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    Watch Us Try Hot Dog Candy Corn For the First Time
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    Watch Us Try Hot Dog Candy Corn For the First Time

    We eat our way through Brach's Tailgate Candy Corn, trying to guess which bizarre flavor is which.

    Why Lemon Paste Beats Lemon Extract for Baking
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    Why Lemon Paste Beats Lemon Extract for Baking

    Chef Ina Pinkney's recipe for lemon pound cake uses paste, not liquid extract, for maximum flavor.

    Your Instant Espresso Doesn’t Have to Taste Like Dirt
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    Your Instant Espresso Doesn’t Have to Taste Like Dirt

    Chef Ina Pinkney knows her coffee. And she's found some instant stuff that actually tastes good.

    You Need Quick-Cooking Pasta
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    You Need Quick-Cooking Pasta

    Chef Ina Pinkney explains how to make an easy meal easier.

    You’re Eating the Wrong Tuna
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    You’re Eating the Wrong Tuna

    Let Chef Ina Pinkney show you what good tuna ought to look like.

    These Grilling Supplies Are a Waste of Money
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    These Grilling Supplies Are a Waste of Money

    CUE-Tility teaches us that not all grilling tools are useful. Some are an outright cash grab.

    Buy This Grilling Tool So You Don’t Singe Yourself
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    Buy This Grilling Tool So You Don’t Singe Yourself

    CUE-Tility schools you on an actually useful (and downright essential) grill accessory.

    Don’t Let Your Dad Buy You This Useless Grilling Tool
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    Don’t Let Your Dad Buy You This Useless Grilling Tool

    In CUE-Tility, Jesse Valenciana tells us which part of your grilling setup you can ditch forever.

    This Grilling Accessory Is Worth Every Penny
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    This Grilling Accessory Is Worth Every Penny

    Grilling expert Jesse Valenciana weighs in on an essential part of any charcoal grill setup.

    Make the Smokiest Margarita of Your Life
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    Make the Smokiest Margarita of Your Life

    The Mad Mezcal is a savory twist on the classic summer cocktail.

    Try This Spicy Twist on the Gold Rush Cocktail
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    Try This Spicy Twist on the Gold Rush Cocktail

    Learn to make the Pollen Drone, a bourbon cocktail with hot honey and bee pollen.

    The 5 Worst Things We’ve Tasted This Year, So Far

    The 5 Worst Things We’ve Tasted This Year, So Far

    The most unpleasant culinary surprises and biggest disappointments of 2022.

    The 7 Best Foods We've Tasted This Year, So Far

    The 7 Best Foods We've Tasted This Year, So Far

    Halfway through 2022, we check in on the year's greatest culinary successes.

    15 Cooking Lessons From <i>Ratatouille,</i> in Honor of Its 15th Anniversary

    15 Cooking Lessons From Ratatouille, in Honor of Its 15th Anniversary

    Who knew a movie about a rat could make such an impact?

    7 Rules of Dining Etiquette We Learned From Movies

    7 Rules of Dining Etiquette We Learned From Movies

    Who needs to pay for etiquette class when you can have a movie marathon?

    This Gin Cocktail Is Best Sipped Sloe
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    This Gin Cocktail Is Best Sipped Sloe

    Learn how to make the Most Pleasant, a drink that proves homemade simple syrups are a game-changer.

    16 Ways to Make the Most of Summer Grilling Season

    16 Ways to Make the Most of Summer Grilling Season

    You'll be a grill master in no time. Take our word for it.

    The Best Bourbon Drink When You Don’t Want Another Old Fashioned
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    The Best Bourbon Drink When You Don’t Want Another Old Fashioned

    How to make the Posh Spice cocktail, a specialty of Paulie Gee's Logan Square.

    Baking Has an Order of Operations, Too
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    Baking Has an Order of Operations, Too

    There are certain parts of a recipe you should never modify while baking.

    Taco Bell Has Heard the Pleas of Dolly Parton, Doja Cat
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    Taco Bell Has Heard the Pleas of Dolly Parton, Doja Cat

    The week's top food stories, including Stephen King's adventures in cooking salmon.