Roast chicken is good, but if that chicken skin isn't perfectly crispy, dinner can be a disappointment. For the crispiest chicken skin ever, reach for this common ingredient that's probably in your pantry right now.
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Americans eat almost 300 eggs per person each year, but that familiarity doesn't make figuring out if your eggs are fresh any easier, especially since the yolk and white float out of sight inside each mostly-opaque shell.
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You may not realize it, but if you've ever had ponzu sauce at a Japanese restaurant, you've also tasted yuzu juice, which comes from the yuzu fruit. Since the fruit is hard to find in American grocery stores, many gourmands find themselves struggling to find the perfect yuzu juice substitute.
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Let's say that you've got a brand spanking new carton of ice cream in your freezer, and by some miracle, you don't actually polish the entire thing off in one sitting. Stranger things have happened, right?
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If you're still living that elementary school cafeteria lunch life with your jars of Skippy and Jif in the cabinet solely because natural peanut butter is such a pain to deal with, we've got good news for you: You've just been storing it wrong your whole life.
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What do you do when you're faced with the task of choosing a good watermelon? If you just close your eyes, pick blindly, and hope for the best, chances are you've cut into your fair share of flavorless and unripe or mushy and mealy fruit.
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Is there anything worse than the disappointment you feel when a guacamole craving hits and you realize that your fruit bowl is full of nothing but unripe avocados? You know that it can take up to seven long days for those rock-hard avocados to soften on their own, and you need your fix fast.
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There are a lot of claims floating around the Internet, and it seems that for every statement made on just about any topic, you can also find a statement that claims the exact opposite to be true, even when that subject is something as innocuous as watermelon.
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If Pizza Hut is your go-to spot when you get a craving for a loaded up, cheesed out pie, then you'd better head to the Hut soon because it may not be around much longer. At least if you plan on eating there. The company recently said its days of serving dine-in customers could be drawing to a close.
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It's hard to imagine shopping hacks at a place that doesn't even have a frequent shopper card, but read this before shopping at Trader Joe's again.
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The Irish-themed, pub-crawl-ready but still family-friendly casual dining chain Bennigan's was at the top of its game at the turn of the century. But things went downhill fast with locations quickly dwindling from 300 to only 15. What happened, and will we see them make a comeback?
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We try to avoid food poisoning as much as possible, whether that means never eating raw meats or watching the CDC's warnings like a hawk. But when it comes to unwanted additions to our packaged greens there are some things you just can't avoid. Yes, we're talking frogs and other creepy-crawlies.
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There are a lot of things McDonald's does that surprises us, and one of the best surprises this year was the roll-out of their Worldwide Favorites menu, which allowed those of us dining in the USA to get a taste of some of the best items sold at the fast food restaurant internationally.
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An apple a day may or may not keep the doctor away, but according to a new study, you've probably been eating them wrong this whole time anyway. Just when we thought we finally had a handle on the whole "eating fruit and vegetables" thing, we find out that there's a better way to do it.
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If you ordered delivery for dinner and found out that the Pizza Hut driver had scarfed down one of your breadsticks, would you be upset? That's just one of the questions US Foods asked consumers in a survey about food delivery.
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Costco may be one of the world's largest retailers, but for many customers the real reason to shop there isn't the sweet deals on bulk foods, it's the mega-popular food court — more specifically, the $1.50 hot dog and soda combo.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year... nope, it's not Christmas, but it might as well be, because Aldi just announced their Finds for the month of August, and while there are dozens of items you won't want to miss out on, we think these are the best of the best.
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Many people would argue McDonald's World Famous Fries are their best menu item. We decided to take a look at exactly how McDonald's french fries are made.
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Smartphone addicted Costco shoppers, get ready to rejoice: No longer will you have to dig through your purse, wallet, diaper bag, or pockets in search of that elusive Costco card. All you have to do now is flash your phone to gain entrance to the warehouse store.
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From now on, you'll know exactly what not to order at Arby's without having to stand there dumbstruck in front of the menu with an impatient line behind you.
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When you place an order at the Walmart bakery for your toddler's birthday cake, you probably agonize over the perfect choice — should you get dinosaurs or clowns, unicorns or rainbows, cats or dogs? You probably agonize over the perfect message to emblazon the cake with, too.
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Who pays fast food workers best, and who pays worst? Just how much money are the people serving you your fast food meal getting paid?
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Over the years we've learned different ways to get our hands on free Starbucks drinks, but not all of them are completely above board — remember the guy that bought 365 Starbucks cards and registered each one with a different birthday so he could get his free birthday drink every day of the year?
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In May 2019, Taco Bell got the Internet buzzing with its announcement that The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort would be popping up in Palm Springs, California. The press release promised that everything from guest rooms to breakfast and poolside cocktails will be infused with a Taco Bell twist.
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Pork rinds are undergoing somewhat of a renaissance these days. They were once seen as the epitome of southern poverty cuisine.
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Although Chi-Chi's itself is long gone in the United States, it has left behind it quite a legacy. Let's figure out why the heck they disappeared.
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In the game of "which fast food chain can create the most ridiculous menu item yet," KFC may have just taken the title, and that's no small feat considering Arby's recently introduced the meat carrot (er, marrot), Burger King started selling tacos, and Jack in the Box made burgers into french fries.
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