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Most summer Sundays, I get up, get dressed, and take my dog to the farmers market, which sets up just a block from…

Good morning! How is everyone on this fine spring day? Are you about to fix yourself a lovely springtime breakfast,…

After I posted about the asparamancer yesterday, the British woman who predicts the future by reading the signs in…

There is never a bad time to eat a baked potato. Here in the Midwest, they’re particularly delightful when there’s a…

Every December since the start of the millennium, the Pantone Color Institute—the consulting and forecasting…

In the 73111 ZIP code of Oklahoma City, which covers nine square miles just northeast of downtown, there are 11,000…

Stanley’s Fruits And Vegetables at the corner of North and Elston avenues in Chicago was a mainstay for decades,…

You know when people say, “Oh god, this smells awful, here, smell it,” just so that they don’t have to experience…

The Pacific Northwest is powering through a series of no-joke snowstorms right now. These storms aren’t of the sort…

The partial government shutdown has disastrously affected not only the 800,000 workers who are about to miss their…

Nov. 12 Update: Australian authorities have arrested a 50-year-old woman in connection with a string of incidents…

The Australian produce crisis, which began with some sick bastard (or bastards) hiding needles in strawberries,…

When we were kids, the threat of someone putting razor blades in apples turned out to be an urban legend. But this…

Pineapples are having a big week. First, floating pineapples turned up on the shores of Shetland, Scotland, months…

Many times the crime beat on our timely food website here is a stumper. Like this story from the Associated Press…

In 2006, Lin Keitch’s ring was lost. It was given to her for her 40th birthday by her husband, Dave, an amethyst in…

I make banana bread a lot. Not because I love it so much (although it does come in handy as an easy hybrid…

I was unfamiliar with Sam O’Nella Academy’s series of humorous historical videos, but was intrigued by this trending…

George Orwell’s novel 1984 predicted that Big Brother would be watching. Now that the future is here, it turns out…

The trend of mini-avocados was recently announced, but now it appears that avocado fans can go the opposite route.…