It’s almost Thanksgiving, so you want to be the hostess with the mostest. You don’t be remembered for the boiled vegetables, if you know what I mean. Creamed Onions Onions are delicious but drowning them in butter and essentially serving them as soup? Just no. Have sliced, roasted onions alongside your turkey if you want, …
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This Halloween was 100% a let-down. We did our best with pre-portioned grab bags, candy chutes, and socially distanced trick-or-treat tables, but despite our accommodations, we’re still slap-dab in the middle of a pandemic. So it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when only a handful of trick-or-treaters showed up Saturday night. I bought an …
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20 of the Truly Weirdest Foods Ever Marketed Tastes change. We all know this from looking at old pictures. We change our hairstyles, clothing choices, and even the food we like. Styles and trends evolve with time, often for the better. Think about some of the clothes and haircuts that were actually popular at one …
Did you know that October is national dessert month? These are the most delicious desserts that you have to try, and this is the month to try them! Cheesecake If you haven’t already had cheesecake, then you must try it. A traditional cheesecake has a base of cream cheese with eggs, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, …
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We’ve covered a lot of science lately. From paradox-free time travel to uncovering the reasons behind sexy birdsong, it seems science has been advancing with great strides. Every now and then, though, research hits a setback. Maybe our technology isn’t quite there yet, or scientists discover some new phenomenon we’ve never seen before, but sometimes …
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Getting passionately attached to strange things is surprisingly common. People form emotional ties to anything from bands to sports teams, certain makes of car to a brand of beer. One of the things that some folks get gung-ho over, despite its fairly objectively awful nature, is Taco Bell. Even some of this author’s best friends …
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The coronavirus pandemic has given the global travel industry, particularly airlines, a real punch in the gut. Some of the recent controversies certain flight operators have run into probably don’t help either. To try and remedy the situation, airlines have started getting creative in trying to keep themselves afloat during hard times. For example, Qantas …
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I’ve seen enough B horror movies to be suspicious of giant vegetables. Everyone knows that size is just the first step to sentience. But I’m not going to hate on anyone filling the hours of lockdown this year however they see fit. A horticulture teacher from Minnesota spent his time nursing a pumpkin to a …
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As many parents are all too aware of, kids can be picky eaters. That’s particularly true when they’re younger and are just starting to explore all the culinary wonders of the world. Most children will get over their difficult food phase and learn to eat new things. Sometimes this process takes longer than usual, and …
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If you missed Where Your Favorite Foods Come From: Part One, click on the title to read it. And for the rest of your favorite foods? Read on. Pepperoni Pizza Well it’s from Italy, right? After all, it’s pizza. So, yes, and no. It turns out the pizza we have been shoveling into our mouths …
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