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Food names can be deceiving. French fries aren’t actually French, Swiss steak didn’t originate in Switzerland, and Mongolian barbecue is neither Mongolian nor barbecue. These misleading monikers...
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There was a time when the only marijuana-related foodstuff anyone had ever heard of was the infamous pot brownie, a staple of ‘60s gatherings descended from a recipe for hashish fudge published in...
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Nothing says America like a beef patty cooked to perfection, covered with condiments, sandwiched inside a bun (or even on toast in some interpretations). We live in a land of burgers, and...
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Foods spoil at different rates. You don’t want to stock your fridge with products that go bad after just a few days. So pick non-perishable food to store. 24/7 Tempo has assembled a representative...
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The restaurant business is a tough one. Even before COVID, restaurants came and went with regularity. Statistics on restaurant failure rates vary widely. One estimate suggests that up to 90% of...
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We are more than two months into the Atlantic hurricane season, which goes from June 1 to Nov. 30, but there has only been one hurricane. As of the end of July, Tropical Storm Don briefly reached...
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What was life in America like a century or more ago? We can read about it, of course, in books and articles written at the time as well as in the works of historians of the period. But fortunately,...
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Mexico came in second only to Italy as the country with the best food overall, according to Ranker readers responding to a survey the site conducted two years ago. And Mexican is the second most...
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People often think of etiquette — good manners — in terms of the dinner table. While there are certainly fine points in that arena that deserve to be better known, most of us probably know the...
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Pablo Picasso, the rapper Prodigy, and the fourth president of the United States have something in common: They all died while eating. There’s an old Catalan proverb that says “The table kills...
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Musicians – especially those in the rock and jazz spheres – aren’t particularly known for their long lifespans. Accidents, drugs, violence, suicide, and disease have claimed far too many young...
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Ice cream is quite possibly the ultimate comfort food, especially in hot weather, so it’s little wonder that we’ve been enjoying it so enthusiastically in recent weeks. (Whether having a famously...
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Americans eat hot dogs all year long, but somehow they seem particularly appropriate for summertime. And why not? They’re casual, hand-held, inexpensive, perfect on the backyard grill. We consume...
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Almost everybody in the U.S. eats fast food at least once in a while, and some consume it a lot more often than that. According to industry estimates, at least 30% of Americans (children included)...
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The NFT (non-fungible token) market crashed in 2022, with some experts estimating that investors would see at least $100 million in losses. NFTs – digital collectibles bought and sold online –...
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