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Ladies and gentleman, the Spork has been dethroned. Panda Express announced this week that they are potentially adding a new utensil to give out to customers nationwide. It combines two utensils — the fork and the chopsticks — to make one super utensil, and it’s call the Chork.
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The Great British Baking Show is wrapping up season three tonight for the United States (it already aired on BBC One earlier this year). If you’ve been following along the last month or so, you know this season has been full of interesting characters and delicious, sugary creations.
The true star of this season, however, is the subtle addition of the new stand mixer in the series. Did you notice?
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A curry? Made from watermelon? You don’t get it. Neither did I — at least at first. When I came across this traditional dish from Rajasthan, the largest state in India located in the northwest corner of the country, I didn’t quite know what to think of it.
I can eat pounds and pounds of watermelon in all forms throughout the summer, but this isn’t one I expected. I tried it anyway, and guess what? It works — it works extremely well. This sweet and spicy dish is proof that watermelon is far more versatile than you ever imagined.
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Tonight PBS airs the Season 3 finale of The Great British Baking Show, the stupendously popular show that taught Americans the meaning of a proper sponge, and introduced them to the steely gaze of Paul Hollywood and cool evaluation of Mary Berry. To mark the occasion, we asked English expat Luke Dempsey to explore his complicated relationship with England past, present, and fantasy.
If you had a happy early childhood, as I did, The Great British Baking Show takes you right back to it, to a place where people are uncomplicated and kind and careful of each other. There is no ego, only fun for the sake of it (and there’s a lot of sugar).
Set in the grounds of a stately home, in a big tent reminiscent of those used for a local fair (note, there has to be a tent—this is Britain, where the climate is made up of weather, not seasons), the show reeks, to some, of a halcyon time that never existed. Which is why it’s so powerful.
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I do not remember a time when I did not love spicy food. I grew up eating Sichuan food and I can almost imagine my mom introducing me to solids with a healthy dose of chilies. The brazen heat that is so enticing and exotic to so many people is my comfort food. When I crave something familiar, it’s not mac-and-cheese that I reach for, but red oil wontons and mapo tofu. It’s these dishes that tempt my taste buds, tease my sense of smell, and evoke a powerful feeling of nostalgia.
Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl, happy and in love. He liked chocolate and cheesecake and peanut butter and coffee and she, rather luckily for him, liked to bake. When they’d been married for one year, she made him a chocolate caramel cheesecake on his birthday. Year two, another cheesecake, this one with cubes of brownie throughout. Three, an epic chocolate peanut butter cake. Four, an espresso chiffon cake with fudge frosting. And then a month later a baby came along and it appears she next made him a birthday cake five years after that, and only, from what I can gather, because she was procrastinating and didn’t want to pack for their move. I’m not saying that if you like homemade birthday cake you might consider not having kids (gasp!) but I’m also not saying it either, you know? 
Things get a little better from there. She did throw together one of these things together the following year, when they had a one month-old no less, equally a testament to the ease of that recipe and also, realistically, the quality of the substitute baby-holders we had lined up. And this year? Well, it was a day late. Fortunately, as this could be their House Gif, nobody minded. Because all days that end with cake are better than those that do not. Continue reading
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When it comes to making dinner, I always count it a victory when I find a recipe I want to make and I already have all the ingredients. It’s even more of a win when I can count all the ingredients on one hand.
Get ready for a victory dance because we’ve got 20 satisfying chicken dinners that are perfect for dinner. And not counting the basics — like oil, salt, pepper, and water — these winning recipes all have just five main ingredients (or fewer!).
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of selling cookies, Girl Scouts announced that they are adding not one, but two new cookies to their roster for 2017. While the technical 100th anniversary isn’t for a few months, Girl Scouts announced the new arrivals today to match up with National S’mores Day because — surprise! — both of the new cookies are s’mores themed.
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