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4 Easy Swaps for Healthy Cooking
5 (Really!) Satisfying Healthy Snacks
How Old-School French Food Inspired Sweetgreen
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How Old-School French Food Inspired Sweetgreen

Co-founder Nic Jammet has mad respect for butter.
5 Foods That Belong On Your Skin and Hair
Lifestyle

5 Foods That Belong On Your Skin and Hair

Some of the best beauty treatments you can buy are probably already in your kitchen.
Rosé Forties Are Here to Make This Summer Your Best Ever
3 Brilliant Uses for Rotisserie Chicken, from BA Readers
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3 Brilliant Uses for Rotisserie Chicken, from BA Readers

Forget chicken salad, we want to use our rotisserie chicken for lettuce wraps.
Blondie's Debbie Harry Just Wants a Big Bowl of Buttercream
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Blondie's Debbie Harry Just Wants a Big Bowl of Buttercream

The Blondie singer let's us know what she's cooking up in the studio and the kitchen these days.
Why Do We Eat Eggs for Breakfast?
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Why Do We Eat Eggs for Breakfast?

A short and fascinating history.
Without Home Ec, I Would Have Never Become a Professional Chef
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Without Home Ec, I Would Have Never Become a Professional Chef

Chef Barbara Lynch remembers the teacher who changed the course of her life in this excerpt from her new memoir, Out of Line.
Flavor Dusts Are the Chef's Staple You Can Bring Home
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Flavor Dusts Are the Chef's Staple You Can Bring Home

Your spice rack won't know what hit it.
Vegetables Are Earning Their Rightful Place in Your Cocktail Glass
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Vegetables Are Earning Their Rightful Place in Your Cocktail Glass

Because you gotta get those 5-9 servings in.
The History of Maldon Salt, the Stuff You Already Put on Everything
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The History of Maldon Salt, the Stuff You Already Put on Everything

How did Maldon become the one name-brand ingredient every chef and home cook can agree on?
What to Eat Before, During, and After Working Out
I Spent An Entire Week Trying to Make Spirulina Taste Good
Lifestyle

I Spent An Entire Week Trying to Make Spirulina Taste Good

A food director vs. superfood showdown
7 Rules for Buying Beer at a Grocery Store
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7 Rules for Buying Beer at a Grocery Store

Rule One: Know what day it is.
This Home Cook Recreates the Crazy—Sometimes Gross—Food from TV and the Movies
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This Home Cook Recreates the Crazy—Sometimes Gross—Food from TV and the Movies

Okay, the rum ham from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia looks kinda good.
Hold My Calls: April Horoscopes Are Here, with Cheese
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Hold My Calls: April Horoscopes Are Here, with Cheese

A cheese for every sign, because why not.
The L.A. Skater Sisters Who Take Their Ashwagandha With a Side of Bacon
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The L.A. Skater Sisters Who Take Their Ashwagandha With a Side of Bacon

Marissa and Lydia Martinez had to learn how to eat well on a budget.
This Watermelon Beer Is Not the Wine Cooler You Think It Is
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This Watermelon Beer Is Not the Wine Cooler You Think It Is

Why we'll be drinking New Belgium's Juicy Watermelon all summer—and not ironically.
Bryan Greenberg Had Burgers and Beers with Meryl Streep
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Bryan Greenberg Had Burgers and Beers with Meryl Streep

The Mindy Project star shares stories of drinking beer with Meryl Streep and starring in Cookie Crisp commercials.
Where Do Those Powders in Your Smoothie Actually Come From?
Lifestyle

Where Do Those Powders in Your Smoothie Actually Come From?

Whether foraged, farmed, or grown in a lab, your medicinal herbs are probably "processed."
The Grocery List: What Our Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport Cooks in a Week
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The Grocery List: What Our Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport Cooks in a Week

In our new series, we take a look at people's grocery lists—and what they actually bought and cooked.
The Best Tricks I Learned at Healthy Cooking School
Lifestyle

The Best Tricks I Learned at Healthy Cooking School

One culinary school grad on the seven techniques that changed her approach to healthy food.
This Tropical Plant Wants to Be Your New Gluten-Free Flour
Lifestyle

This Tropical Plant Wants to Be Your New Gluten-Free Flour

Taro flour is making its way to the mainland... and onto your breakfast plate.
How to Throw a Chill Sunday Dinner Party for Only $40
Katie Couric Wants to Cook with Ina Garten As Much As You Do
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Katie Couric Wants to Cook with Ina Garten As Much As You Do

Behind-the-scenes of Couric's cooking show, filled with food puns and dirty jokes.
The Refugee Juice Bar Owner Who's Defied Pretty Much Every Odd There Is
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The Refugee Juice Bar Owner Who's Defied Pretty Much Every Odd There Is

How Abdulsalam Abujebel went from village doctor in Ethiopia to Harlem juice-bar entrepreneur.
5 Lunch Wines That Want to Connect on LinkedIn
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5 Lunch Wines That Want to Connect on LinkedIn

What makes a wine a lunch wine? Light body, low alcohol, and high acidity.