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Americans spent an average of $3,189 on food eaten away from home in 2017 (the last year for which figures are available), according to data site Statista. People aged 35 to 44 spent the most, an...
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America’s first Chinese restaurant is said to have been Canton, which opened in San Francisco in 1849. Today there are more than 40,000 such eating places nationwide. It’s hard to find a city or...
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Along with other measures being recommended or instituted to combat the spread of COVID-19, epidemiologists and government officials most strongly highlight the value of social distancing —...
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Years ago, most packaged supermarket coffee — nearly always pre-ground — was sold under such brand names as Folgers, Maxwell House, Yuban, Hills Bros., Eight O’Clock, and Chock Full...
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While the world struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19, there seem to be few areas of life that aren’t being dramatically — and at times devastatingly — impacted. One area that...
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Daylight savings time began on March 8, leaving us one hour less that day. Of course, we have had 24 hours in every day since then, but as the days lengthen and the weather improves, we don’t want...
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When the first colonists arrived in New England in the early 17th century, they started brewing beer — not making wine. Wine grapes didn’t grow well in the Northeast, and, anyway, the...
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Like most countries around the world, America is full of Irish pubs, and in addition to beer and whiskey and the like, they tend to serve what most of us think of as Irish food — fish and...
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The new coronavirus, COVID-19, is affecting many areas of life internationally, with whole regions and even countries closing borders. Italian authorities took drastic measures, imposing a nationwide...
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Everybody talks about craft beer these days, but what people mostly drink is the mass-produced, distinctly non-craft stuff. Sales of specialty brews are definitely rising: The nation’s...
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“America runs on Dunkin’,” goes the slogan of the widespread chain formerly called Dunkin’ Donuts (it dropped “Donuts” as of January 2019). That might be...
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The abundance of wine produced around the world today is truly overwhelming. It’s made in every U.S. state (yes, even in Alaska and Hawaii) and in more than 75 countries around the world. There are...
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Depending on where you live, early spring may be a rough time to try to eat locally. Either the winter storage crops have diminished or the new shoots have yet to emerge. Luckily, fresh, in-season,...
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