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How to Make Kutsher's Sufganiyot (Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts) at Home

If the Maccabees could fry up sufganiyot, you can make them at home. Just follow this Hanukkah recipe from Kutsher's
Nickelback Instagram Parody; Food's 2012 PR Disasters
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Nickelback Instagram Parody; Food's 2012 PR Disasters

Plus, SodaStream's war with the man, a Nickelback-Instagram parody, and more in our daily roundup of food news
Spring 44 Gin Tastes Like Gin, Is Made in America, and Costs $25 a Bottle
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Spring 44 Gin Tastes Like Gin, Is Made in America, and Costs $25 a Bottle

Spring 44 is made in America, and cheap to boot. USA! USA!
Holiday Cookie a Day
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Holiday Cookie a Day

You may be too old to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but you're never too old for this PB&J cookie bar
Dear Pregnant Kate Middleton
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Dear Pregnant Kate Middleton

Here's what you should be eating for the next nine months. (See you at the baby shower, right?)
Watch Adam Rapoport Make Perfect Latkes for Hanukkah
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Watch Adam Rapoport Make Perfect Latkes for Hanukkah

The perfect latkes, says editor in chief Adam Rapoport, are crispy, wispy, and made according to his mom's recipe. Watch him fry some up in this video.
Bon Appetit's December Issue Soundtrack
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Bon Appetit's December Issue Soundtrack

From Woody Guthrie to Outkast, a Spotify playlist for our December issue
Whiskey Cures Vodka Blindness, Why Durian Stinks, and a Caviar Vending Machine,
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Whiskey Cures Vodka Blindness, Why Durian Stinks, and a Caviar Vending Machine,

Plus a caviar vending machine, why durian smells so bad, and more in our daily roundup of food news
How to Bake 25 Holiday Cookie Recipes in 25 Days
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How to Bake 25 Holiday Cookie Recipes in 25 Days

Every day till Christmas, we're bringing you a holiday cookie recipe. Just FYI: You might want to strategize.
Holiday Cookie a Day
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Holiday Cookie a Day

Everything you love about the holiday goes into this white chocolate and peppermint cookie brittle
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Holiday Cookie a Day

These cardamom crescent cookies are multifunction: a boomerang, a St. Nick mustache, and a delicious snack
Holiday Cookie a Day
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Holiday Cookie a Day

One bite of these roll-out cookies and you'll never equate vanilla with boring again
Advent Calendars for Lovers of Chocolate, Cookies, Scotch, and Tea
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Advent Calendars for Lovers of Chocolate, Cookies, Scotch, and Tea

From cookies and fair-trade chocolate to Scotch and gin, these calendars hold day after day of delicious surprises
A Holiday Cookie Party With Dorie Greenspan and Gaby Basora
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A Holiday Cookie Party With Dorie Greenspan and Gaby Basora

Crisp, elegant cookies, stylish threads, and good friends: What more could a girl ask for during the holidays?
Caviar Smuggler Sentenced, a Nativity Made of Meat, Moonshine Marshmallows, and More
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Caviar Smuggler Sentenced, a Nativity Made of Meat, Moonshine Marshmallows, and More

Plus free food movies, boozy marshmallows, a nativity scene made of meat, and more in our daily roundup of food news
Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers Loves Cheese
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Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers Loves Cheese

Plus, what they're eating in the SNL writers' room, his tips on finding a wingman, and why he can't say no to a cheese plate
The Paris Cocktail Revolution
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The Paris Cocktail Revolution

A new wave of cocktails is sweeping Paris--and doing so with a uniquely French twist
Food and Drink Advice for Bill Clinton, If He Moves to Ireland
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Food and Drink Advice for Bill Clinton, If He Moves to Ireland

Will Bill Clinton be the next ambassador to Ireland? It's only a rumor, but that's enough to get us to reveal all we know about eating and drinking there
Our Favorite Reader Photos of a Simple Roast Turkey
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Our Favorite Reader Photos of a Simple Roast Turkey

See our favorite photos of your Thanksgiving turkeys
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Quiz

New exhibits at museums in New York and D.C. are treasure troves of food lore. Take our quiz to see how much you know about what we eat and why. And oh yeah, that's a "waste sculpture"
Hillside Baker Erica Ohrling's Chocolate Smoked Ricotta Bread
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Hillside Baker Erica Ohrling's Chocolate Smoked Ricotta Bread

How chocolate, ricotta, bread, and a wood-fired oven got together to make a killer pastry
How Restaurant Servers Can Help Diners With Kids
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How Restaurant Servers Can Help Diners With Kids

The Foodist likes taking his kids out to eat, and he's got a few tips for servers on how to make things go smoothly (hint: no wine glass for the 9-month-old)
Jean-Georges Wants to Know What Grant Achatz is Smoking
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Jean-Georges Wants to Know What Grant Achatz is Smoking

Plus what Grant Achatz is smoking, how gangsters make latkes, and more in our daily roundup of food news
An Interview with Female Whiskey Sommelier Heather Greene
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An Interview with Female Whiskey Sommelier Heather Greene

Heather Greene loves brown liquor. What she doesn't love: condescending men. A look at the life of New York's first female whiskey sommelier
Stupid American Food Patents, from the 1910s to Today
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Stupid American Food Patents, from the 1910s to Today

From the automobile stove to the heart-shaped cheese slice, a century of idiotic American food inventions
Video
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Video

When the shelves at Minneapolis's Marvel Bar collapsed, a security camera captured the bartender's remarkable reaction
2012 Holiday Gift Guide
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2012 Holiday Gift Guide

Retro candy, colorful housewares, artisanal goods, a whole leg of ham, and more in our Holiday Gift Guide