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☆ I'm a culinary judge who shops at Costco. Here are the 9 best things I bought this year.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Meredith Ochs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The Fresh Press Farms oils are delicious and produced in the US. The Fresh Press Farms oils have their spots on my countertop. Meredith OchsAccording to its website, the Georgia-based Fresh Press Farms oversees every step of production, from growing and harvesting olives and seeds to cold pressing and shipping them. It's versatile enough to use for salad dressings, baked goods, and frying food due to its relatively high smoke point. If I see it, I may also grab the Fresh Press Farms olive oil, which varies from mild to classic to bold.

Persons: Meredith Ochs Organizations: Fresh, The Fresh, Press Locations: Georgia

Learn moreApple AirPods and AirPods Pro are some of the most popular items you can find among the best Cyber Monday deals. Right now, you can find the new AirPods Pro with USB-C charging available for $60 off from Amazon — its lowest sale price. Read more about both models in our AirPods Pro review and AirPods 2 review. Best Cyber Monday Apple AirPods dealsBecause AirPods always go on sale during the year, you should never pay full price. These perks help make them our overall pick for the best AirPods you can buy.

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☆ Why is movie candy sold in boxes?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That last part feels wrong, probably, because at the movies, candy comes in a box. Movie theaters are not the only place to buy boxed candy — you can get boxes of chocolate or candy at some drug stores or online — but even then they’re called theater box candy, a label that undeniably links the package with the movies. A spokesperson for Mars Wrigley, maker of M&M’s and Skittles, made a similar point, noting that candy sold in “boxes in movie theaters is easier to pour and share, compared to traditional packaging, and boxes offer the ability to re-close.” That means less spilling in between seats. The principle is the same for movie theater candy. “Theater boxes take their name from being available in movie theaters or other retail establishments that might have shelving,” he said.

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A puff of pan de sal pulls apart effortlessly, filling the air with a sweet, buttery perfume. Burning pine needles and the rich, muscly scent of shrimp paste waft over from the open kitchen. You could easily get lost in the deliciousness of the modern Filipino food, but Aaron Verzosa and Amber Manuguid do more than send out excellent food. They tell complicated, expansive stories about the Pacific Northwest and the many ways that Filipino immigrants have shaped it, using words, pictures and even some unexpected dance moves behind the pass. TEJAL RAO5607 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle; no phone; archipelagoseattle.com

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☆ Make homemade pierogies for National Pierogi Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Casey Barber | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It’s National Pierogi Day, so you have a marketing-mandated opportunity to indulge in a pile of pillowy dumplings. Making pierogi doughJust as there are many ways to refer to these dumplings, there are a wide range of recipes for pierogi dough. If you’re afraid of making any homemade dough, try my pierogi dough as your gateway recipe. Casey Barber, author of the cookbook “Pierogi Love: New Takes on an Old-World Comfort Food,” says pierogies are ideal to eat year-round. Apart from the 60 recipes in “Pierogi Love,” you can try “Everything Bagel” pierogies or pierogies with egg, cheese and Taylor ham for breakfast, or Ethiopian destaye-inspired dessert pierogies.

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☆ I tried Chick-fil-A's new honey pepper pimento chicken sandwich and caramel crumble shake. One time was enough for me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Chick-fil-A is offering a twist on its classic filet with the honey pepper pimento chicken sandwich. The seasonal offering is complemented with a new caramel crumble shake, so I tried both. I was skeptical of the sandwich, which was better than I expected, but the original's still the best. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. My skepticism was further heightened at the notion of putting pimento cheese – which is typically served in a cold sandwich – on top of a piping hot filet of fried chicken.

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☆ I tried chocolate chip cookies from Crumbl and Insomnia and the winner had the best chewy texture
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

When it comes to chocolate chip cookies, I prefer a chewy texture and balanced sweetness. The chocolate chip cookies my mom made will always reign supreme in my mind. A growing number of bakeries are offering their own takes on the classic chocolate chip cookie. I decided to visit both chains to see how their hero chocolate chip cookies stacked up. The Insomnia chocolate chip cookie was smaller and thinner than the Crumbl cookie, and much flatter.

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☆ Love Shrimp Scampi? Try This Rosé-Infused Twist.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Eric Kim | More About Eric Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I feel like it’s totally underutilized,” she said about the fruity, moderately spiced pepper, named for a commune in France and prevalent in Basque cooking. When it comes to the piment d’Espelette, which turbocharges the flavor and pinkish color of this shrimp, you don’t have to pluck it from a Basque field. Be sure not to skip the orange zest, though; it brings out the Provençal wine’s inherent fruitiness. This last addition was a gift from another friend and colleague, Melissa Clark. Zested over the shrimp, the bittersweet orange lent balance and made the buttery sauce taste all the better.

Persons: Rebecca, ”, Melissa Clark, Melissa Organizations: The Times, Google Locations: France, Basque, Gochugaru, Aleppo, Brooklyn

☆ They Make CrossFit Documentaries. CrossFitters Can’t Get Enough.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Calum Marsh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The morning after he uploaded his new movie “Froning: The Fittest Man in History” to the iTunes store, in early October 2015, the director Heber Cannon received a phone call from somebody at iTunes, who sounded bewildered. “They called us and said, ‘Who are you guys? What’s going on?’” Cannon said in a recent video interview. But when we dropped the film, it was like wildfire.”Cannon and his creative partner Marston Sawyers, who work together under the name Buttery Bros, followed up “Froning” with a string of documentaries about athletes performing at the CrossFit Games. The films, which include “Fittest on Earth” (2016), “Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness” (2017) and “The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth,” (2018), depict the Games in all their arduous, sweat-soaked agony, focusing on every explosive muscle-up and hefty snatch.

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☆ The State of Pizza in the Pizza State
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Nikita Richardson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And a New New Haven SliceIf Chrissy’s is repping the New York pie, then Lala’s in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is the Connecticut delegate. This city isn’t exactly head over heels for rival pizza styles, so it’s particularly brave of Grimm Artisanal Ales to give over its entire rooftop to apizza (the New Haven term for its local style). I’ve been a fan of Grimm for a long time — it was going hard on light-bodied sours during the New England I.P.A. Go for the tomato pie, a cracker-thin pizza with shaved garlic, or the cozy pie with chunks of potato. You want New York pizza?

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☆ Inside Prague's Institute of Crypto Anarchy — where they're plotting to bring down the dollar
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +19 min

Today, that union of minds finds refuge in Prague in a retrofitted factory building called Paralelní Polis, or "parallel world." The dark stucco of Polis' Prague headquarters is an outlier among the ornate, brightly-colored buildings that tower over it. ETHPrague 2023 was held at Paralelní Polis in the Czech Republic Pavel SinaglThe 'parallel world' concept is sticky. The Vienna branch goes so far as to self-describe as a living example of how "the Paralelní Polis cryptoliberation virus is spreading." The most popular Czech bitcoin YouTuber boasts 90k subscribers, while the annual Czech-only bitcoin conference called Chaincamp attracts around 2000 visitors, even during the bear market."

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☆ A Lush, Buttery, Perfect Peach Crisp
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Sam Sifton | More About Sam Sifton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Games that my family plays on road trips: Punch Buggy, Stump the Teacher, I’m Thinking of an Animal. Also, the Rating Game: your top five sandwiches, your top five pizzerias, your top five restaurant dishes, your top five fruits. Peaches do very well in the Rating Game, I’ve found, even if your chances of actually eating a perfect peach are low. But cooking a bad peach can make it terrific, which is why I’m so thrilled about Yossy Arefi’s new recipe for a peach crisp (above). Peel them if you like a luscious texture against the buttery crust of oats (I’m a rustic; I don’t peel).

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☆ New Zealand’s Real Fruit Ice Cream Gets an American Makeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Priya Krishna | More About Priya Krishna | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In New Zealand, one of summer’s great pleasures is known as real fruit ice cream: a scoop of vanilla blended with fruit in a machine that produces an airy, barely sweet twirl with a buttery texture. In the United States, it’s just beginning to catch on in cities like Boston, Portland, Ore., and Austin, Texas. But along the way, the no-frills treat has undergone a full-bore makeover. At most American shops that sell it, real fruit ice cream can be mixed with graham crackers and Oreos; drizzled with hot fudge, caramel or chamoy; and enjoyed atop a chocolate- and sprinkle-dipped cone. (“It’s almost healthy” is the unofficial slogan at Nico’s Real Fruit Ice Cream in Portland, Ore.)

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Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. Literally, in Amleth’s case, as he hacks, stabs and cudgels his way over ramparts and through muddy dooryards and alleyways. — ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern (April 21, 2022)7. vanillin — the main part of vanilla extract:The treat is so beloved that Somerville is home to an annual What the Fluff? festival, where tens of thousands of people celebrate every possible use of the concoction, a mixture of corn syrup, sugar, egg white and vanillin. — In ‘Mandela: The Lost Tapes,’ a Veteran Journalist Finds Himself (Nov. 30, 2022)And the list of the week’s easiest words:

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☆ Fish Tacos al Pastor, Stained Delicious With a Complex, Brick-Red Adobo
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Sam Sifton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Good morning. Eric Kim had that opportunity recently at the restaurant Ensenada in Brooklyn, with the chef Luis Herrera. He wrote about it this week for The Times, and gave us an adaptation of Herrera’s recipe for fish tacos al pastor (above), which is our meal for this evening. It’s pretty cool — grilled fillets of buttery white-fleshed fish standing in for the more traditional pork, everything stained delicious with a complex, brick-red adobo, and served with pineapple pico de gallo and plenty of warm corn tortillas. Featured RecipeView Recipe →

Persons: Eric Kim, Luis Herrera, gallo Organizations: New York Times, The Times Locations: Ensenada, Brooklyn

☆ This Sweet-Tart Roasted Salmon Is Ready in No Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Melissa Clark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It’s easy to forget that rhubarb is a vegetable. Much of the time, you’ll find it buried, like a fruit, under an avalanche of sugar baked into a pie, crumble or cake, or maybe simmered into a compote. With a bracing acidity reminiscent of citrus or pomegranate and no pesky seeds, it lends brightness and tang to all sorts of savory dishes. It also adds body, cooking down into a thick sauce with a soft, pulpy texture much like tomato (an actual fruit), though sharper and pinker. Think vinegar, but with precision and finesse.

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On a warm Friday at noon, the Upper West Side, Manhattan, location of Janie's Life-Changing Baked Goods sees a steady stream of customers. Tucked below street level, the bakery's small but inviting, greeting patrons with the rich smell of butter and a colorful display of some of its signature cookies: triple berry pie crust cookie, chocolate pie crust cookie, pecan pie crust cookie, apple pie crust cookie … In the back, CEO and founder Janie Deegan is running around and putting the final touches on some other pie crust cookies. The pie crust cookie is 'my honor roll student'Even as she sold favorites like fancy cakes, Deegan experimented. She brought her pie crust cookie. CNBC Make It"I took cakes off the menu and really just concentrated on pie crust cookies and our other cookies," she says.

☆ There Are No Universal Salves
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Heather Havrilesky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

My children and I were visiting New York City’s most important landmarks, so naturally we began our journey at the Glossier flagship store in SoHo. Ever since 2014, those loyal to dewiness and glossiness have sought a consecrated place to pay homage to Balm Dotcom universal salve and Boy Brow grooming pomade. We believe beauty is about having fun, celebrating freedom, and being present, because no matter where you are in your beauty journey — YOU LOOK GOOD. The mirror in the Glossier flagship store would like a word. I expect to be miraculously transformed into a fresh-faced teenager, but in the mirror I discover a creased old crone with inexplicably neon-orange lips.

☆ Lululemon, cult athleisure brand, takes on the booming culture of 'dupes'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This weekend, athleisure giant lululemon is hosting a dupe swap at the Century City Mall in Los Angeles. Call it recession-core or Gen Z’s anti-consumerism sentiments, but #dupe has amassed more than 3.5 billion views on TikTok. Before, finding knock offs was a lowkey way to way to find affinity to a luxury brand. Lulu has been “hyper aware” of dupe culture, its Chief Brand Officer Nikki Neuburger said in an interview with CNN Business. Though lululemon may be leading in dupe hashtags on TikTok, the Align line that began in 2015 remains its top seller, the company said.

☆ 19 Best Gift Ideas for the Dad Who Has Everything
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +10 min

To help, we tapped a coterie of expert gift-givers to share the best gifts for dads who have everything. For the dad who loves to relaxFor the dad who’s always moaning about his aching feet, gift him this top-rated foot massager, which uses a mix of Shiatsu, compression and vibration to provide an effective and thorough massage. For the dad who loves to napFor fathers who enjoy an afternoon snooze or have trouble sleeping at night, these wireless sleep headphones are a solid bet. New York City-based Greenberg loves the space-saving aspect. If he’s even “slightly handy,” says Greenberg, he’ll appreciate this addition to his gadget arsenal.

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☆ After driving 25 electric vehicles, these are my 7 favorites
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I've tested 25 electric cars from Tesla, Mercedes, Hyundai, Ford, and more. Picking an absolute favorite is tough, since I've had so many memorable experiences with so many interesting vehicles. Pininfarina BattistaThe Pininfarina Battista. The Battista has four motors (most electric cars have one or two) and cranks out a certifiably bonkers 1,900 horsepower. The Pininfarina Battista.

☆ I tried Popeyes' new strawberry-frosted biscuit — and I'm glad I finally don't have to order jelly with my meal
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The flavor is only available for a limited time at participating Popeyes, so Insider tested it out. The buttery, sweet, biscuit is a new take on the classic biscuit that comes with each meal. The strawberry biscuit was launched at participating locations on March 27, so I decided to visit the Popeyes closest to me to give them a try before it's too late. Like Alarcon suggested, the pastry tasted like a classic biscuit with the hints of sweetness from a strawberry jelly. As for me, the strawberry biscuit is a welcome alternative to the Popeyes' regular biscuit, but I won't be adding it to my usual order.

☆ Insurers count the cost of ships snagged in Ukraine crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Jonathan Saul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Curtailed shipments from major grain exporter Ukraine played a role in the resulting global food crisis. According to shipping and insurance industry assessments, there are still between 40 and 60 ships stranded, and ship owners can claim a total loss for vessels stuck for a year from their insurers. A senior industry source said exposure for the ships currently stuck was estimated at $500 million. "The liabilities for those people who have ships stuck there, to get those ships out - it’s a real headache." "There is going to be some form of constructive agreement I suspect, but then that owner will have to buy war risk insurance all over again."

☆ Starbucks is launching olive oil infused-coffee, and even interim CEO Howard Schultz acknowledged there was 'some skepticism' about the drink
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Starbucks launched a new line of olive oil-infused coffee on Tuesday. Starbucks interim CEO Schultz had called the new line "transformative" and likened it to "alchemy." Now, the coffee giant is peddling its new Oleato line — essentially, olive oil-infused coffee. Customers in certain markets can also ask for a spoonful of olive oil to be added to beverages such as espressos and tea lattes. Schultz added Starbucks would not be making any health claims for the olive oil-infused drinks, per The Journal.

☆ We're having loyal Costco shoppers share their grocery lists with us. Here are their favorite things to buy there.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

Read Abigail Abesamis Demarest's full Costco shopping list: I've shopped at Costco for over 10 years. AdvertisementRead Lisa Tanner's full Costco shopping list: I'm a mom of 10 who's shopped at Costco for almost 20 years. Read Tara Zeller's full Costco shopping list: I drive 4 hours and spend $500 for every Costco trip. AdvertisementRead Majed Kassis' full Costco shopping list: I run a Costco fan account with over 390,000 followers. Read Rachel MacPherson's full Costco shopping list: I'm a personal trainer who shops for a family of 6 at Costco.

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