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Travis R. / Yelp 11 Foods You’ve Never Eaten Unless You’re From Florida
Florida might be known for theme parks, hurricanes, humidity, and beautiful beaches. However, the state’s mashup of Southern, Caribbean, and Latin American influences has also created a menu that’s intriguing, bizarre, and deeply local. Some dishes are so specific to…
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DepositPhotos 15 Industries That Would Benefit From a Recession
The stock market tumbles, businesses halt operations, and consumers tighten their belts against inflationary price hikes — it all sounds pretty bad. Yet some industries have built-in mechanisms that allow them to survive, and even thrive, when economic storm clouds…
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Target Target Baby Food Recalled for Lead Contamination
It seems like nothing you buy at the grocery store is safe anymore, and now that unfortunately includes baby food. Target quietly issued a recall on some of its store brand baby food last month, and the U.S. Food and…
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Cheapism Skip the Road Trip: Bake Your Way Across America With These 12 Legendary State Pie Recipes
From Alaska’s campfire salmon pie to Florida’s no-bake Key Lime, these regional desserts prove there’s a lot more to America than apple and pumpkin.Pie is as American as, well, you get the gist. According to a survey by the American…
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Nes/istockphoto 32 Ways You’re Ruining Your Home and Don’t Even Know It
Our home’s walls, floors, porch, patio, roof, plumbing, lights — and so on — form our own personal safety net. When you look at it that way, of course you want to do everything you can to protect that inner…
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filadendron/istockphoto States That Eat the Most Fast Food
Escoffier School of Culinary Arts analyzed some data on the number of fast-food restaurants in each state, as well as general fast-food consumption across the country, and gave each state a score (for the full, complicated methodology, check here). Want…
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Wilder Shaw / Cheapism Why McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines Never Work
Every few weeks, usually at night, I have a sudden craving for vanilla soft serve from McDonald’s. But just as I start to fantasize about the immaculate, snow-white swirl, I…
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Lacey Muszynski / Cheapism 5 Name-Brand Items That Are Always Superior
A wise person once said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” They were certainly onto something with that wisdom-soaked sentiment, and it’s never rung more true. In this day…
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Hispanolistic/istockphoto The Best Sports Bars in America, Ranked
When playoff time hits, sometimes watching the game at home doesn’t really do the trick. Sometimes you need to be surrounded by strangers, slapping five with people who have been…
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DepositPhotos.com The Best Fast-Food Chicken Chains, Ranked
Chicken-focused fast food chains are a part of our world that aren’t going anywhere. Whether you’re dealing with tenders, nuggets, sandwiches, or bone-in wings, there are probably plenty of options…
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Publishers Clearing House Publishers Clearing House Files for Bankruptcy, But Will Still Run Sweepstakes
Publishers Clearing House commercials — you know, the ones where they’d show up at someone’s door with a giant check — were inescapable in the 1980s and 1990s, but you…
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Chalffy/istockphoto 16 Rare Vinyl Records That Can Be Worth a Lot Today
If you’ve got a box of old records lying around, it might be a good time to check what’s actually in there. While not every dusty LP is a hidden…
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grinvalds/istockphoto Why Women Are Taxed More on Underwear Than Men
Unlike men’s tighty whities, women’s underwear has long been considered fashion, but does that mean women should pay more for their undergarments? Nevertheless, they do. Women pay a higher tariff…
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James Andrews/istockphoto American Cities With the Most Expensive Pizza
When you’re hungry, don’t feel like cooking, and don’t want to spend a lot of money, pizza is the perfect choice. It’s cheap, readily available, and can feed a whole…
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monkeybusinessimages/istockphoto The 10 Best (and Worst) States for Retirement
Trying to decide where to spend your Golden Years? Take a look at the best states for retirement, and which ones you might avoid.
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Lacey Muszynski / Cheapism The Easter Brunch Casserole You Can Make Ahead of Time
I am all about make-ahead holiday meals. It’s very satisfying to make a dish the day before you need it in order to spend more time with family and not…
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VeselovaElena/istockphoto 21 Creative Twists on Easter Ham
Easter is right around the corner, which for many people means ham will soon be appearing on the family dinner table. Whether you’re partial to a traditional glazed, baked ham…
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AegeanBlue/istockphoto 14 Easter Brunch Casserole Recipes Passed Down By Grandma
Casseroles are a crowd-pleasing way to feed lots of people during holiday gatherings, and considering the amount of casserole recipes in grandma’s recipe box, she knew that too. For Easter,…
