Food & Drink
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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 Walmart, Target, or Aldi? Can any of their pasta sauces…
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10 Popular Proseccos, Ranked Best to Worst
For many of us, prosecco is a cheaper alternative to Champagne, and choosing a bottle often comes down to which label appeals to us when we’re in the liquor store. But is there that much difference between proseccos? For the…
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Best Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants in New York
New York — both the city and the state at large — is often touted as a popular destination for food lovers thanks to its range of culinary offerings. Besides its hidden restaurants, New York is also brimming with hole-in-the-wall…
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14 Slam-Dunk Twists on Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies are a nearly universal joy, celebrated each year on National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (Aug. 4). They’re also easy and cheap to make. Whether you’re baking a batch of a classic family recipe or the original Nestlé…
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16 Jam Recipes to Preserve Fresh Fruit Flavors
We once took for granted the sweet confection we spread across toast in our morning meals, and for most of us, knowledge of jams and jellies didn’t go beyond what was at the local grocery store. Then last year, when…
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The Best Places to Buy Wine Online
There is a pleasure to browsing the racks of a truly great wine store and getting lost amid the vintages as you daydream of sipping wine at some secluded vineyard. But if you don’t have a browse-worthy wine seller nearby…
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Which Fast-Food Chain Did Best During the Pandemic?
There’s little doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic changed the restaurant industry forever. From innovative ways restaurants managed to stay relevant and bring in customers to chains that closed locations across…
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21 Summer Beers to Cool You Off On a Hot Day
The late English author Gilbert Chesterton once wrote: “Let a man walk 10 miles steadily on a hot summer’s day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover…
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Best Spots for Comfort Food Across the South
“Comfort food” means many things to different people, and it can also look a little different depending on where you travel. Whether you find it at a hole-in-the-wall diner, your…
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Relive Your Childhood By Making These 13 Classic Ice Cream Truck Treats
Nothing signals summer like the sound of an ice cream truck slowly rolling down the street, its walls plastered with pictures of treats like snow cones, choco tacos, and ice…
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Classic Drive-In Restaurants Still Going Strong
There’s nothing like a drive-in to conjure memories of a simpler time, when less than a buck could buy you a juicy burger and fries. Like a lot of the…
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The Best Rums Under $35 to Spice Up Your Home Bar
Warm weather calls for rum-based mai tais, mojitos, daiquiris, and other refreshing summer drinks. But store shelves are crowded, and plenty of rums good enough for sipping neat or on…
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20 Chef Secrets for Crisp, Juicy Fried Chicken
There’s nothing like good fried chicken — that crispy exterior and a juicy, tender interior is the holy grail of textural marriages. But, unless you’re a Southern grandma (and maybe…
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The End of Soggy Fries: 10 Ways Science Is Changing Takeout
Nobody wants limp, soggy fries or pizza crust that disintegrates during delivery or after pickup. The good news is that we’ve come a long way from wax paper and foil…
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Beat the Heat: 13 Cheap, Refreshing Summer Wines
Summer means finding ways to stay cool, and refreshing beverages are always a good start. What better antidote to the dog days of summer than cold, crisp wine? Many of the…
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Snack Food Showdown: Trader Joe’s vs. Aldi
When you’re craving something crunchy, crispy, salty, or savory, nothing satisfies like chips and crisps — potato, pretzel, or veggie, it doesn’t matter as long as they’re tasty. After shopping…
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Award-Winning Regional Snacks the Rest of the Country Needs
Do you get the munchies between meals? Do you like to sample small-batch and locally made sweets and snacks? Then put down those chips you bought at the local big-box…
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The Best Foreign TV Shows to Binge This Summer
Chances are good that you’ve watched more TV over the 15 months or so — like, a lot more. Maybe you’re even feeling like there’s just not that much left…
