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nytimes.com January 15, 2019
White House Welcomes College Football Champions With Fast-Food Buffet

As is tradition, President Trump hosted the champions of college football, the Clemson Tigers, for a celebration of their athletic achievement at the White House on Monday. The food he offered them was far less traditional.
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myrecipes.com January 14, 2019
11 Simple Cooking Tips You Need to Memorize

Great cooking comes down to confidence Sign up for our daily newsletter, Well Done, for expert cooking tips and foolproof recipes from your favorite food brands.
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skillet.lifehacker.com January 14, 2019
The Ultimate Winter Side Dish Is Smothered Cabbage

Cabbage gets no respect, which is a shame—it could be the most versatile vegetable on earth. From the delicate leaves to the sweet, crunchy core, I love every part of every variety of cabbage and have made it my mission to make others feel the same.
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skillet.lifehacker.com January 15, 2019
Put MSG in Everything, You Cowards

By now, we should all be completely unafraid of monosodium glutamate, the umami-boosting molecule more commonly referred to as “MSG.” It will not give you headache, it will not make your arms numb, but it will inspire you to eat an entire head of roasted broccoli in one sitting.
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seriouseats.com January 15, 2019
Ask The Food Lab: The Truth About MSG

Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from my upcoming second book, in stores around fall of 2020. You can order my first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, right here.
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washingtonpost.com January 15, 2019
President Trump’s extravagant, $3,000, 300-sandwich celebration of Clemson University

In an administration overstuffed with bizarre moments and unusual events, Monday night’s celebration of the Clemson University Tigers at the White House nonetheless made a mark.
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kottke.org January 14, 2019
Is Eating Organic Food Better for Us? For the Earth?

In their latest video, Kurzgesagt asks: “Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?” Using the results of dozens of studies (their extensive list of sources is here), they examine the evidence that organic food is better for our health and for the environment than food produced by co
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lifehacker.com January 13, 2019
Find the Cheapest Place to Buy Your Groceries With This App

When you’re trying to save money on groceries, where you shop is sometimes more important than what you’re buying. Grocery stores are constantly running sales on different items as a way to draw customers in.
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bbc.com January 11, 2019
The lifesaving food 90% aren’t eating enough of

If I offered you a superfood that would make you live longer, would you be interested? Naturally it reduces the chances of debilitating heart attacks and strokes as well as life-long diseases such as type-2 diabetes.
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nbcnews.com January 14, 2019
7 easy Instant Pot dinners chefs and food pros love

Break in your new Instant Pot or other pressure cooker — or liven up your current repertoire — with these easy, tasty dinner ideas from food pros.
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independent.co.uk May 22, 2015
It's now illegal for French supermarkets to destroy edible food

France is making it illegal for large supermarkets to throw away edible food as part of a series of measures to cut down on waste.
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lifehacker.com
Five Useful Cooking Techniques No One Teaches You

Most of us learn to cook through trial and error, the Food Network, or being forced to feed ourselves when no one else will do it. So naturally, no one’s born knowing how to sauté chicken, or blanch vegetables.
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lifehacker.com February 8, 2016
Cooking for Geeks Teaches You the Science Behind Better Cooking

If you’re interested in not just how to make food taste great but why certain techniques and ingredients work the way they do, check out Jeff Potter’s Cooking for Geeks. The book can help you start experimenting in the kitchen and delve into the science of food to become a better home cook.
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munchies.vice.com April 11, 2018
I Lived Exclusively Off Doomsday Prepper Food for a Week

After 9/11, my dad filled a duffel bag with some energy bars, a couple gallons of water, some penicillin, and a map. Amid scaremongering headlines about imminent anthrax and “dirty bomb” attacks in the city, he wanted to have some supplies on hand in case we needed to get out of Brooklyn fast.
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theguardian.com February 21, 2015
Inside the food industry: the surprising truth about what you eat

Think you eat only healthy, unprocessed foods? Think again. Joanna Blythman went undercover and discovered that even your fruit salad is not what it seems
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thebetterindia.com February 4, 2017
I Don’t Smoke or Drink, I Eat Well & Exercise. How Did I Still Get Cancer? An Oncologist Answers.

Dr. Vishal Rao, an oncologist and head and neck surgeon at the Bangalore-based HealthCare Global (HCG) Cancer Center, writes about the debate on food safety in India and how it is related to cancer. A 45-year-old man presented himself to an oncologist with the typical symptoms of stomach cancer.
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theatlantic.com July 18, 2014
The Importance of Eating Together

After my mother passed away and my brother went to study in New Zealand, the first thing that really felt different was the dinner table. My father and I began eating separately. We went out to dinners with our friends, ate sandwiches in front of our computers, delivery pizzas while watching movies.
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twocents.lifehacker.com
The Grocery Store Items That Will Be More Expensive in 2017

According to the USDA, food prices have dropped 1.6% since last year. The USDA rounded up a few food items that are expected to continue to drop in price in 2016, but fair warning: these same items will probably be more expensive next year.
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vitals.lifehacker.com February 11, 2016
The Safest Ways to Reheat Leftovers and Avoid Food Poisoning

The microwave is everyone’s go-to when it comes to reheating the previous night’s meatloaf, but you should take extra care to make sure those leftovers are safe enough to be today’s lunch. Here’s how.
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lifehacker.com October 14, 2014
Eat Healthy Meals with the "Never Two in a Row" Plan

We all tend to indulge our food cravings once in a while, which means added pounds and broken diets—especially on vacation. Try alternating healthy and unhealthy meals to avoid going on a binge.
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newrepublic.com February 16, 2016
This Man Will Transform How You Eat

The light in the room softly brightened and grew warmer, yellower, somehow more embracing. A quiet rustling—wind through leaves?—reached my ears.
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lifehacker.com April 14, 2014
Why Eating Seasonally and Locally Is Better for You (and Your Wallet)

Health experts and chefs both often say you should eat "seasonally," or include foods in your diet that are grown at the same time of the year you eat them. For example, that means squash in the summer and fall, and artichokes in the spring.
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newleafwellness.biz August 6, 2015
31 Crockpot Freezer Meals for Back-to-School

Want to simplify the busy back-to-school season? Stock your freezer with crockpot freezer meals! Here are 31 crockpot recipes that I’ve tried myself (grocery list included!).
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lifehacker.com March 6, 2017
The Common Foods Dogs Can and Can’t Eat

Most dogs will happily chow down on human food, whether you give them a treat or they sneakily steal something off the counter. But some foods can be bad or even dangerous for your dog’s health. Here are common foods they can eat and ones you should be cautious letting about your dog ingest.
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jacobinmag.com
A Plea for Culinary Modernism

The obsession with eating natural and artisanal is ahistorical. We should demand more high-quality industrial food. Modern, fast, processed food is a disaster. That, at least, is the message conveyed by newspapers and magazines, on television cooking programs, and in prizewinning cookbooks.
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washingtonpost.com April 15, 2016
Researchers have found a ‘striking’ new side effect from eating fast food

This story and its headline have been been updated, with "alarming" being changed to "striking." See below for more details. Critics of the fast-food industry have long warned about the perils of our addiction to processed food.
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lifehacker.com July 5, 2014
Learn How to Cook Anything on the Grill With This Infographic

Even the most experienced grill master has trouble memorizing cooking times for everything. This chart tells you all you need to know for almost anything grill worthy. The graphic is comprehensive and includes beef, pork, seafood and veggies.
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foodbabe.com July 16, 2014
How To Buy The Healthiest Coconut Water And Avoid The Worst!

I love coconut water! When I’m traveling in the tropics, there is nothing better than drinking water straight from a coconut. Mother nature designed the perfect vessel for a drink that is so refreshing, slightly sweet, and keeps you hydrated in hot climates.
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npr.org July 30, 2017
Farm-To-Table May Feel Virtuous, But It's Food Labor That's Ripe For Change

Reusing (@AndreaReusing) is the James Beard award-winning chef at Lantern in Chapel Hill, N.C. Novel and thrilling in earlier days, today's farm-to-table restaurant menus have scaled new heights of supposed transparency.
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washingtonpost.com August 23, 2015
Why salad is so overrated

As the world population grows, we have a pressing need to eat better and farm better, and those of us trying to figure out how to do those things have pointed at lots of different foods as problematic. Almonds, for their water use. Corn, for the monoculture. Beef, for its greenhouse gases.
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lifehacker.com June 28, 2016
How Food Manufacturers Pick Expiration Dates and What They Really Mean

No one wants to serve spoiled food to their families. Conversely, consumers don’t want to throw food away unnecessarily–but we certainly do.
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aeon.co June 6, 2018
Freedom from food

There are plenty of superpowers that would make a nice addition to my current lifestyle. I would be delighted to wake up one morning with the ability to fly, to become invisible, or even to turn matter into gold, provided my Midas touch came with a reliable on-off switch.
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nytimes.com February 16, 2016
A Hidden Cost to Giving Kids Their Vegetables

WHY do poor children have poor diets? Some commentators contend that healthy diets are too expensive. Others argue that wholesome options are affordable and that junk foods that seem cheap are hardly a good deal. But both camps overlook what most parents know well: Children are picky.
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bloomberg.com August 6, 2017
Inside the Secret World of Global Food Spies

A bowl of ice cream on a hot day in Shanghai gave American Mitchell Weinberg the worst bout of food poisoning he can recall. It also inspired the then-trade consultant to set up Inscatech — a global network of food spies.
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fortune.com May 21, 2015
Special Report: The war on big food

Try this simple test. Say the following out loud: Artificial colors and flavors. Pesticides. Preservatives. High-fructose corn syrup. Growth hormones. Antibiotics. Gluten. Genetically modified organisms.
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lifehacker.com
Why Your Brain Craves Junk Food (and What You Can Do About It)

Most of us know that junk food is unhealthy. We know that poor nutrition is related to heart problems, high blood pressure, and a host of other health ailments. You might even know that studies show that eating junk food has been linked to increases in depression.
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nypost.com July 10, 2016
Everything we love to eat is a scam

Among the many things New Yorkers pride ourselves on is food: making it, selling it and consuming only the best, from single-slice pizza to four-star sushi. We have fish markets, Shake Shacks and, as of this year, 74 Michelin-starred restaurants. Yet most everything we eat is fraudulent.
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lifehacker.com March 24, 2015
Eat By Date's Massive Database Tells You When Food Really Expires

Expiration dates are usually misleading. They often refer to quality, not safety. Eat By Date is a giant database of food products that gives you true expiration dates, plus a lot of other useful information. Dear Lifehacker, I'm a little confused by all the expiration dates on my food.
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theringer.com March 2, 2017
Will Write for Food

No less than Jonathan Gold, the esteemed Los Angeles Times restaurant critic, has suggested that food now occupies the cultural airspace once devoted to music.
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businessinsider.com October 26, 2017
Chefs reveal the foods you should never order at a restaurant

It's tempting to order the wagyu beef burger topped with foie gras and duck-fat bacon, but hear us out. "There is no reason to ever pay $20+ for a hamburger," chef Briscione said. "If chefs are piling expensive ingredients on top of a hamburger, it's just so they can steal your money.
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telegraph.co.uk June 12, 2016
Think organic food is better for you, animals, and the planet? Think again

What we eat is seen as more important than ever. And everywhere we are urged to go organic: we are told it is more nutritious, it improves animal welfare and helps the environment. In reality, that is mostly marketing hype.
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healthland.time.com September 18, 2013
Is Your Food Expired? Don’t Be So Quick to Toss It

Use-by dates are contributing to millions of pounds of wasted food each year. Most consumers mistakenly believe that expiration dates on food indicate how safe the food is to consume, when these dates actually aren’t related to the risk of food poisoning or foodborne illness.
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lifehacker.com
Make the Perfect Breakfast Egg Sandwich Using Just a Microwave

Most of us don’t have a lot of time in the morning to cook a luxurious breakfast, but this technique from Epicurious delivers one of the most delicious-looking egg sandwiches I’ve seen in minutes, and all you need is an egg, a microwave, and some sandwich fixings (you know: bread, cheese, and a
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designmom.com May 29, 2013
Living Well: 11 Secrets To Freezing Produce for Smoothies

Let’s talk about freezing produce for smoothies. When I was a little girl, I loved going to my Grandma Maxie’s house. There was always something yummy to eat, especially during the summer when her garden was brimming with strawberries, rhubarb, peaches, and all sorts of veggies.
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nerdfitness.com November 8, 2018
The Beginner’s Guide to the Paleo Diet – 2018 Update

So you wanna learn about the Paleo Diet, eh? If a caveperson didn’t eat it, neither should you.
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lifehacker.com December 7, 2016
Most Popular Food Hacks of 2016

Food is pretty important. Whether you consider yourself a “foodie” or not, you’ve gotta eat, and everyone can use tips on how to eat and cook better, faster, and more healthfully. Here are some of our most popular food hacks from 2016.
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lifehacker.com
Why the Way You Slice Meat Can Make a Huge Difference

You probably know that slicing meat against the grain makes sure it’s never chewy or difficult to eat. America’s Test Kitchen put that rule to the test, with some so-called “tough” and “tender” cuts of meat.
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newyorker.com April 19, 1999
Don’t Eat Before Reading This

Good food, good eating, is all about blood and organs, cruelty and decay. It’s about sodium-loaded pork fat, stinky triple-cream cheeses, the tender thymus glands and distended livers of young animals.
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foodbabe.com July 24, 2017
Before You Ever Buy Bread Again...Read This! (And Find The Healthiest Bread On The Market)

Yes, I eat bread. It’s time to address the many questions I get about one of most wonderful and satisfying foods on earth – Bread! I don’t want to live without it and you shouldn’t have to either. Bread is a really hot topic and is targeted as the root of many health problems.
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thewalrus.ca April 21, 2018
The Case Against Eating Fish

Idon’t eat fish. And before I explain why, let me state upfront that I’m not aiming to shame fish eaters. I’m not an activist or an alarmist.
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digital-photography-school.com May 30, 2013
11 Quick Food Photography Tips to Make Mouth Watering Images

One of my first jobs in photography involved shooting food, including doing shots for a cookbook. I learned a lot about food styling and choosing the right props.
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eater.com November 5, 2014
Life in Chains: Finding Home at Taco Bell

Taco Bell is the best Mexican food I ever ate. I will say this to your face over a plate of enchiladas suiza. You will shake your head at such transparent provocation. What a shocking thing to say at a restaurant that has the best tacos in New York City! I won't even correct that assertion.
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qz.com October 21, 2013
The highly unusual company behind Sriracha, the world’s coolest hot sauce

If David Tran were a more conventional CEO, he would be a fixture at conferences, a darling of magazine profiles, and a subject of case studies in the Harvard Business Review.
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economist.com January 14, 2015
Why McDonald’s sales are falling

MCDONALD’S restaurants stand among American capitalism’s greatest success stories. Starting out with just one burger stall in 1948, the fast-food chain’s emphasis on quick service and a standardised menu has helped it to grow to more than 35,000 outlets across the world.
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lifehacker.com
Top 10 Food Staples You Can Make Better and Cheaper at Home

Many simple foods are not only easy to make at home, they'll likely be cheaper, healthier, and much tastier than the store-bought varieties. From cheese to peanut butter, here are a few DIY, delicious food projects.
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newyorker.com January 26, 2015
The Shake Shack Economy

In 2004, when Danny Meyer opened a burger stand named Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, it didn’t look like the foundation of a global empire. There was just one location, and Meyer was known for high-end venues like Gramercy Tavern.
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qz.com August 29, 2015
Buying organic veggies at the supermarket is a waste of money

It has happened to all of us. You’re standing in the produce aisle, just trying to buy some zucchini, when you face the inevitable choice: Organic or regular?
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theguardian.com April 30, 2018
The new food: meet the startups racing to reinvent the meal

“If you make food that tastes really good, you win,” says Josh Tetrick, with a smile.
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theguardian.com December 12, 2017
The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at risk of hunger

Karla Peralta is surrounded by food. As a line cook in Facebook’s cafeteria, she spends her days preparing free meals for the tech firm’s staff. She’s worked in kitchens for most of her 30 years in the US, building a life in Silicon Valley as a single mother raising two daughters.
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skillet.lifehacker.com December 20, 2017
When to Use Natural and Quick Release When Cooking With Your Instant Pot

The Instant Pot is a table-top multi-cooker with a lot of functions, but its pressure cooking ability is what makes it indispensable for making flavor-packed soups, collagen-rich cuts of meat, and even custardy cheesecakes in super short order.
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jayrayner.co.uk July 21, 2017
Michael Gove asked me to a meeting to share my expertise. I declined. Instead, I’ve given him a piece of my mind. – Jay Rayner

A few weeks ago, I was approached by an official at the Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs. She told me the Secretary of State was holding a round table discussion for ‘innovative thinkers’ on July 25 to give him ‘food for thought in the early days of the new job’.
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washingtonpost.com January 17, 2016
No food is healthy. Not even kale.

Not long ago, I watched a woman set a carton of Land O’ Lakes Fat-Free Half-and-Half on the conveyor belt at a supermarket. “Can I ask you why you’re buying fat-free half-and-half?” I said. Half-and-half is defined by its fat content: about 10 percent, more than milk, less than cream.
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lifehacker.com October 5, 2017
The Dishes You Should Avoid at Chain Restaurants, According to the People Who Work There

Even if you’ve got a major soft spot for the Olive Garden, no one goes to chain restaurants expecting a five-star dining experience. (And at this point you should expect things like frozen entrees and pre-made bags of soup as par for the course.
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wired.com July 19, 2016
David Chang’s

y first restaurant, Momofuku Noodle Bar, had an open kitchen. This wasn’t by choice—I didn’t have enough money or space to put it farther away from the diners. But cooking in front of my customers changed the way I look at food.
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lifehacker.com
Why There's So Much Confusion Over Health and Nutrition

If you believed the internet, you'd think there's huge debate over whether eggs, coffee, or salt are good or bad for you. In reality, there's significant agreement on diet and health issues among experts, but the general public is conflicted.
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nytimes.com April 18, 2017
A Day in the Life of a Food Vendor

It’s 6 on a Wednesday morning, and Kabir Ahmed has snoozed his alarm one too many times. He steps softly, barefoot, around his small, second-story apartment in Jamaica, Queens, creaking through the green and pink hall.
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nytimes.com May 16, 2017
What’s New in the Supermarket? A Lot, and Not All of It Good

NUTLEY, N.J. — “We’ve come in the back door,” the writer Michael Ruhlman said as we entered the chill of the ShopRite supermarket here. “We should be over there, in produce.”
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eater.com July 6, 2017
Instagram Food Is a Sad, Sparkly Lie

This is Eater Voices, where chefs, restaurateurs, writers, and industry insiders share their perspectives about the food world, tackling a range of topics through the lens of personal experience. First-time writer? Don’t worry, we’ll pair you with an editor to make sure your piece hits the mark.
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theatlantic.com August 14, 2015
Why Are Millennials So Obsessed With Food?

When Eve Turow returned to her college campus for her five-year reunion, she realized that she’d changed: Back when she was in college, she was content subsisting on “gelatinous brown rice, pre-cooked mushy pinto beans, [and] blocks of bouncy tofu.
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lifehacker.com December 26, 2018
12 Strategies for a Successful Meal Prep Day

One common strategy for saving money on food that shows up in a lot of frugality books and on many frugality websites is the idea of a “meal prep day,” sometimes simply called “meal prep Sunday” because people often use a Sunday to do it. This post originally appeared on The Simple Dollar.
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washingtonpost.com April 26, 2017
People think juice is good for them. They're wrong.

Mrs. G. came to our offices for her first visit distraught. Her primary-care doctor had just diagnosed her with diabetes, and she was here for advice. She was shocked by the diagnosis. She had always been overweight and had relatives with diabetes, but she believed she lived a healthy lifestyle.
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theguardian.com June 18, 2017
Meet the chef who’s debunking detox, diets and wellness

A few minutes into my encounter with the Angry Chef, I begin to wonder if his moniker might be ironic, like the big guy whose friends call him “Tiny”.
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npr.org February 24, 2018
French Food Waste Law Changing How Grocery Stores Approach Excess Food

Every morning at a supermarket called Auchan in central Paris, Magdalena Dos Santos has a rendezvous with Ahmed "Doudou" Djerbrani, a driver from the French food bank. Dos Santos, who runs the deli section of the store, is in charge of supervising the store's food donations.
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lifehacker.com June 5, 2013
How to Stick to a Vegetarian or Vegan Diet When It's Not on the Menu

I firmly believe that vegetarians and vegans should never have to relegate themselves to ordering a meager salad when dining out.
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nytimes.com January 29, 2015
A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity

Carson C. Chow deploys mathematics to solve the everyday problems of real life. As an investigator at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, he tries to figure out why 1 in 3 Americans are obese.
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buzzfeed.com May 16, 2015
Here's What Real Healthy People Actually Eat For Lunch

When you eat the right kind of food at lunch, it'll help you stay full and alert throughout the afternoon. You won't be as tempted to snack, and you'll feel more energized. But healthy lunch can sometimes be a little hard to plan for and figure out.
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mckinsey.com
How big data will revolutionize the global food chain

Advanced analytics opens vast untapped potential for farmers, investors, and emerging economies to reduce the cost of goods sold.
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vitals.lifehacker.com March 31, 2015
How Food Marketers Make You Think You're Choosing Healthy Food

Plans to eat healthy can fly out the window when you step into a grocery store. Maybe you add junk food to your cart full of vegetables. Or maybe you believe the hype that a food is healthy, when it's really not the best choice. Here are some of the traps that food marketers use against you.
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newyorker.com September 8, 2015
How Much Harm Can Sugar Do?

If you want to wage a war, you have to have an enemy. By almost any measure—scientific reports, documentaries, government announcements, and nearly thirty million Google results—we have been waging a War on Obesity for many years. It is not going well.
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nytimes.com June 12, 2015
‘The Dorito Effect,’ by Mark Schatzker

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. A few years ago I sat with a friend and looked at a menu, and we wondered why everything seemed to be flavored like a taco. Or Caesar salad or maple syrup.
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buzzfeed.com January 17, 2015
27 Diagrams That Make Cooking So Much Easier

1. For making your own vinaigrette. 2. For making substitutions when you're missing an ingredient. 3. For cooking red meat exactly how you like it. 4. For spicing things up. 5. For making any soup from scratch. 6. For metric conversions. 7. For boiling eggs: 8. For volumetric conversions. 9.
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lifehacker.com
Five Sauces Everyone Should Know How to Make for Endless Meal Options

"What's for dinner?" might be the most dreaded question of everyday life. Even if you have a ton of ingredients at the ready, you have to figure out what to do with them and, more importantly, whether you can make something you're in the mood for.
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lifehacker.com
What to Never Eat at Fast Food Places, According to Fast Food Workers

The oversimplified answer is to never eat fast food (even though it can be healthier than restaurant food sometimes), but if you ever do find yourself looking at a fast food menu, Reddit members have got your back.
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theatlantic.com January 31, 2015
The Selling of the Avocado

Twenty-five years ago, talk-show host Gordon Elliott was working as a reporter for a local morning TV show called Good Day New York.
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eater.com August 9, 2017
What Brands Are Actually Behind Trader Joe’s Snacks?

Mark Gardiner was a former VP of marketing and an advertising consultant before taking a job as a crew member at a Trader Joe’s store in Kansas City six years ago.
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theatlantic.com April 8, 2018
The Myth of ‘Easy’ Cooking

An entire industry has been built on the premise that creating gourmet meals at home is simple and effortless. But it isn’t true. I write about food for a living. Because of this, I spend more time than the average American surrounded by cooking advice and recipes.
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vogue.com July 23, 2017
Sad Desk Lunch No More: How to Have a Better Meal at Work

Weekday lunches can be pretty bleak: limp salad, mushy sandwiches, take-out soup served so tongue-scaldingly hot you can’t even taste how truly mediocre it is.
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theguardian.com August 20, 2017
The only 4 spaghetti recipes you'll ever need

These spaghettis are not just convenient, quick and easy dishes; they can also be seductively brilliant, a perfect example of how a dish can be so much more than a sum of its parts. Each recipe makes enough for six.
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vitals.lifehacker.com
“Everything in Moderation” Is a Terrible Rule to Eat By

When your favorite diet advice is the same as junk food peddlers’ favorite diet advice, maybe you should reconsider. “Everything in moderation” is attractive advice, but also a trap.
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paulgraham.com
Life is Short

Life is short, as everyone knows. When I was a kid I used to wonder about this. Is life actually short, or are we really complaining about its finiteness? Would we be just as likely to feel life was short if we lived 10 times as long?
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seriouseats.com
The Food Lab: Make Your Own Just-Add-Hot-Water Instant Noodles (and Make Your Coworkers Jealous)

Thinking back on it, I must have cooked more instant ramen than any other food in my life (with the exception, perhaps, of chocolate chip cookies). It's what I cooked when I was home alone as a kid. It was a staple that took me through college.
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lifehacker.com
Top 10 Food Infographics to Hang in Your Kitchen or Save to Your Phone

Sometimes, a chart or infographic is the best way to communicate complex topics—like what the different types of cuts of beef are (and how to cook them) and how to fix common cooking mistakes. Here are some of the most save- or print-worthy food graphics we've shared on Lifehacker.
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The world’s most nutritious foods

Imagine the ideal food. One that contains all the nutrients necessary to meet, but not exceed, our daily nutrient demands. If such a food existed, consuming it, without eating any other, would provide the optimal nutritional balance for our body. Such a food does not exist.
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Expiration Dates on Your Food Mean Nothing

Sell by, best if used by, expires on, display until; the shelf life of food seems like it’s a well regulated, concrete affair, but it’s not: It differs by region and type of food. In the end, those labels mean almost nothing, which leads to both food waste and an assumption of safety.
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The Best (and Quickest) Ways to Thaw Frozen Food

Freezing food is an incredibly convenient way to save it, but thawing it is such a hassle. Here are the best (and quickest) ways to thaw just about any food. Before we get to thawing, you should know some of the best practices to freeze food.
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lifehacker.com June 21, 2013
What Temperature Should You Keep Your Refrigerator Set At?

Is your milk getting frosty? Are your eggs spoiling quickly? Your refrigerator probably isn't set right, and your food items may not be where they should be in your fridge. The kitchen fanatics at Stack Exchange offer a couple tips on ensuring your perishables don't perish.
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