american cuisine
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Your Pancakes Need Apple Cider Syrup
Apple cider syrup is the dirty martini of pancake syrups. Pure maple syrup may be the delicate, classic choice, but there’s a certain kind of wayward satisfaction when you make a syrup out of something intended for drinking. This technique is dead simple, cheaper than real maple syrup, and gives you the concentrated snap of…
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You Should Fry a Hard Boiled Egg
Some of my favourite foods are utilitarian sources of protein. Cottage cheese, jerky, hard boiled eggs — things I can grab and shove in my face the moment I realise I’m way past hungry. (Being a food writer does not automatically make one good at recognising hunger cues, as it turns out.) Hard boiled eggs…
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The Colour of Dog Poop, and 9 Other Things That Changed Without You Noticing
No matter your age, you’ve seen a lot of technological changes in your lifetime — not to mention changes in the natural world, like climate change. But sometimes things change without us realising. Here are 10 things that used to be very different than they are today — and you probably never noticed.
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Your Super Bowl Party Needs Tender Miso Steak Bites
A Super Bowl party without chicken wings is like an egg without salt — awkward, and not as delicious as it should be — but supplementing with another protein is never a bad idea. Chicken is delicious, but steak feels celebratory.