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Eat A Chicken Wing With Little To No Mess
2:10AM Kevin Purdy | For some folks, gnawing between tiny bones for hard-to-get meat and getting sauce all over your face are a crucial part of the chicken wing experience. If you’d like a less messy and more convenient solution, watch this wing disassembly. More »
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4:00PM Angus Kidman | Unit pricing becomes compulsory in most large supermarkets from the beginning of December. Just in case saving money itself wasn’t enough, the ACCC has introduced a cartoon character to help explain the concept. Hello, Unit Man! More »
Unit Man Explains New Pricing Rules
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Unit pricing becomes compulsory in most large supermarkets from the beginning of December. Just in case saving money itself wasn’t enough, the ACCC has introduced a cartoon character to help explain the concept. Hello, Unit Man! More »
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Eat More Black Pepper To Increase Your Food’s Nutritional Value
4:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | Black pepper is often thought of as a last minute ditch to save a flavourless dish, but it really plays a powerful role in your body’s ability to absorb nutrients from the foods you eat — even the healthy ones. More »
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4:19PM Angus Kidman | Looks like November will be the month when ordering a pizza easily on your iPhone becomes a reality down under. Domino’s is planning to launch an iPhone app on November 11 (according to an invite that recently landed in the Lifehacker inbox), which might explain why Pizza Hut also recently proclaimed plans to release an Australian pizza-ordering iPhone app “soon”. Either way, looks like mozzarella stains could soon be another screen-wrecking hazard.
iPhone Pizza Apps To Explode Next Month
4:19PM Angus Kidman | Looks like November will be the month when ordering a pizza easily on your iPhone becomes a reality down under. Domino’s is planning to launch an iPhone app on November 11 (according to an invite that recently landed in the Lifehacker inbox), which might explain why Pizza Hut also recently proclaimed plans to release an Australian pizza-ordering iPhone app “soon”. Either way, looks like mozzarella stains could soon be another screen-wrecking hazard.
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Michael Pollan’s 20 Food Rules To Live By
4:30AM Adam Pash | A lot of Lifehacker readers turn to In Defence of Food author Michael Pollan’s practical, no-nonsense advice when they’re looking to eat better and healthier. Over at the New York Times, Pollan has pulled together 20 solid—sometimes silly—eating rules of thumb. More »
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | Lots of recipes call for extra-virgin olive oil, but can any old producer just whack an “extra virgin” label on their wares? The answer is “not any more” with the introduction of a binding definition for olive oil sold in Australia. More »
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Now Legally Defined
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Lots of recipes call for extra-virgin olive oil, but can any old producer just whack an “extra virgin” label on their wares? The answer is “not any more” with the introduction of a binding definition for olive oil sold in Australia. More »
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Grind Your Own Meat For Safe(r) Burgers
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | You might have seen, or heard about, a front-page New York Times story about ground beef, one that definitely raises a few health and safety questions about your standard burger. One solution then, is to grind your own beef. More »
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Steam Scrambled Eggs With An Espresso Machine
6:30AM Azadeh Ensha | If your morning scrambled eggs are coming up short and you happen to have an espresso machine handy, the next time you decided to cook up a batch, steam scramble your eggs for a delightfully creamy concoction. More »
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Never Leave Things At A Friend’s House Again
1:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Chinese takeout, a pile of DVDs, your Xbox 360 — whatever it is that you don’t want to leave behind, make it impossible to forget with this simple memory trick. More »
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