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October Favorites: Lifestyle.

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A list of all the things I loved in October! xo FOOD Perfect Bar Peanut Butter Cups . Say hello to my newest obsessed. I’ve been a huge huge fan of perfect bars (the chocolate chip peanut butter is the best!) and when I found out they had peanut butter cups? I just about died. These are so good! Butternut Squash Skillet Shells . I’ve been having major cravings lately for butternut mac and cheese and this is by far my most favorite recipe. ALDI Roasted Sweet Corn Popcorn. How did I not know about this before?! This is one of the best snacks ever. The flavor is incredible. It’s absolutely addictive and I wish it wasn’t limited edition. MEDIA my Crate Chef Box !! I had the honor of curating the fall Crate Chef box and I love it so much. The contents are fantastic and I’m so glad you guys are loving it! Modern Love. I just mentioned this in my Tuesday things, but I loved this series on amazon so much. It was so feel-good and made me cry in every episode. Twice in a Blue Moon . Alm

35 Pictures That Prove Drunk People Were The Best Part Of The Last 10 Years

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How to Deep-Fry a Turkey

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Inspired by conversations on the  Food52 Hotline , we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun. Today's question: How do you deep-fry a turkey? How long do you deep-fry a turkey? How much oil do you need to deep-fry a turkey? And, finally: Should you deep-fry a turkey? Spoiler alert: The answer is yes. Read More >> from Food52 https://ift.tt/2eJVv8d

Can We Guess Your Favorite Holiday By The Desserts You Choose?

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New York Foie Gras Producers React to Ban: ‘The Law Is So Completely Screwed Up’

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“It won’t ever be enforced.” from grubstreet https://ift.tt/325pRKO

Big, Bad Football Quiz: Saturday Evening! by PW Fun & Learning

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Do you love all things football? We do too! So gear up for a special weekend quiz with us. Questions will cover football teams, cities, mascots … and not just the professionals in the NFL—college too! It’ll be fun (because football!) and prizes will be shiny and new.   Here are the details: WHAT: Big, Bad Football Quiz WHEN: Saturday , November 2, 8:00 pm Eastern/5:00 pm Pacific WHERE: Here. ( The Fun & Learning section. ) WHY: Do we really need a reason?   See you Saturday!     from The Pioneer Woman https://ift.tt/2Pzkdy7 https://ift.tt/2Pzle9j

These Beautiful Cups Are Only Upstaged by the Restaurant That Uses Them

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Glassware from Dinosaur Designs, served at Attica in Melbourne | Dinosaur Designs [ official site ] Attica’s resin cups are worth every Australian dollar There are a lot of things competing for a diner’s attention at Attica, Melbourne’s experimental, incredible , and hard-to-get-into restaurant that has found its way onto such rankings as the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. Ants served with their honey sac. Kangaroo tartare and crocodile ribs. A veggie burger served under the stars in a cheeky facsimile of a fallout shelter. Meanwhile, I couldn’t stop staring at the water glasses. Attica’s glasses are an eclectic mix of handmade designs, all from a fancy Australian company called Dinosaur Designs, specifically the brand’s resin line . The one I received was the forest pattern and reminded my of my favorite rock when I was a kid (nerd alert: I was a collector), malachite. According to wine director Jane Lopes, Attica chef and owner Ben Shewry had been taken with the line of h

54 of Our Favorite Thanksgiving Vegetable Side Dishes

Turkey gets a lot of attention on Thanksgiving (the holiday’s nickname is Turkey Day, after all), but it’s not the whole shebang. There’s also gravy and cranberry sauce and stuffing and, best of all, the vegetable sides. These are where your holiday table finds its groove (color! freshness! vitamins!), and where you get to have fun with the recipes—maybe even try something new. Here are 54 of our favorite recipes to mix and match. Plan on serving two to three. Read More >> from Food52 https://ift.tt/2qam4i2

Which Character From "The Sound Of Music" Are You?

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The Absolute Best Way to Make Thanksgiving Stuffing, According to So Many Tests

In Absolute Best Tests , Ella Quittner destroys the sanctity of her home kitchen in the name of the truth. She's boiled dozens of eggs, seared more Porterhouse steaks than she cares to recall, and mashed enough potatoes for a lifetime. Today, she tackles Thanksgiving stuffing. Ten years ago, my mother tried to mess with our family’s classic Thanksgiving menu. She billed it as “lighter” and “vegetable-forward” and “not a punishment, Ella, I promise.” On her blasphemous docket appeared swill like baked apples in place of pie, and puréed turnips in lieu of mashed potatoes . Most devastatingly, she suggested a ban on bacon in the stuffing. Read More >> from Food52 https://ift.tt/2Wv4ilP

14 Spooky Things To Do In NYC If You Still Don't Have Plans For Halloween

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Emilia Clarke Says ‘Game of Thrones’ Coffee Cup Was Varys’s Fault

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Game of Thrones Plus, MillerCoors is changing its name and slashing jobs, and more news to start your day Of course the Master of Whisperers wouldn’t immediately tell on himself. As Game of Thrones came to its end, there were a lot of problems, and among the most visible were the multiple instances of modern drinking paraphernalia that kept making it into shots. The first was a paper coffee cup that could be clearly seen in front of actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen, as she and other characters were supposed to be toasting their success in Winterfell. Another example of showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s inexperience ? Maybe. But according to Clarke, it was a different Game of Thrones actor who left the cup on the feasting table. On the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon , Clarke said the real culprit came to her before the Emmys. “We had like a party before the Emmys recently, and Conleth Hill, who plays Varys, who’s sitting next to me in that scene, he

10-Piece Melamine Batter Bowl Set by The Pioneer Woman

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The Pioneer Woman holiday items are just baaaarely starting to show up at Walmart stores and online, and this is one of the things I think will disappear quickly! It’s a melamine batter bowl set , and I’m madly in love with the color, the designs, and the quality. Here’s what you get in the set…     A sweet hobnail melamine batter bowl. Love it!     A floral mixing bowl that fits neatly inside. The shape is so cool!     A measuring cup set…splendid.     And measuring spoons, too. Perfect! Here’s the link where you can find the batter bowl set online! (It’s also showing up in stores this week as well.) The Pioneer Woman 10-Piece Melamine Batter Bowl Set Happy Halloween…and Merry (early) Christmas! from The Pioneer Woman https://ift.tt/32Zmk22 https://ift.tt/2NrXmC3

New PW Instant Pot + The New Frontier! by The Pioneer Woman

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Howdy, friends! My new Instant Pot designs have launched at Walmart , am I’m loving them! So today, because the sun is finally shining (after four days of c-c-c-cold weather), because I’m so excited about the upcoming fall/winter holidays, and because I love ya, I’m giving away five (5!) Pioneer Woman Instant Pots, each with a signed copy of my brand new cookbook, The New Frontier !     There are two new Instant Pot designs : Dazzling Dahlias (left), and Frontier Rose (right.) Gorgeous, both of ’em—and if you haven’t fallen into the Instant Pot world yet, I promise you’ll have a lot of fun figuring out how to work it into your cooking routine.   TO ENTER To enter, just fill out and submit the giveaway box below. Five winners will be randomly selected and announced Saturday! Good luck, friends!   a Rafflecopter giveaway from The Pioneer Woman https://ift.tt/333LOvg https://ift.tt/2Wt6Als

In Brooklyn, the Best Part of Wegmans Is Missing

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Sad, premade sandwiches are not okay. from grubstreet https://ift.tt/2NFGNmj

The 102-Year-Old Hawaiian Hotel Where Pork Chops Are King

“The pork chops are so ono here,” said Kaniela “Danny” Akaka. He removed a straw paniolo hat as his wife Anna presented me with an orchid lei in the lobby at Manago Hotel . Danny always gets the pork chops. She prefers the fried opelu. I wanted the butterfish. We’ve been ordering the same dinner in the cherry wood–paneled dining room of this guesthouse for the past two decades. It’s a regular gathering place for friends and family, called ohana in Hawaiian. On a lower slope of Mauna Loa, the town of Captain Cook is surrounded by many of the island’s small-acre coffee farms, with precipitous views above an ancient place of refuge and Kealakekua Bay, where the British explorer met his end. The crew of HMS Resolution stole wood from a sacred heiau to repair a broken mast and that offense led to the skirmish that sealed James Cook’s fate. Read More >> from Food52 https://ift.tt/2Jxjh9J

Life After the Line-Cook Boys’ Club

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How does the next generation of line cooks see the future of restaurant kitchens? Consider April Bloomfield. In December 2017, a the New York Times report detailed a culture of sexual misconduct at the Spotted Pig, the Michelin-starred gastropub in New York City where the chef became a star, and the Breslin, which further cemented her place in the city’s dining ecosystem. Her business partner, the restaurateur Ken Friedman, was accused of sexual harassment, and some employees referred to the Spotted Pig’s third-floor private dining room as the “rape room,” where employees reported being groped by Friedman’s guests as well. And punctuating the horrible allegations from the employees: reports that Bloomfield had known about Friedman’s behavior and, through inaction and silence, was complicit in its continuation. Nearly a year later, she tried to explain why she had tolerated the behavior for so long, saying to the New York Times : “He had so much control, and he was so dominant and p

How to Host a Ton of People at a Dinner Party — Even Thanksgiving

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Eater Young Gun Maya Lovelace (’16) reveals her strategies for cooking for large groups Maya Lovelace is queen of the pop-up. For the past four years, she’s been running Mae , a deeply personal, deeply delicious prix-fixe dinner event that reflects both her Southern Appalachian roots and Mae’s Portland setting. Named for Lovelace’s grandmother, Mae won a fan base with dishes like buttermilk-brined fried chicken and roasted zucchini with tomato cornmeal gravy — and earned Lovelace the title of Eater Young Gun in 2016. Mae also made Lovelace an expert at hosting large groups. That’s why we’ve tapped her to share her best tips for Thanksgiving, the biggest family-style dinner of all, for this as-told-to guide. When we started Mae in 2015, we didn’t really know what we were getting into. It was supposed to be a one-off thing, but people really liked it, so we kept doing it more and more frequently. Six months ago, we opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant called Yonder , where we re-ope

What to Wear to a Restaurant for Any Occasion

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Everett Collection /Shutterstock Take the stress out of figuring out how to dress, so you can focus on important things — like what to order The world of dining and drinking is an obstacle course wrapped in a labyrinth wrapped in a logic puzzle — it’s full of pitfalls, gray areas, and bewildering questions that really shouldn’t even be questions (How do I find the bathroom?) and yet, somehow, are. Fortunately, your friends at Eater are here to help: Life Coach is a series of simple guides to the arcane rituals of modern dining. Have a question or a quandary you’d like us to tackle? Drop Life Coach a line . “No shirt, no shoes, no service” is pithy, but it doesn’t really say much about what the shirt and shoes should actually be. And if you’ve never been to a particular restaurant, deciding how to dress is even harder: Without knowing firsthand what the vibe is, it can be difficult to gauge what’s appropriate. Clothing has tremendous power. It helps give us a sense of belonging

The Fresser’s Guide to Wasp Cuisine

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Beyond the stereotypes — bland, anti-foodie, relentlessly mayoed — much of so-called Wasp or country-club food descends from English-influenced Americana and the heyday of French-inspired Continental cuisine. It’s also enjoying a revival in New York. from grubstreet https://ift.tt/2C2oLow

In Defense of Wasp Cooking

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New York restaurant critic Adam Platt takes a stand for the cooking and foodways of his white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) ancestors. from grubstreet https://ift.tt/2NrSOLR

Salted Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate.

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True story: I will never turn down a mug of peanut butter hot chocolate. Especially with peanut butter whipped cream! It’s only the best combination in the world, you know? Sure there are others that I frequently mention, like bread and butter, or cheese and olives, almond butter and strawberry jam. But I don’t think many people will argue that peanut butter + chocolate is THEEEE flavor combo.  Last week I was devastated to learn that City Bakery in NYC closed. They have the most indulgent, rich hot chocolate – one that you have maybe once a year because it’s so decadent. It’s a hot chocolate that I think about all the time. This isn’t exactly that, but it’s definitely hot CHOCOLATE. High-quality chocolate swirled into hot milk until melted and thick. OMG. I want a mug of it right now. I obviously didn’t know the difference between hot cocoa and hot chocolate when I was a kid. (Or, frankly, in 2009 when I made a recipe called salted hot chocolate and used cocoa powder! Whomp