Category: Food
Your place to find food reviews on popular restaurants, cafes and bakeries, as well as easy recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, including pop culture-inspired menu ideas you won’t find anywhere else.
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Slow Cooker Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Not all recipes make it onto Collegiate Cook and Life Between Weekends. Some are such an epic fail they never even make it to the photo-taking stage, while others take countless iterations to get right. I spent an entire year searching for the right Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice soup recipe. Yup, one year.…
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Celebrate Pi Day This Weekend (With Mini Apple Pies)
By far, the most exciting part of middle school math was the hallowed day of March the 14th, when the algebra and pre-algebra teachers would band together to celebrate Pi Day. If you weren’t part of this jubilant festival and have no idea what I’m talking about, essentially this was the day when math instructors everywhere…
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7 Toppings That Make Taco Night 10x Better
Ah, Taco Night. It’s right up there with serving spaghetti or macaroni and cheese as a comfort dinner that never disappoints. And it gets bonus points for taking almost no time to make. If you really want to make it feel like a party though, try mixing things up with a few new toppings. We…
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Truffle Blossom Cookies
A 2020 PSA: If you can’t find Hershey’s Truffle Kisses, don’t drive yourself crazy searching. This year’s limited-edition Valentine’s Day Hershey’s flavor is a dark chocolate molten lava cake flavor. Which is basically the same thing (and ridiculously delicious on their own). I’ve always been a fan of peanut butter blossoms — you know, those…
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What Red Velvet Oreos Really Taste Like
Red Velvet Oreos will hit stores on Groundhog Day, but you can sign up to receive an early sample here. We were lucky enough to snag a few sandwich cookies to try, and if you’re not sure whether they’re worth the $4.49 price tag, we took it upon ourselves to chronicle the Oreo-eating experience. You…
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Garlic-Parmesan Kale Salad
This kale salad recipe is so simple, so garlicky, so cheesy. You’ll love it.
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5 Ways to Fancy-Up Canned Soup
Ah, the quickest of on-the-go dinners, short of grabbing fast food: canned soup straight out of the microwave. It’s convenient, no-fuss, and it doesn’t mess up a ton of dishes. But it can also be a little hum-drum, unless you do something to make it seem (and taste) a little more special. Here are a…
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The Secret to Gooey, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
For years, I’ve been on a quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. I’ve tried the ones on the back of every bag of semisweet chocolate chips, the infamous New York Times recipe (including its painful 24-hour refrigeration process), ones proclaiming to be “the ONLY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE YOU’LL EVER WANT!!!!” on Pinterest,…
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