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Comfort food doesn’t have to be a guilty pleasure
The Washington Post: Food is supposed to make us feel good — content, fulfilled, connected. It’s meant to comfort us physically by easing hunger and bringing satisfaction, and emotionally by bonding us to others as
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Year of Upheaval for Restaurants That Ended Tipping
The New York Times: The owners of Huertas, a cheerful Spanish small-plates restaurant in the East Village, knew they would have to raise prices when they abolished tipping last December. But when the octopus plate
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If you’re going to Instagram your food, you may as well do it right. Here’s how.
The Washington Post: I have taken a few photos of taupe sandwiches. Blobby, beige plates of pasta. Drinks so dimly lit you couldn’t tell what they were. Scroll deep, all the way to the bottom
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Toronto’s Poop-Themed Restaurant Defies Human Psychology
New York Magazine: There are plenty of things in this world that I think are cute, but that doesn’t mean I want to eat them. Kittens — snuggly, sure. Tasty? I really don’t want to
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The Lie That Many People Who Eat Meat Tell Themselves
New York Magazine: If you ask a meat eater, “Which meat is okay to eat, and why?” most people will at least attempt to form a coherent answer couched in moral language. They’ll attempt to
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A recent experiment at Google suggests there’s a simple way to stop mindless snacking at work
Business Insider: They looked like any other Googlers, tapping away on their laptops while sitting in a common area in the Google New York office. But in reality, they were spies. Scientists had sent them
