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Fictitious Dishes
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Fictitious Dishes

Graphic designer Dinah Fried cooked and photographed meals from Alice in Wonderland, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Moby-Dick, and more
You Want In on This Cold-Brew Coffee Action?
Fiat to Offer In-Car Espresso Maker for the 500L
Lifestyle

Fiat to Offer In-Car Espresso Maker for the 500L

The Lavazza espresso maker should offer a nice alternative to the classic handful o' NoDoz
The Key to Miami Rapper Rick Ross's Heart Is Cheese
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The Key to Miami Rapper Rick Ross's Heart Is Cheese

This is, of course, not the only reason we love him
The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink
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The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink

Who knew it was "a most excellent Remedy against the Spleen, Hypocondriack Winds, or the like"?
Adventures in Pig Parts
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Adventures in Pig Parts

Attention bacon lovers, this is some serious pig
Danish People Are So Slick They Can Make Coffee In a Bag
Lifestyle

Danish People Are So Slick They Can Make Coffee In a Bag

Like java Shake 'n Bake! (Weird floating hands also courtesy of the Danes)
Picky Eating Is Like Manic Depression, and Other Thoughts from the Author of "Suffering Succotash"
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Picky Eating Is Like Manic Depression, and Other Thoughts from the Author of "Suffering Succotash"

Also there's a doctor at the Duke Eating Disorder Center who thinks a foodie is just "a socially sanctioned picky eater"
Make Ordering Wine Less Terrifying--Ask a Sommelier! We Did
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Make Ordering Wine Less Terrifying--Ask a Sommelier! We Did

Our new series is here to help (but dont' call them "soms")
Culture

Try Your Hand at Our Best-Ever Barbecued Ribs

Rack and roll, boys and girls
Austrian Wine in Summer
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Austrian Wine in Summer

Why not look beyond Provence for your rosé fix?
Butter Your Toast...with Avocado
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Butter Your Toast...with Avocado

See how our Editor in Chief's recipe turned out in bloggers' kitchens
Cheryl Strayed, Author of "Wild", Has Flour Sifting Doubts
The Vegetabrella Lets You Pretend Your Umbrella Is a Head of Lettuce
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McDonald's Canada Shows You How to Make Special Sauce, How to Trust Again

Watch McDonald's Executive Chef teach you how to make a Big Mac as part of McDonald's Canada's ongoing transparency campaign
Brilliant New Study Gives Us Another Reason to Eat Stone Fruits
Kevin Nealon Loves Celebrity Apprentice, Eats a Lot of Veggie Bacon
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Kevin Nealon Loves Celebrity Apprentice, Eats a Lot of Veggie Bacon

And is pretty much nothing like his pothead character Doug Wilson
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Second Cheapest Wine

"Outside of the cheapest, it's the cheapest"
Culture

Watch Aussies Embarrass Themselves in Public to Get Free Rice Snacks from a Machine

A vending machine appeared in a mall, and Australian shoppers bent to its will in exchange for rice crackers
Lunch of Champions
Lifestyle

Lunch of Champions

Here's a peek at what goes down in the Olympic dining hall
Culture

"Share It Maybe"

He sings "before you came into me life me miss you so bad" to a chocolate chip moon
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Easy DIY Post-Wedding Brunch

Don't settle for those dinky pastries. Your guests need grease and spice to get themselves moving again
Bloomberg Defends Soda Ban by Affirming Rights to Suicide, but Science Has a Better Approach
Lifestyle

Bloomberg Defends Soda Ban by Affirming Rights to Suicide, but Science Has a Better Approach

Passive-aggressive suggestions that it's within peoples' rights to kill themselves with sugar=PR gold, but a new study might have an even better idea
Surfers Are Hot. Look at These Surfers.
Culture

Surfers Are Hot. Look at These Surfers.

More or less fun than looking at sexy food?
Actress Piper Perabo Likes Salmon in Her Tiffin and Organic Waste in Her Freezer
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Actress Piper Perabo Likes Salmon in Her Tiffin and Organic Waste in Her Freezer

The butt-kicking star of Covert Affairs--which premiers tonight--shares her morning routine
July 2012 Table of Contents
Sydney Chef Yukako Ichikawa Closes Restaurant, Citing "Greedy," "Intolerable" Customers
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Sydney Chef Yukako Ichikawa Closes Restaurant, Citing "Greedy," "Intolerable" Customers

This famously opinionated chef shut down her restaurant after suffering one too many customers who forgot to bring his own doggy bags for leftovers
Culture

How Andy Warhol Ate (It Was Complicated)

Lucky Peach published an article diving into the artist's strange relationship with food
Look at This Most American of American Pies
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Look at This Most American of American Pies

A gluten-free baker in Baltimore made it and it's pretty bossy