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This is tender, juicy, delicious, and versatile pulled pork prepared in a slow cooker — not barbecue. If you compare this to hickory-smoked, pit-cooked, whole-hog barbecue, you might be disappointed. But if you harness the ingenious method of braising pork in a slow cooker and add one extra step to ensure comparable flavor, you can come home to pounds of delicious pulled pork that you can sauce (or not) and then pile onto buns, drape over nachos, roll into burritos, spoon over rice, stir into recipes, or simply eat straight-up. You will be overjoyed.

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Black Tea & Orange Juice Ice Pops

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There’s just something about midday heat on a sticky summer afternoon that makes you want to snack. But not just any ol’ snack is going to cut it — when it’s too hot to even think, you need a snack that’s going to cool you down fast. Here are 12 that fit the bill.

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The Sweet & Spicy Baked Sweet Potato

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Roasted marshmallows — with their crisp, toasty outside and soft, gooey inside — are one of summer’s sweetest indulgences. S’mores are usually our reason for preparing them, but perhaps you’re not jumping to grab the graham crackers and chocolate from the pantry. Don’t worry — even if s’mores aren’t your thing, there are plenty sweet ways to eat your fill of roasted marshmallows this summer.

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Bacon and Basil Wrapped Corn

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Bacon-wrapped sweet corn with basil. Creamy corn mac and cheese. Smoky shrimp and corn fritters. Come on, you guys — this is what you’ve been waiting for all summer long. The sweet corn is here, and it’s time to glam it up in all its corny glory. Are you ready? Really, really ready?

Then come on in because we have the five most important corn recipes you need to make this summer.

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The term “summer squash” is thrown around quite a lot this time of year. It encompasses both zucchini and yellow squash, so it’s understandable why so many assume that the two are exactly the same except for the shade of their skin. That’s actually not true. Here’s what you need to know about how they differ.

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Here’s a dinner you can make with three ingredients (or four ingredients, if you count the smoky hint from the grill). Use your favorite purchased meatballs, your favorite barbecue sauce, and a few sweet bell peppers to make this meal in 15 minutes. You can probably do it in 10 if you really hustle.

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Embracing “ugly” food, or food that is bruised or imperfect, has been a growing movement over the last couple years in an effort to help stop food waste. Not only does eating ugly food help the environment, but there were also talks earlier this year that ugly fruits and vegetables might even be the healthier choice.

Now Walmart, America’s largest grocery store, is getting in on the trend. In an announcement on their blog earlier this week, Walmart said that this week they were stocking 300 stores in Florida with the “I’m Perfect” apples. The exterior of these apples might be unfavorable, thanks to Mother Nature, but the texture and taste apparently are the same as beautiful apples. The apples will eventually be available in 12 varietals and sold in five-pound bags.

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One of the hardest parts about booking summer travel is figuring out where to lay your head at the end of the day. With so many options — hotels, rentals, campsites, timeshares, inns — it really comes down to what you’re looking to get out of the experience.

If following a set itinerary of group activities or engaging in polite chitchat over a meal with a bunch of strangers sounds like your ideal way to spend a few days, then you’re a great candidate for a bed & breakfast.

If, however, the above scenario makes your skin crawl, then you’re probably a card-carrying member of the Anti-B&B Club. Sometimes, though — say, if your car breaks down at night, or your significant other just so happens to love B&Bs — you can’t avoid staying at one. Don’t panic: Here are seven tips for surviving a B&B, according to the Gilmore Girls.

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I often forget how easy it can be to make fish a weeknight option. For some reason it carries an air of fuss, but when you’re in the kitchen with it, the ease of preparing it almost smacks you in the face. This recipe delivers on ease and flavor, serving up golden-brown fillets of cod with a buttery, briney pan sauce.

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