Is gray, like, the official shade of spring 2020? Skittles will be abandoning their signature rainbow shades for just one month, that month being June. As everyone knows, June is Pride Month, a time when many otherwise monochromatic brands will fly a rainbow flag to show their support.
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The French aren't known for doing things in halves, particularly when it comes to food or fashion, which should then come as no surprise that brioche isn't just made with the ingredients we would find in a normal loaf of bread, which can help explain why it's so costly.
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Many of us may have a relationship (or not) with Spam, but no matter how much we might like the mystery meat packed in the rectangular blue can, we'll probably never love it as much as the Hawaiians do.
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If you are lactose intolerant, not fond of dairy, allergic to it, or simply just don't like milk, there are plenty of non-dairy milk alternatives to meet your taste and needs. Banana milk might be one you're unfamiliar with, though.
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We might think otherwise, but our favorite Goldfish crackers aren't unique to the United States — in fact, they weren't even born here. And while you may think you know what they're made fro, you'll never guess what their first listed ingredient actually is.
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If you're in need of a little bit of chicken buying advice, read on as experts break it all down.
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The menu item that started the Chick-fil-A empire is their original chicken sandwich. While this seems like it would have a simple enough recipe, there are actually dozens of ingredients listed by the website for its trademark sandwich.
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Chuck E. Cheese is one restaurant that's all about the experience. While they do offer snack foods like wings, mozzarella sticks, and pretzel bites, they really offer only one type of main dish, that being pizza. Have you really ever considered the cheesy pie from Chuck E.'s though?
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Although McDonald's has some strange locations across the world, there are perhaps none as unique as the floating restaurant, known as the McBarge, that they built for the 1986 World Expo in Vancouver, Canada.
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Many chain restaurants are actually operated by the same parent company. Some seem to match up quite well together, but others are a bit of an oddball pairing.
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Anthony Bourdain's first book was lauded for its colorful writing style, tales of drug and booze-fueled kitchen shifts, and the secrets of the restaurant world that he let his readers in on. One such secret was to never order fish on a Monday. Why is that?
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Dunkaroos are officially back, much to the delight of '90s kids everywhere. This blast from the past — cookies that are dipped into an accompanying mini-tub of frosting — is now available at 7-Eleven.
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Many may be familiar with the mint julep for its designation as the official drink of the Kentucky Derby. The mint julep is made with mint and sugar, stirred with crushed or shaved ice, and paired with a spirit such as bourbon or rum.
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When you buy meat, you've likely noticed the pad that comes in the packaging, and you've thrown it away without giving it any thought other than trying not to drip meat juice all over yourself, the floor, or the counter. However, the pad actually does serve an important purpose.
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While some people are so caffeine-addicted that they keep a coffee maker by the bed, and others have invested in a remote coffee maker so that they can get a morning pot started while they're still under the covers. If that's not good enough, though, you can get chewable coffee to pop first thing.
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Hust as home bakers can't get enough of their KitchenAid stand mixers, home cooks are just as drawn to their Le Creuset Dutch Ovens. Why are they so pricey, though?
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They say that necessity if the mother of invention, but its kind of sketchy stepdaddy has got to be boredom. How else would you explain the fact that somebody evidently made the discovery that you could make music using...a hot dog? Um, okay. Now, songs about hot dogs are not hard to come by.
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Most shoppers are familiar with the green variety of asparagus, but the vegetable actually comes in two other colors: white and purple. What's the difference between the three colors?
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Ice cream and custard have a lot in common. Both require only a few ingredients. Basic vanilla ice cream contains cream, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Add in egg yolks to that recipe, and you have custard. Sometimes, ice cream will also contain egg yolks, but the key difference is the percentage.
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If you're not the kind of person that thinks about packing hand sanitizer wherever you go, we have news about germs and restaurants that we expect might make you change your mind.
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We've all encountered the moment where we rip open a pack and only want one of the tarts inside. The second is left to loosely wiggle in the foil bag and slowly go stale. A tiny of agitation might have crossed your mind when this happened, "Why are Pop-Tarts packaged in pairs?" you might have asked.
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Absinthe, known more affectionately as the 'Green Fairy,' was once one of the most prolific drinks in Europe — and the United States too. It was banned here, though, for many years. Why is it now legal?
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After two months of hunkering down and boosting our immune systems, gotta say, we're not really feeling it so much anymore. We've baked all we can bake, Zoom happy hours are getting kind of dull, and everyone's over the quarantini. Enter the Fauci Pouchy cocktail.
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The Bloody Mary is a brunch classic which has seen creative spinoffs, including garnishes galore. Here's the real untold truth about the drink.
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Unfortunately, even if a food is called a superfood, it could still be terrible for you, and these are the biggest culprits. Learn about the potential pitfalls of these so-called superfoods.
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Everyone knows kitchen sponges can get dirty, but it may be surprising to learn just how dirty they really are.
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The fact that chalupas are a household name in America is almost certainly attributable to its popularity at Taco Bell. How does an authentic Mexican chalupa, though, differ from a regular taco?
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