The coronavirus pandemic has forced many changes in our lives, and one of them has been how we eat and shop. Think about it: People who use to shop at multiple stores now embrace one-stop planning; people who used to shop daily are limiting to once a week. Former bread purchasers have gone all-in on homemade baking, and people who are […]

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I live for the change of seasons, especially the one between summer and fall when the humidity gives out and the mornings start to feel cool again, and I can finally enjoy the experience of turning on my oven. I also love the way the produce changes this time of year—the tomatoes and stone fruit and corn slowly give way […]

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The day I married my husband—a Kentucky-bred man—I not only took on a Southern man, but also his need to own a chest freezer. I was a little surprised at first: After all, we are a childless couple, we neither hunt nor fish, and we live in downtown Chicago, so we are never more than a few blocks from a […]

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I was very late to the air fryer game. Part of me dismissed it as an appliance for families with kids, and part of me was just skeptical. It took some chef friends touting the benefits of this countertop appliance and giving me some advice on how to use it before I was willing to give it a shot. RELATED: […]

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We have never relied on our freezers more than in 2020, am I right? With the pandemic driving the need to stay home and cook more, sales of chest freezers and extra fridges have gone through the roof in the past few months. Which also means that it is the worst possible time to have your freezer fail you. And […]

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When you look at the things you spend money on every month, one of the big ones is probably food. In fact, it’s usually right up there behind rent and car payments. And yet, it’s a place where your hard-earned cash can go to languish and literally rot. If you take a hard look at your pantry, you’ll likely find […]

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Mashed potatoes are one of my specialties. Years of Thanksgivings under my belt have made me something of an expert. I make extra-smooth and velvety butter-laden versions for fancy dinner parties, and rustic barely-smashed skin-on versions for more casual gatherings. Mashed potatoes are my top-tier comfort food, desert island dish, and the thing I crave most the moment the weather […]

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Fast-food restaurants have been engaged in burger wars since the first slab of seared meat came sizzling off a flat top grill. And we don’t just mean those Twitter fights over square patties and frozen meat.  No, restaurants have been trying to out-price and out-promote one another with outlandish deals, over-the-top menu items, and even absurd marketing gimmicks for decades. […]

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