1) The Kitchn: 10 Things to Buy in the Next 60 Days to Save You Money
Supermarket are holding some huge sales right now, meaning you can stock up on food used all year-round. Butter it up, everybody.
2) Casual Kitchen: Organic Food, Chemicals, and Worrying About All the Wrong Things
ComPLETELY agree with Dan here. Sometimes, our fears are amplified so much by hype, we get distracted from the real issues. Case in point, pesticides.
3) 344 Pounds: Discrimination Against Fat & Obese People
Interesting viewpoint on prejudice leading to an even more eye-opening discussion thread.
4) Divine Caroline: 10 Sugary Cereals to Avoid
Marshmallow Froot Loops are 48 PERCENT SUGAR? Are you JOSHING ME? It’s one of those things you knew, but don’t really know until someone translates it into a stat like that. Yowza.
5) Public Radio Kitchen: What Not to Get the Cook on Your List
Um, not that we’re ungrateful. But … yeah. Lots of cluttery tools out there.
6) Chow: Best and Worst Recipes You Made From a Cooking Show
Oo! Fun, huge thread. Paula Deen's Gooey Pumpkin Bars represent very, very well (with good reason).
7) Mama Says: School Lunches
A glimpse into modern cafeteria cuisine.
8) Jezebel: What Fast Food Really Looks Like
Ooo … reality bites. Entertainingly so.
9) Obama Foodorama: Huge BiPartisan Coalition Urges House to Pass Childhood Nutrition Legislation in Lame Duck
Damn right.
10) The Simple Dollar: Some Thoughts on a Plant-Based Diet
Updates on Trent’s vegetarian experiment. Insightful. A spreading trend, perhaps?
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Gawker: The Internet Has Killed Cooks Source
It will live to “edit” articles no more.
Obama Foodorama: Improved Nutrition Labels on Food Packages Coming Very Soon, Sebelius Says
We’ll see, Sebelius. We'll see.
Plixi: The Windows at Barneys
I had a dream like this once.
stonesoup: Defrosting 101 – The Quickest and Safest Methods Without a Microwave
Behold: THE SUN! (Just kidding.)
THANKSGIVING
- Food 2: Thanksgiving on a Budget
- Jezebel: Social Minefield – How to Properly Feed Your Guests
- The Kitchn: Help Me Find a Green Vegetable Dish for Thanksgiving!
- The Kitchen: The Pie Guide – 22 Tips, Tools, and Ideas for a Perfect Pie
- Money Saving Mom – How to Host a Frugal Thanksgiving for Guests With Food Allergies
- Serious Eats: Harold McGee’s Top 10 Thanksgiving Tips
- Words to Eat By: How to Enjoy Thanksgiving Without Blowing Your Diet
Gawker TV: Tina Fey’s Famous Friends Pay Tribute at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Does Jon Hamm ever stop being so dreamy? Seriously now. Oh, also, Fey is my hero. (Well, her and Ina Garten. If they ever combined forces to produce Barefoot 30 Rock, my life would be complete.) (P.S. Alec Baldwin as Jeffrey. It could work.)
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