the Cost of Its Thanksgiving Meal Baskets
Walmart is saying no to higher prices for holiday meals. The mega-retailer is selling its Thanksgiving meal baskets at the same cost as last year. The baskets feature traditional Thanksgiving…
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Here’s Why Trader Joe’s ‘Two-Buck Chuck’ Is So Cheap
Producing a single glass of wine takes gallons of water, hours of labor, hundreds of shiny stainless-steel storage tanks, and miles of gas-guzzling transport. So how is it that a…
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Hold My … Tree? Miller Lite Combines Beer Keg and Christmas Tree Stand Into One
The phrase keg stand may conjure up images of a frat party of drunk bros holding an upside-down pal’s legs straight up while he chugs beer directly out of the…
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Taste Test: Costco Boba Tea vs. Trader Joe’s Boba Tea
Invented in Taiwan in the 1980s, boba or bubble teas have been making a splash on social media — with foodies either marveling at the chewy consistency of the starchy…
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McDonald’s Rolls Out ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Happy Meals
McDonald’s has been on a roll with Happy Meals lately, and the latest variation is no exception: Black Panther Happy Meals were just released, complete with sleek black and purple…
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8 Gluten-Free Beers That Are Actually Delicious
If you’re a gluten-free beer drinker, you likely already know the headache of finding beer that is both delicious and gluten-free. That’s because the gluten-free beer market, like the general beer…
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Get a Free or Cheap Lunch for National Sandwich Day
There’s no such thing as a free lunch unless it happens to be one of those made-up food “holidays.” That’s when fast-food and chain restaurants use it as an excuse…
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Stouffer’s New Lasagna Bloody Mary Is the Cocktail No One Saw Coming
Now you can have your Stouffer’s lasagna and drink it too, at least if the phrase “lasagna bloody mary” doesn’t make you queasy. For some reason, the famous frozen lasagna…
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The Best Spicy Foods at Trader Joe’s, According to Shoppers
If the prospect of lighting your mouth on fire doesn’t sound so terrible and you scoff at the site of a poblano, chances are you’re always searching for red-hot spicy…
