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An Ode to Dorie Greenspan's Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good

Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good, from Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table, is like a soft, fluffy cheese strata with bacon baked inside a pumpkin. It's one of those meals where you don't engage in a lot of analytical conversation, like, "Wow, the fresh nutmeg in the cream really complements......
Steve Reeder (left) and Dave Matthews have teamed up to create three wines; Credit: Dreaming Tree

Dave Matthews Introduces Line of Wines: The Dreaming Tree

It's a different kind of crush for Dave Matthews. He may not want you to drink the water, but the musician has collaborated with award-winning winemaker Steve Reeder to create a line of vino they're calling Dreaming Tree Wines, after the Dave Matthews Band track "The Dreaming Tree" from the......
McDonald's will find a new egg source for its McMuffins.; Credit: Flickr/Calgary Reviews

McDonald's, Target Drop Egg Supplier Over Cruelty Concerns

McDonald's and Target dropped one of the nation's largest egg suppliers after an animal rights group released an undercover video last Friday of the egg producer's farms in three states, according to the Associated Press. McDonald's Corp. said the same day that it had dropped Sparboe Farms as a supplier......
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Ready Pac Recalls Bagged Romaine Salads

Irwindale-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, Reuters reports. The voluntary recall includes a dozen different salad products including Caesar salad kits and plain bagged romaine, the company said in a statement......
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U.S. Still a Dumping Ground for Crappy Honey, Study Finds

They're calling it "honey laundering." More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores is filtered to the point where it contains no pollen -- which would make it flunk the quality standards set by most of the world's food safety agencies, according to testing done by Food......
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The Pepper Smash at The Three Clubs + A Recipe

It's spicy, it's smashing and it very well could get you smashed. The Three Clubs in Hollywood, made famous by the movie Swingers, has rolled out some fancy new cocktails created by mixologist Joel Black. One of his most popular new drinks is the savory Pepper Smash ($12), which contains......
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Top 5 Weirdest Halloween Candies

Some see squishy eyeballs as the perfect inspiration for gummy candy. Others feel the same way about spongy brains. Someone out there thought, "What if you took body parts and put them on sushi rice? Wouldn't that be cool?" Yet another fine fellow pondered, "How 'bout I make an energy......
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Americans Eat Too Much Salt

Why you salty broad. You old salt. A new "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health says 88% of the U.S. population consumes more than the recommended amount of salt per day, increasing their risk of high blood pressure,......