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You'll Survive Holiday Cocktail Party Season If We Have Anything to Do With It
Google Zeitgeist's Top Ten Recipes (and Restaurants, and Diets) for 2011
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Google Zeitgeist's Top Ten Recipes (and Restaurants, and Diets) for 2011

Google has taken a year of search data and ranked almost everything imaginable--including food!
food52's Best One-Bite Party Snack
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food52's Best One-Bite Party Snack

We're sharing the best home cook-submitted recipes from food52's latest contest.
BA Staffers' Weirdest Holiday Traditions
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BA Staffers' Weirdest Holiday Traditions

Number 8: Gingerbread fortress
How to Survive Holiday Boozing
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How to Survive Holiday Boozing

Both sides of the drunken coin brought to you by Epicurious.
Store-Bought vs. Homemade for Holiday Potlucks
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Store-Bought vs. Homemade for Holiday Potlucks

In one corner, the New York Times, on the side of homemade. On the other, Ayelet Waldman, calling "latter-day Phyllis Schlafley bulls**t" on the Gray Lady.
Kevin Garnett's Recipe for Failure (In the NBA and the Kitchen)
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Kevin Garnett's Recipe for Failure (In the NBA and the Kitchen)

The Celtics power forward appealed directly to the cooks of the world to understand why he's unhappy with what's up in the NBA.
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A Pimento-y Project Worth Checking Out

Some filmmaking pimento cheese enthusiasts tried to figure out what makes the spread so special.
Making the First Kitchen kosher overnight; Signs of a foodie apocalypse in 2012
Here's How to Wrap Those D.I.Y. Holiday Gifts
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Here's How to Wrap Those D.I.Y. Holiday Gifts

Cheesy cellophane need not apply
Scary Stuff in Soda
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Scary Stuff in Soda

Unsurprisingly, including vegetable oil laced with a chemical proven to be dangerous in your DayGlo soda might not be the best plan.
Calling All Vegans! Here's a Christmas Menu For You
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Calling All Vegans! Here's a Christmas Menu For You

We asked the authors of Green Kitchen Stories to create a gluten-free, vegan holiday meal exclusively for our readers
10 Holiday Gifts You Should Never Buy a Cook
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10 Holiday Gifts You Should Never Buy a Cook

You heard it here, from James Beard Award-nominated chef Matt Jennings
Chef Sam Talbot's Tips for Healthy Sweeteners
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Chef Sam Talbot's Tips for Healthy Sweeteners

We spoke with the chef about techniques in his new book, "The Sweet Life: Diabetes without Boundaries."
Top 5 Hottest Restaurant Openings in America in 2012
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Top 5 Hottest Restaurant Openings in America in 2012

Check out the spots on The Foodist's must-do list for the new year
Win a Cookbook
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Win a Cookbook

Vote for which recipe you want us to reveal and you could win a free copy of the cookbook!
15 Ways to Liven Up Your Latkes
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15 Ways to Liven Up Your Latkes

The traditional potato pancake gets a little more interesting this year.
The Truth and the Lies Behind A.F. Rapoport's Hot Buttered Rum
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The Truth and the Lies Behind A.F. Rapoport's Hot Buttered Rum

In the December issue our Editor in Chief revealed that his brother has an underground hot buttered rum company. Here's the full story.
Georgia's first olives in over 100 years; surprising danger in raw cookie dough
Calling All Vegans! Here's a Christmas Menu For You
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Calling All Vegans! Here's a Christmas Menu For You

We asked the authors of Green Kitchen Stories to create a gluten-free, vegan holiday meal exclusively for our readers
From Aebleskivers to Wallpaper Paste
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From Aebleskivers to Wallpaper Paste

NPR has collected a bunch of listener- and reporter-submitted recipes from all over the place, and we love it
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Prime Time

Ladies and gentlemen, start your ovens
Mark Zuckerberg Socializes with His Fried Chicken
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Mark Zuckerberg Socializes with His Fried Chicken

We consider it our privilege--nay, our duty--to keep you up to date on what the stars of the world are putting in their mouths.
Boom Shakshuka-laka
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Boom Shakshuka-laka

They're poached in tomato sauce with chickpeas and feta
10 Healthy Alternatives to French Fries
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10 Healthy Alternatives to French Fries

They still satisfy the craving, we promise