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McDonald's to sell Krispy Kreme doughnuts nationwide

McDonald's will add another sweet treat to its menu offerings by expanding its partnership with Krispy Kreme. It will sell the doughnuts nationwide by 2026.

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How Do I Know When a Steak Is Done? | Cook's Country

In terms of pulling off a restaurant-worthy meal in less time than it takes to drive to a restaurant, not much beats a perfectly seared steak. Nice steaks aren’t cheap, though, so to make sure you get your money’s worth, you’ll want to guarantee that it’s cooked to perfection.

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Beware of Toxic Spices: Heavy Metals Found in Major Brand Names

Four lawsuits have been filed over the last two years over significant levels of toxic heavy metals in ...

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The Jewish History of Baileys | The Nosher

As it turns out, Baileys Irish Cream liqueur does not have deep roots in Ireland, but was actually invented by a South African Jew.

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What Cheeses Should I Put on My Cheese Board? | Cook's Country

A good rule of thumb is to choose three to five cheeses with different flavors and textures. Think sharp and crumbly (such as cheddar or Parmesan), soft and bright (like goat cheese), firm and nutty (such as Manchego or Gruyère), tangy and funky (a blue), or ripe and oozy (a Brie).

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Here's How Long Canned Cranberry Sauce Lasts In The Fridge

Don't toss the sauce. Canned cranberry sauce has a considerable shelf-life when properly stored in refrigerator after opening. Here's how long canned cranberry sauce lasts.

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The Best Classic Restaurants in Every State

This year, we're renewing our vows with America's finest old-school institutions.

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The Best Snack in Every State | Food & Wine

These 50 American snacks are the best of the best. Here's where to find them.

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Wendy’s Set To Launch New French Toast Sticks Nationwide This Month - Chew Boom

New French Toast Sticks are coming to Wendy’s this month (August), according to several sources familiar with the situation. Advertisment Story continues below At launch, French Toast Sticks will debut as a permanent addition to ..

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The Oldest Liquor Store In America Is Found In Charleston, South Carolina

Visit the Tavern at Rainbow Row in Charleston, South Carolina, to set foot inside the oldest liquor store in America.

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A Gorgeous New Cocktail Bar Opens Inside Historic LA Bradbury Building - Eater LA

The 128-year-old building, used as a backdrop for films like Blade Runner, gets a new limited-time drink spot

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Lucy Bell's Is One Of The Most Remote Restaurants In South Carolina

Travel by way of car, ferry, and golf cart to get to this outdoor restaurant with dining under a centuries-old live oak in South Carolina.

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10 Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipes That Will Keep You Warm All Winter | Food & Wine

Homemade hot chocolate is the best thing to drink when it’s just too cold to step outside. Here are a few hot chocolate recipes that will get you through the cold winter months, bonus points for making a boozy hot chocolate.

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Best Holiday Cookie Recipes | Food & Wine

Holiday cookies include gingerbread cookies with royal icing and chocolate-mint thumbprint cookies. Plus more holiday cookies.

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5 Eggnog Recipes to Drink (and Eat) | Food & Wine

Food and Wine's easy and delicious recipes for eggnog including cocktails and desserts.

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How to Store Sweet Potatoes So They Don't Shrivel Up | MyRecipes

Sweet potato storage 101: How long do they last and should they go in the fridge? Learn here.

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The Best Hamburgers for Pickup & Delivery Near Me | October 2020

Wondering where to eat the best hamburgers with kids in Los Angeles? Try one of these places where you can find Los Angeles' best hamburgers.

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20 Melty Grilled Cheeses You Need to Try | Food & Wine

Grilled cheese recipes include grilled cheese with bacon sandwiches and triple-decker Italian grilled cheese sandwiches. Plus more grilled cheese recipes.

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Slow Cooker Mistakes and How to Fix Them | MyRecipes

You think set it and forget it means no room for error? Think again.

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Best Fried Rice Recipe - How To Make Perfect Fried Rice

Fried Rice from Delish.com is the best thing to make with your leftover rice.

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Iconic Stan’s Donuts Westwood Saved By Equally-Old LA Doughnut Shop - Eater LA

Fans were sad to learn in April that owner Stan Berman was retiring after 55 years, but now 64-year-old Primo’s Donuts is on to revive the shop

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How to Keep Strawberries Fresh for As Long As Possible | MyRecipes

The best way to store strawberries so these fresh berries don't go bad.

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Thai Peanut Chicken Noodles - Damn Delicious

Thai Peanut Chicken Noodles - The quickest noodle dish you could ever whip up in less than 30 minutes. Full of flavor, and can be served as a side or main!

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We Tried 8 Kinds of Ice Cream Sandwiches And This Was the Best

We all scream for ice scream, but which ice cream sandwich made us scream the most?

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The One Mistake You’re Making When Cleaning Your Stovetop | Real Simple | MyRecipes

First rule: Do not procrastinate. Here's how to act fast to clean a glass cooktop or gas burner stove, the right way.

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Cold Food Storage Chart | FoodSafety.gov

Follow these guidelines from FoodSafety.gov for storing food in the refrigerator and freezer to keep it tasty and safe to eat.

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Top 10 All-Time Favorite Pies

F&W editors present their favorite pies of all-time including chocolate cream, deep-dish strawberry rhubarb and Andrew Zimmern's go-to coconut custard.

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Amazon’s Best-Selling Meat Thermometer Is On Sale | Food & Wine

The ThermoPro TP03 Digital Instant Read is Amazon’s best-selling meat thermometer and accurately measures temperatures in seconds. And right now it’s

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32 Italian Desserts We Love | Food & Wine

Italian dessert recipes, from pumpkin-gingersnap tiramisù and creamy rose panna cotta to biscotti and parfaits.

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Wake Up and Smell the Newest Independent Coffee Shops in LA

From the Downtown LA Arts District to Pacific Palisades, get your caffeine fix at the latest and greatest indie coffee shops in LA.

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31 Delightful Blueberry Desserts Beyond Pie

These incredible blueberry dessert recipes include blueberries suspended in a gorgeous hibiscus gelatin and a goat cheese cake studded with blueberries.

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Red meat halves risk of depression - Telegraph

Women who reduce lamb and beef in their diets are more likely to suffer
depression, according to the new study.

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Add This Ingredient to Your Beans to Avoid Gassiness Later | MyRecipes

The remedy to bean-related bloat is likely already in your spice cabinet.

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Why You Should Be Using Your Phone's Contacts to Save Recipes | Mental Floss

If you want to access a recipe hands-free, save it under a new contact and ask Siri to pull it up when you're in the middle of cooking dinner.

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15 Go-To Pasta Recipes You'll Make for the Rest of Your Life

Whether you're making your own fresh pasta or using the store-bought variety, a good pasta dish is reliable, makes you feel good, and you can turn to it any time.

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Slow Cooker Spicy Brisket with Texas Caviar Recipe - Marcia Kiesel | Food & Wine

You've never had Texas brisket like this before, but it may change the way you enjoy it forever. More Brisket Dishes ...

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Best Roasted Chicken Recipes – Baked Chicken Dishes | Food & Wine

Roast chicken recipes include Julia Child's favorite roast chicken and juicy honey-and-lemon-glazed roast chicken. Plus more roast chicken recipes.

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The Better Way To Eat Chicken Wings - World Village

Chicken wings are a delightful snack! It's one of the best sellers in fast food chains and restos. But do you have a hard time eating chicken wings? Well,

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The Better Way To Eat Chicken Wings - World Village

Chicken wings are a delightful snack! It's one of the best sellers in fast food chains and restos. But do you have a hard time eating chicken wings? Well,

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How to Grill the Best Vegetables of Your Life | MyRecipes

With some simple guidelines, you can grill any vegetable like a champ.

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How to Get the Freshest Meat and Seafood From Wherever You Shop | MyRecipes

These simple tips will help you secure the freshest possible cut of meat or piece of fish every time

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Updated Chicken Chow Mein Recipe - Marcia Kiesel | Food & Wine

Marcia Kiesel's modern version of this Chinese-American dish includes stir-fried egg noodles with chicken sausage, chiles, basil and an unexpected ing

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38 Irresistible Holiday Cookie Recipes You Can Totally Master

The holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a batch of cookies (or two or three). We’ve created the ultimate list of holiday cookie recipes to include in your celebrations, many of which are tried-and-true favorites from our own editors and staff. Read on to sweeten up your season.

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Best Winter Beef Recipes

Food & Wine's Justin Chapple shares the best beef recipes.

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How to Cook a Frozen Turkey | MyRecipes

If your Thanksgiving turkey didn’t thaw in time and you’re left with a block of ice, here’s how you can roast that frozen fowl and still enjoy your

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These Are the Worst Possible Ways to Thaw a Turkey | MyRecipes

For the love of a safe Thanksgiving (and everyone at your table), do not thaw your turkey with any of these methods.

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The Best Pizza in Los Angeles

In honor of National Pizza Day, we rounded up our favorite pizza shops in Los Angeles. Read on to see where to score the best slice.

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Best Hamburger Spots for Los Angeles Kids

Wondering where to eat the best hamburgers with kids in Los Angeles? Try one of these places where you can find Los Angeles' best hamburgers.

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Peppermint Bark Oreos Launch for the 2018 Holiday Season | Food & Wine

The cookies feature “peppermint flavored crème with crunchy sugar crystals.”

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Best Crockpot Recipes for Fall

Soups, stews and apple cider, these are a few of our favorite crockpot things.

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14 Foods With More Vitamin C Than an Orange

When you think vitamin C, you inevitably think oranges. But what if we told you that this fruit is just kind of meh in the C department compared to some other produce picks?

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The Best Ice Cream in Los Angeles

Some of Red Tricycle's favorite frozen treats around Los Angeles: Ice Cream, Fro-yo, Gelato...yum!

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Ultimate Guide to the Fourth of July | Food & Wine

We have designed the Ultimate Fourth of July Guide with hundreds of recipes that highlight barbecue, summer produce, patriotic dishes and more.

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Best Sandwiches in the U.S. | Food & Wine

A guide to America's best sandwiches, from chicken parm to pulled pork.

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Don't Worry! IHOP Name Change Is Just a Burger Promotion | InvestorPlace

The recent IHOP name change is nothing to worry about as the company is just looking to promote its new Ultimate Steakburgers.

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The Best Donut Shops in America

These are the best donut shops just in time for National Donut Day.

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E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grows

If you have chopped lettuce in your fridge and you’re not sure if it’s romaine, you should still throw it away.

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Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Sandwiches Recipe - Marcia Kiesel | Food & Wine

The Vietnamese accents here come from Sriracha (Southeast Asian chile sauce) and sweet-salty pickled onions. More Sandwich Recipes ...

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Krispy Kreme's New Donuts are Nutter Butter and Chips Ahoy! Flavored - Thrillist

The chain is releasing two new cookie-inspired donuts for a limited time, Krispy Kreme announced Tuesday.

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The Best Ramen Bowls in Los Angeles | Discover Los Angeles | California

No matter where you are in L.A., there is always a very good bowl of ramen within reach. Read on to find out where to find comfort in this noodle-broth dynamo of a city.

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Stepping Back in Time at Rae’s – Palisades News

By Bob Vickrey Special to the Palisades News You’ve driven by it numerous times on Pico Boulevard, but like most Westsiders, you’ve probably never considered stopping for a meal at this old-fashion…

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Bulgogi Sloppy Joes With Scallion Salsa Recipe - NYT Cooking

The dish is the Korean barbecue standard known as bulgogi — “fire meat,” is the literal translation — transformed into a sandwich filling, a sloppy Joe for a more perfect union (File under “Blessings of Liberty.”) Fed to children with a tall g

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This One Trick Will Make Your Pasta So Much Better

This one easy cooking trick will make your pasta so much better—and it doesn't even take any extra time.

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Here's How Whole Foods' New Prices Compare To A Regular Supermarket

Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods Market has caused a lot of speculation in how the tech giant will change the high-end supermarket chain.

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Best Ice Cream Shops in America

Discover the best ice cream parlors in the country and what flavor you need to order at these sweet spots.

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Why Is Rotisserie Chicken So Addicting?

We can always count on Dr. Oz to expose the truth about our favorite foods. He recently investigated the hidden ingredients in rotisserie chicken, and now we finally know why it's so addictive. He teamed up with award-winning writer Mark Schatzker to figure out why Americans can't get enough of the stuff, especially Costco's $5 rotisserie chicken.

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McDonald’s Italy Introduces Nutella Burgers (Plus More of the Weirdest International Fast Foods)

Great or gross? Take a look at the oddest eats from McDonald’s, KFC, and other chains around the world

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There’s No Place Like Home: Eats for Transplants

Here's where you can introduce your LA babies to the hometown eats you grew up on!

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Now Clucking: Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken

We know where you can find the very best fried chicken in town. Seriously.

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McDonald's expands all-day breakfast menu

The fast food giant revealed on Wednesday that it will be expanding its All-Day Breakfast menu to include biscuit, McMuffin and McGriddle sandwiches.

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F.D.A. Ruins Raw Cookie Dough for Everybody - The New York Times

Investigations traced the source of an E. coli outbreak to flour that was produced in November 2015 at the General Mills facility in Kansas City, Mo.

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KFC, With New Nail Polish, Redefines Chicken Fingers - The New York Times

As part of a marketing campaign in Hong Kong, the chicken chain is offering lickable, edible nail polish in two flavors: Original, and Hot and Spicy.

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10 Of The Oldest Restaurants In Southern California

Did you know there are restaurants here in SoCal that are over 100 years old? Check out these 10 spots in SoCal that are full of history and full of flavor.

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McDonald's is testing a new breakfast item that's unlike anything we've ever seen

McDonald's is reportedly testing a Chicken McGriddle in Ohio. The sandwich is being tested at 11...

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Salt & Straw - Fresh Made Ice Cream in Portland and LA

Ice cream by mail: Salt & Straw one of America's best mail order ice creams

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Taco Bell Unveils Its Quesalupa During the Super Bowl. Here’s What It Tastes Like

Taco Bell has finally unveiled its newest menu item: the Quesalupa, which is served with a giant dollop of hype.

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Ramen, Nagoya-style, at the new Anzutei ramen shop - LA Times

The Los Angeles ramen aficionado has in recent years learned to differentiate shio ramen from tonkotsu ramen, miso-tinged Sapporo ramen from tangy Kitakata ramen, and fishy Tokyo-style ramen from pork-intensive Tokushima-style ramen.

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15 Must-Try Dumpling Destinations in Los Angeles

From xiaolongbao to mandu to khinkali, we've got you covered.

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A Korean Barbecue Guide to Los Angeles

Korean barbecue is an integral part of the L.A. dining scene: even Brangelina grill their own bulgogi.

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Why Do I End Up Throwing Out So Much Food? - WSJ

Refrigerators want to come to the rescue with new technology to keep produce fresher longer. ‘It makes me feel horribly guilty.’

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Here's what happened when I started asking the almond industry about the ingredients in almond milk

I knew that a standard serving of almond milk contains a fraction of the nutritional value found in a serving of almonds.

So I wanted to find out just how many almonds are actually in a carton of almond milk.

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Hollywood's Longest-Standing Bartender Has 86'd More Celebrities Than You

We spoke to the longest-standing bartender in Hollywood about his ethos on slinging dry martinis, 86ing movie stars, And DD’ing For Charles Bukowski.

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Top 10 Non-Sports Bars & Restaurants to Watch Sports in Los Angeles | Discover Los Angeles

Bars and restaurants that weren't necessarily designed for watching sports can still be great places to catch a game. Discover 10 places to enjoy a game in the Los Angeles area.

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Crazy Coffee | The Pioneer Woman Cooks | Ree Drummond

A couple of weeks ago, I was working on my new cookbook. My friend Andy was helping me prep food and get things organized, an...

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26 Discontinued Foods That We Need To Bring BACK!!

Like a hulk of a St. Bernard that thinks it’s a tiny shih tzu, awesome things sometimes plop into our laps—a beautiful sunset, a stumbled upon TV show, a video of a guinea pig-sized goat frolicking with a friend. Sometimes, these things are taken from

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Why American Jews Eat Chinese Food on Christmas

If there’s a single identifiable moment when Jewish Christmas—the annual American tradition where Jews overindulge on Chinese food on December 25—transitioned from kitsch into codified custom, it was during Supreme Court Justice Ele

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The Perfect Way To Hold A Burger

Directions on how to eat a burger the right way.

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6 Ways You're Eating McDonald's Wrong | BuzzFeed - Yahoo Screen

Want to know how get hot fries every time? Two words: "No salt." They'll make a new batch and you can add the salt yourself. Save money by ordering the "poor man's Big Mac": A McDouble with special sauce, lettuce, pickle and no ketchup

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Taco Bell Owner's Next Big Thing Is Vietnamese Fast Food

Yum! Brands is hoping bánh mì sandwiches can be the next burrito. On Friday in Texas, the fast food behemoth behind Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut launched its first Banh Shop, focusing on Vietnamese-style sandwiches made of meat or to...

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REVOLVING SUSHI BAR | KULA

The hands-down favorite for local families, this place banishes the myth that inferior quality fish is served in economy priced sushi bars. The fish here is as fresh as all the other neighborhood joints and you can’t beat the fun factor and anticipation of watching your favorites inch closer. With the extra large booths and the extra small price per plate (only $2.25 each), it's just perfect for families.

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13 things you didn't know about In-N-Out Burger

While yes, there're a ton of things you DO know about Southern California's burger holy land, there are even more you DON'T.

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12 Small Burger Chains That Might Take Over the World

No matter how full of big burger chains our country may be, we always seem to make room for one more. In past years we’ve seen empires like Five Guys and In-N-Out flex their regional muscles until they burst into the mainstream, and it’s only a

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Gluten Intolerance May Be Completely Fake: Study

If you're not celiac, you're probably not gluten intolerant. That's according to an academic study that effectively overturned the results of a previous one in 2011, which had served as evidence that non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) is a r

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Baking with Colette

Committed to making baking better • Educator and Instructor for the enthusiastic baker!

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Ship Lou Malnati's, Chicago's Best Deep Dish Pizza | Tastes of Chicago

Are you looking to ship Lou Malnati's, Chicago's best deep dish pizza? Visit Tastes of Chicago today and order one up!

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    Food Expired? Here's What's Still OK to Chow Down On

    When Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe's announced that he was planning on opening a discount grocery store that cared expired food earlier this week, the big question was

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      Fudgy Mocha-Toffee Brownies | MyRecipes.com

      Best Bar Cookie. These gooey bars are as rich as anything you'll find in a bakery. They are a welcome treat in a lunch box, as a weeknight dessert, or any time you need a sweet treat. --Recipe by Kathleen Kanen (January/February 2005)