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There's an Ideal Time to Grocery Shop If You Want to Avoid Lines and Save Money

Grocery shopping on the weekend isn't worth the hassle.

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Everything You Need to Know About Activated Charcoal

You don't need it in your toothpaste or croissant.

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Does Washing Your Fruits and Vegetables Really Do Anything?

If you don't rinse your produce, it's time to start.

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Watch a 'Pasta Granny' Prepare This Rare 'Duchess's Little Snails' Dish

Traditional pasta recipes are dying out, but one woman is making videos to preserve them.

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A Low-Carb Diet Could Shorten Your Lifespan

Pass the bread!

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Which Kind of Oatmeal is Best for Your Health?

The best choice should really be called "groatmeal."

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An Avocado Shortage Has Triggered a Fruit Crime Wave in New Zealand

Kiwis are desperate to get their hands on the green stuff.

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14 Secrets of Food Sample Demonstrators

Your kid might be too short to get that free cookie.

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What Did Elvis Presley's Famous Peanut Butter-Bacon-Banana Sandwich Taste Like? Try It for Yourself

One PBBB on white bread, please.

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Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies Are Coming to a Girl Scout Troop Near You

This is not a drill.

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Are Millennials Really Killing Mayo? An Investigation

The internet is divided.

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15 Fascinating Facts About Julia Child

Julia Child was best know as a bestselling cookbook author and chef. She also happened to be a government spy.

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The Anatomy of a Food Recall

Who decides when our food is unsafe, and what happens next?

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10 Surprising Uses for Leftover Bananas

Don't throw them out just yet!

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Cookie Controversy: Hydrox Accuses Oreo of Retail Sabotage

A sneaky retail trick to get people to consume more Oreos has been going on for years, and one cookie competitor isn't happy about it.

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You've Been Using Your Can Opener Wrong

Never cut yourself on jagged lids again.

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The Mystery of the Stinky Dairy Queen in Calgary Has Just Been Solved

For years, the ice cream parlor has reeked of rotten eggs. Now the owner finally knows why.

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Why Do So Many Diners Look Like Train Cars?

Diners were the original pop-up stores.

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Kellogg's Releases Braille and Audio Lunch Box Notes for Visually Impaired Kids

Just in time for back-to-school season.

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This Smart Oven Can Cook a 12-Pound Turkey—and Prepare Your Bacon 64 Different Ways

Let June do all the work.

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Dream Job Alert: Ferrero Is Hiring 60 People to Taste Nutella in Italy

The less test-tasting experience you have, the better.

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Bottle Service: How Snapple Took Over the 1990s

The popular fruit-flavored beverage won over millions of consumers with its idiosyncratic advertising in the '90s. Then Howard Stern happened.

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Slice of History: A Pizza Museum is Coming to Chicago

Now you can finally walk the hallowed halls of pizza history.

Salvador Dalí and 19th-Century San Franciscans Were Eating Avocado Toast Long Before It Was A 'Thing'

A recipe from 1885 called avocado toast "delicious for breakfast or lunch."