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Homemade bread lets Thanksgiving cooks cheat the clock with a few weeks in the freezer

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Cracker Barrel’s Rocking Chairs Now Tell 4 Stories of Military Service

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Before you open your Halloween candy haul, read the fine print

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The tea bag started as an accident, and the story has a few twists

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Many diets, one Thanksgiving table and the host in the middle

A Thanksgiving invitation sounds simple until the replies arrive. One guest is vegetarian, another avoids dairy, someone has celiac disease and a cousin has a …

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The Thanksgiving prep you can start now to save time later 

Thanksgiving hosts expect to welcome an average of 10 people this year, according to Butterball. That is a lot of plates, side dishes and last-minute …

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A man in a white t-shirt leans over a kitchen counter with a tablet and fresh vegetables, learning to avoid cooking mistakes that ruin a dish.

11 Cooking Mistakes That Ruin a Dish Before It Even Starts

Better cooking starts before the heat. These research-backed corrections replace kitchen folklore with practical culinary technique.

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Person in a grocery store holding a smartphone and a receipt, with a shopping cart full of various food items—including vegetables, drinks, packaged goods, and plenty of snacks perfect for the Big Game. With Americans expected to eat 1.48 billion wings during the festivities, it’s no wonder this shopper looks ready for game day celebrations.
9 Ways to Catch the Biggest Grocery Markdowns

Hands arranging a floral autumn wreath with dahlias, sunflowers, berries, and small gourds on a wooden table, offering creative fall wreath-making ideas.
9 Fall Wreath-Making Ideas Beyond the Standard Leaf Wreath

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Thanksgiving’s corn, beans and squash trace to Native gardens, and tribes are replanting what vanished

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True crime, live trials and why we can’t look away