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Do you love all things breakfast-related? If so, have I got the deviled eggs of your dreams. Imagine egg salad became friends with avocado toast, and then everything bagel spice came to join the party. These deviled eggs get richness, velvety texture, and vivid color from ripe avocado, and the sprinkling of nutty, toasty everything bagel spice on top adds just the right amount of crunch and savoriness. They really don’t take much more effort than your standard deviled eggs, and you might like them so much that they become your go-to recipe.

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Social drinking is a pretty normal part of American culture, so whenever we meet someone who doesn’t drink, it may seem a little strange at first. We instantly become curious about their lives, their choices, and their ultimate decision to pass on beer, wine, cocktails, and all the other alcoholic beverages we regularly enjoy. We want to find out everything there is to know about them, and without thinking, we start to say and ask things that are invasive, offensive, and potentially harmful.

The truth is, there are a variety of reasons people abstain from drinking. In the end, it’s a deeply personal decision that every person has the right to make on their own. So why is that we tend to react so inappropriately to people who say they don’t drink? Let’s all put a stop to that.

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I was 23 and living in New York City when my new roommate invited me to spend Greek Easter with her family on Staten Island. At first, I declined the invitation, telling her I had to work the brunch shift at my restaurant gig because Easter was one of the busiest shifts of the year.

That’s when I got the first of many lessons about the holiday: Greek Easter usually falls on a different date than Western Easter. The Orthodox Christian church, my roommate explained, still uses the Julian calendar, which has a 13-day difference between the Gregorian calendar the rest of Christianity uses. That year, Greek Easter actually fell on May 5. And I was free!

I’m glad I was because, it turns out, Greek Easter is way better than the Easter I was used to. Here are five reasons I’d gladly say yes — or Nai! — if an invitation came way.

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Kids get to have all the fun when it comes to Easter. (How come no one makes over-the-top frilly dresses for adults? And why doesn’t anyone leave a basket of candy for 30-somethings?) This year, though, we’ve figured out how the adults can get a piece of the action.

Here’s what you need to do in order to put together an awesome Easter basket for grown-ups. Make one for your SO, your bestie, or even yourself.

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Almost everyone likes eggs — they’re an easy breakfast and a good source of protein — but there are certain people who love eggs. These people firmly believe that everything (literally everything) is better with an egg on top. Is that you?

For all the huevo devotees out there, we’ve rounded up 10 eccentric, egg-centric finds. Each one will either put those egg-loving ways on display for all to see, or help make the egg-eating process easier and way more fun.

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Easter bread comes in all different shapes and sizes, from hot cross buns to the Greek Tsoureki I grew up with — but it’s never been quite so adorable or easy. These Easter bread bunnies are quick to make and finished with a delicious surprise.

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Start with some bread, a few eggs, and butter and voila! You’ve got French toast. Right? Well, maybe not so fast. French toast has few ingredients, and it’s a quick-cooking recipe for sure, so it seems like it should be pretty straightforward. But for a dish so common, it’s not that hard to make poorly. There’s the burnt-outsides-and-raw-insides problem, that unpleasant-center-layer-of-un-eggy-bread issue, and the over-soaking-until-the-bread-falls-apart conundrum.

The real trick to making classic French toast is to pay close attention while you soak and cook. We’re going to show you how to do it well so you always have the French toast you deserve.

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Like most holiday decor, Easter egg decorating has come a long way from the days of the boxed dye tablets at the grocery store. (Thanks, Pinterest!) Now, there’s an egg for every craft supply, grocery store ingredient, and cultural meme out there.

We’ve scoured some of our favorite blogs for the cutest (and sometimes, easiest!) egg DIYs out there. Prepare to start pinning!

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Plastic water bottles are a waste of resources and damaging to the environment. But with consumption of bottled water on the rise, sustainability becomes a big issue. Now, a sustainable packaging startup has created a water blob that eliminates the need for plastic.

London-based Skipping Rocks Lab introduced their innovation, called Ooho, in 2014, but it only now is going viral. The concept is simple: Package water in 100 percent plant-based biodegradable materials. The water bubble is essentially an edible jelly-like sphere with a membrane made of calcium chloride and brown algae that keeps water contained inside of it.

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Easter is a day for brunch — whether you eat it first thing in the morning, or well into the afternoon when the Easter egg hunt is over, with chocolate eggs for hors d’oeuvres. Brunch is also the best excuse to eat with friends and family early in the day, with sticky buns, ham, and platters of asparagus offered up for spring.

We have recipes for you, from make-ahead lemon rolls and avocado deviled eggs, to classic hot cross buns and breakfast sangria. Let these recipes help you celebrate with the people you love.

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