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mrmoneymustache.com May 15, 2018
A Day In The Life of my Supposedly Frugal Stomach

Kicking Ass with Money is much like healthy eating and joyful living. It’s a series of daily habits that get you ahead, rather than a one-time heroic effort that fixes all your problems so you can go back to whatever you were doing before.
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nbcnews.com May 19, 2018
How to use the '3-hour reset' rule to prevent binge eating

According to the fitness trainer, the 3-hour rule will help you regulate your hunger so you are less likely to binge. The active personal trainer followed a general rule of thumb: eat three balanced meals and three smaller healthy snacks throughout the day.
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nytimes.com May 18, 2018
Eating and Drinking Your Way Through A Trip, and Learning Something in the Process

Culinary travel is on the rise, but it’s not just food on the menu: Tours are offering deeper investigations into the cultural and geographic factors that surround what’s on your plate.
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techcrunch.com May 16, 2018
Food delivery’s untapped opportunity

Stock prices for Sysco and US Foods, the two largest food distributors, are up by more than 20 percent since last summer, when Amazon bought Whole Foods. But, these companies haven’t made any material changes to their business model to counteract the threat of Amazon.
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theguardian.com May 21, 2018
Chinese restaurant syndrome: has MSG been unfairly demonised?

The additive monosodium glutamate has been blamed for everything from headaches to chest pain. Now, some chefs, including Heston Blumenthal, are saying that’s nonsense
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theguardian.com May 15, 2018
Food apartheid: the root of the problem with America's groceries

America’s sustainable food movement has been steadily growing, challenging consumers to truly consider where our food comes from, and inspiring people to farm, eat local, and rethink our approaches to food policy.
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wellandgood.com May 18, 2018
These 5 brilliant Pinterest boards will transform your meal-prep game

Meal prepping is by far one of the best ways to eat healthier, spend less money, and of course, save on the one thing no one ever has enough of: time. But batch-cooking all of your food in advance—and sticking with the routine, week after week—can feel overwhelming.
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daringfireball.net May 17, 2018
The Restaurant Where Google Claims to Have Booked an Actual Meal Via Duplex

At the bottom of Google’s AI Blog announcement of Duplex (“An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone”), they included a photo of two Duplex engineers eat a meal, with the following caption: Yaniv Leviathan, Google Duplex lead, and Matan Kalman, engineering manager o
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washingtonpost.com May 18, 2018
What’s in a food truck?

First of all, no matter what you think is in there, there’s probably more. Most modern food trucks — at least the ones special enough to make it into your regular lunch rotation — are operated by serious foodies whose wheeled restaurants roam more than 300 U.S. cities as part of a $2.
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bbc.co.uk May 9, 2018
Ocado shares rocket on Kroger tech deal

Shares in online grocer Ocado have surged by nearly 50% after it struck a deal with US retail giant Kroger. Ocado's technology will be used in the US exclusively by Kroger, which is one of the world's biggest grocery chains with annual sales of $122bn (£90bn).
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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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chipotle.com
A BATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

We know that you know that guac is extra, but have you ever thought about what makes it so delicious? Well, it starts with sourcing the best whole ingredients possible, and ends with a quick mash in our restaurant. In fact, it’s so easy, we’re going to show you how to do it below. 1.
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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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hbr.org September 22, 2017
The Grocery Industry Confronts a New Problem: Only 10% of Americans Love Cooking

The supermarket and grocery business is likely to suffer strong headwinds in the future, due to long-term shifts in consumer behavior. Although many people don’t realize it yet, grocery shopping and cooking are in a long-term decline.
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theguardian.com July 13, 2016
Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests

Americans throw away almost as much food as they eat because of a “cult of perfection”, deepening hunger and poverty, and inflicting a heavy toll on the environment.
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lifehacker.com April 28, 2014
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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newyorker.com October 17, 2016
The Real Soylent Sickness

I have never tasted Soylent, the meal substitute dreamed up in Silicon Valley’s hacker-engineering culture and beloved by tech workers, but it hasn’t exactly received raves for flavor.
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theguardian.com January 5, 2016
No diet, no detox: how to relearn the art of eating

Our relationship with food has become disordered and obsessive. As the new year brings diet madness, it needn’t be such a struggle to learn good eating habits So many of our anxieties around diet take the form of a search for the perfect food, the one that will cure all our ills.
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vitals.lifehacker.com November 17, 2015
“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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vitals.lifehacker.com December 23, 2015
How to Shop, Cook, and Eat Healthy When Eating for One

Solo folks face unique challenges for eating healthy, beyond a lack of cooking skills. It’s less fun to cook and eat alone, and very little food comes in packs of one. The trick is to muster up the will to cook once a week so you can enjoy healthy meals for the next few days.
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ny.eater.com August 7, 2015
New York Pizza Styles: A Complete Guide

Although New York City has long had a clearly defined and ubiquitous style of pizza, the city's appetite for the dish knows no bounds. While New Yorkers can certainly be parochial and protective of their home slice, they can also be open and accepting of different pizza points of view.
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businessinsider.com September 26, 2015
People around the world are eating banana peels because they know something that Westerners do not

"[The skin] contains high amounts of vitamin B6 and B12, as well as magnesium and potassium. It also contains some fiber and protein," San Diego-based nutritionist Laura Flores told LiveScience. Eating the peel is not only good for your body but also better for the environment.
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jacobinmag.com
A Plea for Culinary Modernism

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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buzzfeed.com December 6, 2015
15 Easy Things You Can Do That Will Help When You Feel Like Shit

When you have a lot to do and it feels overwhelming, making your bed can be the first step in getting your life on track. It will also (hopefully) discourage you from getting back into it. Did you eat enough today? It's super tempting to eat junk food when you feel like crap.
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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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lifehacker.com May 7, 2015
This Infographic Shows How Long Frozen Foods Can Last in Your Freezer

Putting food in the freezer is like a pause button on its shelf life. Meat that will go bad in a week can instead last months. However, even frozen food can go bad. This chart shows how long different types of food can last in the freezer.
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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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story.californiasunday.com March 30, 2017
Cooking Lessons

Disillusioned with fine dining, one of the world’s great chefs took on fast food. It has been harder than he ever imagined.
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foodbabe.com July 15, 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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theatlantic.com February 7, 2017
Eating Toward Immortality

Diet culture is just another way of dealing with the fear of death. Knowing a thing means you don’t need to believe in it. Whatever can be known, or proven by logic or evidence, doesn’t need to be taken on faith.
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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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newyorker.com September 12, 2016
Pete Wells Has His Knives Out

Pete Wells, the restaurant critic of the Times, who writes a review every week—and who occasionally writes one that creates a national hubbub about class, money, and soup—was waiting for a table not long ago at Momofuku Nishi, a modish new restaurant in Chelsea.
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nytimes.com April 6, 2018
The Germs That Love Diet Soda

Mr. Velasquez-Manoff is a science writer. There are lots of reasons to avoid processed foods. They’re often packed with sugar, fat and salt, and they tend to lack certain nutrients critical to health, like fiber.
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lifehacker.com September 24, 2015
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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thesimpledollar.com August 20, 2016
20 Strategies for Radically Cutting Your Food Expenses

The average American family spends $151 a week on food, according to this Gallup poll. That’s actually quite a lot of money when you consider that the average week contains just 21 meals and that it’s relatively easy to eat a meal that costs less than $1.
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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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vitals.lifehacker.com October 14, 2016
It Doesn't Matter When You Eat

There are so many myths and strangely specific rules about when to eat to lose weight, but alone they do nothing to help. Eat a hearty breakfast and light all day. Eat small meals every few hours.
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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
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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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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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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newrepublic.com August 2, 2017
How Fast Food Chains Supersized Inequality

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans there was a brief moment of shocked compassion before racial anxieties flooded the Internet. Victims of the disaster were quickly recast as looters, criminals, and layabouts.
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grubstreet.com March 19, 2018
The Last Conversation You’ll Ever Need to Have About Eating Right

It’s beyond strange that so many humans are clueless about how they should feed themselves. Every wild species on the planet knows how to do it; presumably ours did, too, before our oversized brains found new ways to complicate things.
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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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vitals.lifehacker.com August 13, 2015
A Graphical Guide to Quick and Easy Protein Smoothies

Rather than letting yourself go hungry and zipping to the nearest drive-thru, protein smoothies make a more filling and nutritious on-the-go meal. This infographic helps you whip up quick and easy drinkable meals for times when you needed to roll out the door 15 minutes ago.
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lifehacker.com April 30, 2015
Hang These Graphics on Your Fridge to Never Waste Food Again

Every year, people waste tons of food—a serious and saddening issue. If you sometimes throw out food because they’ve spoiled, these printables can help. Back in December, I decided to eat more fruits and vegetables. No matter what, I was going to eat…
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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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nationalgeographic.com
The New Face of Hunger

Osage, Iowa Photographs by Amy Toensing On our nation’s richest lands, farmers grow corn and soybeans used to feed livestock, make cooking oil, and produce sweeteners. Yet one in eight Iowans often goes hungry, with children the most vulnerable to food insecurity.
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slate.com July 15, 2015
Unhealthy Fixation

Is genetically engineered food dangerous? Many people seem to think it is. In the past five years, companies have submitted more than 27,000 products to the Non-GMO Project, which certifies goods that are free of genetically modified organisms. Last year, sales of such products nearly tripled.
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nytimes.com December 30, 2016
How Much Sugar Can You Avoid Today?

I’ve recently tried to reduce the sugar I eat, having been persuaded by the research on its damages — and alarmed by how much sugar has snuck into our diet.
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twocents.lifehacker.com September 7, 2016
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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nerdfitness.com October 4, 2010
The Beginner’s Guide to the Paleo Diet

So you wanna learn about the Paleo Diet, eh? If a caveman didn’t eat it, neither should you.
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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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designmom.com May 29, 2013
Living Well: 11 Secrets To Freezing Fruits and Vegetables for Smoothies

Let’s talk about freezing fruits and vegetables 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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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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skillet.lifehacker.com September 24, 2015
Forget Red Delicious: Here Are the Apples You Should Use in Everything

At first blush, apples might seem pretty boring (that’s the fruit that got mankind expelled from paradise?) but a perfectly crisp, sweet and tart apple, fresh from the tree, is a beautiful thing—but each variety has its strengths and uses.
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telegraph.co.uk
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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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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lifehacker.com January 28, 2016
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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nytimes.com May 11, 2015
How to Eat Healthy Meals at Restaurants

Most meals at American restaurants aren’t healthy. They’re packed with processed food and enough calories to cover two or three sensible meals. Yet it’s entirely possible to eat both healthy and tasty restaurant meals.
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nytimes.com October 29, 2017
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis headquarters of Pillsbury and discharged 11 men who controlled America’s largest food companies.
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bbc.com November 20, 2017
The secret tricks hidden inside restaurant menus

With a theatrical flourish, a sombre, leather-bound document is placed in front of you. Inside, the pages bear a tight italicised script and your eyes are drawn to a couple of items that are embellished with flamboyant descriptions. Then you turn to the waiter and order.
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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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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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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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idlewords.com
Argentina On Two Steaks A Day

The classic beginner's mistake in Argentina is to neglect the first steak of the day. You will be tempted to just peck at it or even skip it altogether, rationalizing that you need to save yourself for the much larger steak later that night.
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propublica.org July 18, 2017
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates

This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog. The box of prescription drugs had been forgotten in a back closet of a retail pharmacy for so long that some of the pills predated the 1969 moon landing. Most were 30 to 40 years past their expiration dates — possibly toxic, probably worthless.
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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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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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thebaffler.com September 12, 2017
Delusion at the Gastropub

It takes a lot of high-capitalist pixie dust to turn the basics of subsistence into coveted luxuries.
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blog.priceonomics.com
Food Truck Economics

Bobby Hossain’s day starts early. Along with his family, he runs a food truck called Phat Thai that serves his mother’s Thai recipes “with a modern twist.” Although he won’t be serving customers for nearly 4 hours, he wakes up by 7:30am.
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theglobeandmail.com August 8, 2014
Sugar: the evolution of a forbidden fruit Add to ...

Sweetness was meant to be irresistible. We are born with a sweet tooth. Babies drink in sugar with their mother’s milk.
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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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buzzfeed.com July 19, 2014
26 Foods You Should Learn To Cook In Your Twenties

This is the most common way restaurants cook vegetables; it can be done to nearly any vegetable. Do not be scared by this. It is easy and awesome.
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lifehacker.com January 2, 2017
14 Ways to Start Eating Better This Year

As motivated as you are now to turn over a new leaf, you won’t really transform your eating habits overnight. Eating healthy is both a skill and a habit that takes time to develop. To get you started, these are 14 of our no-frills, no-BS articles to set you straight on the path to better health.
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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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fastcompany.com May 1, 2013
Deep Inside Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco

In early 2009, three years prior to Taco Bell’s 50th anniversary, CEO Greg Creed was already experiencing something of a midlife crisis. “Our target audience is [customers] in their 20s. Turning 50 makes us sound old, and I didn’t want to sound old,” Creed explains.
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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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buzzfeed.com December 30, 2015
Here's How To Actually Eat Healthier This Year

It's great to want to eat healthier but crash diets don't work — you need a sustainable plan.
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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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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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vox.com July 30, 2015
The Dorito Effect: Healthy food is blander than ever — and it's making us fat

We talk a lot these days about the impact Big Food has had on our collective waistline: too much salt, sugar, and fat.
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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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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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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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nytimes.com December 22, 2014
Sugar Season. It’s Everywhere, and Addictive.

By James J. DiNicolantonio and Sean C. Lucan YOUR co-worker brought in brownies, your daughter made cookies for a holiday party and candy is arriving from far-flung relatives. Sugar is everywhere. It is celebration, it is festivity, it is love.
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nytimes.com October 25, 2017
Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible?

When my daughter was a teenager, about a dozen years ago, she went through a vegetarian phase. Back then, the payoff for orthodontist visits was a trip to Taco Bell, where the only thing we could eat were bean burritos and tacos.
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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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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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seriouseats.com
The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Pan-Seared Steaks

Summers are made for the grill, but what's a steak lover to do when the weather's too cold and wet to light the suckers up? Just cook them indoors.
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lifehacker.com May 28, 2015
This Video Shows How to Make McDonald's-Like French Fries at Home

Many of us firmly believe McDonald’s french fries are the best french fries. You don’t have to head to the fast food joint for a nearly identical version you can make at home. PopSugar takes the ingredients and process McDonald’s uses to reverse engineer their fries.
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healthimpactnews.com March 22, 2018
Sweden Becomes First Western Nation to Reject Low-fat Diet Dogma in Favor of Low-carb High-fat Nutrition

Sweden has become the first Western nation to develop national dietary guidelines that reject the popular low-fat diet dogma in favor of low-carb high-fat nutrition advice.
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lifehacker.com January 10, 2014
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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