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How Long to Rest Meat, and Why It Actually Matters
Rest steaks, chops and roasts at least 3 minutes, and a turkey about 20. Here is how carryover cooking works and how…
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Hard Cider Styles: A Buyer’s Guide for Fall
Dry or sweet, modern or heritage, Normandy or Asturias. How to tell hard cider styles apart, read the label, and pick the…
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Should Restaurants Still Serve Free Bread? How Some Are Rethinking The Basket
The free bread basket used to be a given at sit-down restaurants. It showed up before the menus were even open, and…
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Jar Salads That Stay Crisp: How to Build a Week of Lunches in One Hour
Most people who try salad meal prep give up by Wednesday. The Monday salad is great. By midweek the lettuce has gone…
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Fall Pantry Checklist: A Reset Before the Holidays
Clear out, decode the dates, test your baking powder and restock before the holidays. A shelf-by-shelf fall pantry checklist with USDA storage…
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What to Eat in Lisbon: Dishes and Where to Find Them
From warm pastel de nata in Belém to garlic clams in Intendente, here are the Lisbon dishes worth ordering and six verified…
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Meal Prep for Beginners: A Sunday Session for Two
Follow a hypothetical two-person household through one Sunday of meal prep, from planning and shopping to cooking order and safe storage times.
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Should You Wash Raw Chicken? 5 Kitchen Food-Safety Myths
Rinsing raw chicken spreads bacteria rather than removing it. Here is what USDA, CDC and Rutgers research say about five kitchen food-safety…
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Dining Out With Food Allergies: A Practical Checklist
Plan ahead, speak up and carry your epinephrine. This checklist covers booking, ordering, cross-contact and exactly what to do if a reaction…
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Thanksgiving Wine Pairing: A Dish-by-Dish Guide
Turkey is easy; the sides are the challenge. Here is a dish-by-dish Thanksgiving wine pairing table, with alcohol-free picks and how much…
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Easy Apple Crisp Recipe: Best Apples, Topping and Storage
Firm apples, cold butter and a hot oven. Here is the easy apple crisp we keep coming back to, plus the topping…
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Daily Fiber Intake: How Much You Need and Easy Swaps
Most adults need 25 to 38 grams of fiber a day and eat about half that. Here is where the targets come…
