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Food-Related Gift Ideas for the Moms in Your Life

Food-Related Gift Ideas for the Moms in Your Life

Last week the New York Times podcast The Daily published an episode all about the struggles of pandemic parenting, including recordings from the parenting section’s open phone line where they asked readers to share what it’s really been like to raise children over this last year. It’s … a lot, and I 100 percent wept as I listened to it at 4:30 am the other day (when I woke up for the day because my kid wouldn’t go back to sleep)…


What to Eat After You Weight Lift

At some point, we’ve all looked at the expiration date on a container and wondered if the food is still safe to eat. “Use by” and “sell by” dates are found stamped on almost everything in your refrigerator and pantry. But what do those dates mean and is the food still edible once that day has passed?…


We Asked a ‘Chopped’ Chef How to Cook Amazing Food Over a Campfire

When most of us pack the cooler for a camping trip, we expect to be living on hot dogs and canned beans. Or maybe we plan to boil some water and rehydrate a foil packet of pasta. When Mary Brent Galyean goes camping, there’s prime rib, duck confit, roasted corn orzo and red bean cheesecake…


Cheap, Legal And Everywhere: How Food Companies Get Us ‘Hooked’ On Junk

If you’re someone who has turned to snacking on junk food more in the pandemic, you’re not alone. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss says processed food is engineered to be “craveable,” not unlike a cigarette or a hit of cocaine…


According to Amazon Shoppers, This $27 Chef Knife Lasts for Over Three Decades

After enough time in New York City, you become a little numb to questionable situations. For example, the other night after I took the trash out and checked my mailbox, I heard a slow, creepy knocking that continued as I climbed the stairs. Not today, ghost! And when I moved into my apartment four years ago, the only thing I found in the kitchen drawers was a huge knife. Evidence of a butcher who once lived in the apartment? Maybe. However, this knife is so spectacular, if anyone ever comes for it I’ll probably lie to their face…


The One Food That Will Shorten Your Life, Say Experts

A little sweet treat once in a blue moon really won’t hurt your health. In fact, if you follow these healthy dessert habits and even try pairing one of these dessert recipes with a side of fruit, your dessert can actually turn into a nutritious eating experience. Nevertheless, the reason dessert gets a bad rep is due to the high amount of sugar that is usually found in most desserts–especially desserts that are highly processed and sitting on grocery shelves. These products usually do not have much nutritional value to offer your body, and if you’re not careful, they can easily become the one food that will shorten your life…


Food Site Epicurious to Stop Publishing Recipes With Beef

The online food publication announced Monday that it has “cut out” beef: The ingredient will no longer appear in new recipes, articles, newsletters or social media posts. The move is meant to be “pro-planet,” because beef production creates large quantities of greenhouse gas emissions, Epicurious Senior Editor Maggie Hoffman and former Digital Director David Tamarkin explained in an article..