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For These Couples, the Best Engagement Ring Is a Lump of Caramelized Sugar
Diamonds are out. Millennial couples are saying "screw tradition" and proposing with Ring Pops now.

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Everything You Need to Know About the Daily Harvest Lentil Crumbles Scandal
What happened to sick customers, what legal action is happening, and what to do if you've eaten them too.

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How Should You Eat to Help You Sleep Better?
Here are the top five tips, according to experts.

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For Millions of Students, A School Lunch Crisis Might Be Impending
The Child Nutrition COVID-19 Waivers allowed all students, regardless of financial status, to eat school meals for free. By June 30, the waivers are set to expire.

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For Chinatown’s Forgotten Residents, Mutual Aid Projects Are Lifelines
"Thank you for thinking of us older people. Thank you for caring for us."

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Can the Seed Cycling Craze Actually Improve Your Menstrual Issues? We Asked Experts
The online trend claims that eating various seeds every day can ease your menstrual cycle and aid fertility.

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The Impractical Pleasure of Eating Fish and Chips on the Beach
It's messy, but you haven't lived until you've tried it.


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The Twisted History of Licorice, the Candy We Love to Hate
Why this dud candy keeps on keeping on, despite a distinct lack of redeeming qualities.

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The Lay’s Masala Effect
How Lay's took over the world's snack aisles, one hyper-specific flavor at a time.

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Cheez-Its Were Everything Wrong With My Childhood—And Everything Right
At my house, where junk food was king, the snack was always, always these golden little squares.

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The Restorative Power of Eating Chips Before Bed
The true pleasure of a long night out is returning home and burying my arm in a bag of chips.

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There Is No Such Thing as "Junk" Food
Food hierarchies are, in truth, sorting mechanisms. It does not make you a worse person to eat "junk" food, and it certainly doesn’t make you a better person to eat whole grains.

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Thank God, the Era of Goop-Style Snacks Is Ending
These are the scams, the stars, and the shifts that are defining the meals we eat between meals, according to Andrea Hernández.

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Before Monster and Rockstar, There Was Bawls
The soft drink with a kick was all the rage at LAN parties in the early 2000s—and then it fizzled out.

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The 12 Best Trader Joe’s Snacks of All Time (Yes, All of It!)
From peanut butter-filled pretzels to the infamous elote chips, Trader Joe’s is a treasure trove of snacks. These are the undisputed best.
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Why We Always Take Another Bite of Ice Cream, According to a Food Developer
Sarah Masoni, who has developed around 100 ice creams, explains the chemistry behind our love for frozen dairy.

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How Healthy Are Fake Meats Like Impossible and Beyond, Really?
Beef-less beef is everywhere. Here’s how it stacks up nutritionally.

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Going to a Passover Seder? Here’s What You Need to Keep in Mind
A little advice for the newbies: Do bring your curiosity. Don’t bring that sourdough loaf.

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For Japanese Americans, 115-Year-Old Benkyodo Was More Than a Mochi Shop
The S.F. shop closes at the end of this month. So does an important chapter for its customers.

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Come for a Paperback, Stay for a Drink and a Snack
Bookstore-cafe combos are becoming the go-to spots for hungry readers.

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How to Eat, Drink, and Entertain Like a Parisian
In Rebekah Peppler's new cookbook À Table, the writer shares how to cook and dine the French way.


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How Is Buttered Toast So Good Every Time?
This is literally 600 words on the perfection of buttered toast. Read while toasting.

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Bean Burger? Pass. Big Slab of Seared Cheese? That’s More Like It
This summer, I’m skipping the homemade veggie burgers. Instead, I’m putting a slab of seared cheese between two buns and calling it a sandwich.

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I Went Vegan for Love—And I Won’t Do It Again
Changing my diet didn't make Ben fall for me, but we became real friends once I stopped eating like him.

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What I'm Drinking to Stay Cool
Cute glasses, the pitcher I love, and more reasons to stay hydrated.

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In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love
While surviving my stepfather’s abuse, I found unlikely solace in his cooking.

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These Grain-Free Pizza Bites Are Deliziosi
They’re chewy, gooey, and packed with organic veggies and mozzarella.
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Finally, a Wellness App for Women of Color
None of the wellness apps I’d come across seemed made for me. Then I found EXHALE.

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Shari Siadat Wants You to Glitter From Head to Toe
The beauty founder talks about loving her unibrow, teaching kids about makeup, and her grandmother’s Persian cooking.

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When It Comes to Sustainable Packaging, These 5 Wines Are Winning
From lightweight bottles to sugarcane capsules, wine is going greener.
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I Hired a Cooking Therapist to Deal With My Anxiety
I went in as a skeptic and emerged with a new perspective on food (and myself).

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‘Kid of the Internet’ Quinta Brunson Wants Us to Keep Growing (and Growing and Growing)
The comedian and author on coming of age on the web, adobo wings, and writing her first memoir.

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A Kitchen to Call My Own
Being at home is one thing. Feeling at home is something else entirely.

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These Tiny LED Grow Lights Keep My Houseplants Alive and My Sanity in Check
No natural light, no problem!

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What Is Nutritional Psychiatry? For Starters, It’s Delicious
How to eat for a better mood, according to the experts.

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We're Calling It: Sage Green Is the Kitchen Color of 2021
It'll help you live, laugh, and love your space again.

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The Perfect Frozen Veggie Burger Doesn’t Exi—
AKUA’s salty-smoky kelp burgers are all I want to eat this summer.

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How Culinary Creative Kiano Moju Makes It From Morning Dance Breaks to Popcorn Dinners
She’s all about graffiti strolls and lunch in Little Tokyo.

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For TikTok’s Kitchen Witches, It’s Been a Year of Magical Cooking
Home cooks seeking comfort and inspiration have prompted a renaissance of age-old spiritual practices.

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How Artist Lauren Halsey Is Feeding South Central LA
Halsey started a community center and distribution hub during the pandemic, but she's not slowing down now.

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5 Low-Alcohol Drinks to Sip at Your Next Vaxxed Hang
All of the party, less of the booze.
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We Were a Family Defined by Illness and Restriction. Oreos Helped Us Heal
They were a good choice for us then: a lot of calories packed into a bite full of sugar and fat.

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I Finally Found a Way to Buy Sustainable Fish Online
PureFish is better for my mom brain—and the planet.

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To Stop Food Waste, We Need to Confront Our Food Anxiety
To understand the solutions, we first have to grasp the problem.

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This Invisible Peel Will Save Good Avocados from Going Bad
When it comes to preserving your produce, Apeel has figured out a way to one-up Mother Nature.

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I Awkwardly Give This Face Razor to Everyone I Know
No shame to anyone’s hair game, but if you’re shaping eyebrows or trimming peach fuzz, the Tinkle is for you.

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When the Non-Muslim World Flattens Me, I Run to Feel Human Again
The body screams, the muscles loosen, and the mind empties.

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When I Accidentally Became a Mother, I Had to Learn to Feed Us
The loving came easy, but cooking was a different story.

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These Very Cute Wine Bags Are Reusable, Which Is Great Because I Love Wine
I bust out my Baggu whenever I need to schlep pét-nat to the picnic.

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This Chef Is Making Postpartum Nutrition More Delicious and Diverse
Jennifer Jolorte Doro is all about kimchi, chamomile tea, and honoring motherhood.


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This Book Is Making Life With Endometriosis a Whole Lot Better
Jessica Murnane is all about white potatoes, foam rollers, and ditching perfectionism.

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These Globally Inspired Snack Boxes Let Me Travel Without, Well, Traveling
Find me in my apartment, snacking on Eat Offbeat’s Iraqi-style tahini-stuffed dates, Syrian sesame-pistachio cookies, and Senegalese candied peanuts.

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These Non-Alcoholic ‘Wines’ Don’t Taste Like the Real Thing—but I Love Them All the Same
Acid League’s funky, complex blends are made for my fancy stemware.
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A Sensualist’s 7 Tips for Finding Sexual Freedom
Ev’Yan Whitney is all about sensual selfies, dance meditation, and writing letters to their inner child.
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Depression Stole My Sense of Taste. Here’s How I Got It Back
Without the joy I used to feel at dinnertime, I no longer felt like me.


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My Favorite Magazine Is a Mushroom Catalog—Yes, You Heard That Right
Fungi Perfecti’s annual magazine is packed with nerdy deep dives and, of course, mushrooms.