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In ‘N Out Erases Ticket ’67’ From Its Ordering System

2025-12-17
By: Maggie
On: December 17, 2025
In: Cooking 101, Food News

Who in the Western World hasn’t herd of the viral – almost chaotic – highschoolers’ ‘6-7’ phenomenon? It’s now spreading to the out-side world – specifically via the Fast Food vector. Many brands have removed any re-ference to ‘6-7’ from their operations…Read More →

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Survey Produces Surprising Top 25 US Burger Chain List

2025-05-23
By: Maggie
On: May 23, 2025
In: Cooking 101, Food News

Yelp! has the rep as the place most Americans look for the latest news and opinions on Fast Food issues. Now, the social media platform has released its 2025 list of the 25 Top Burger Chains in The US. And the result may not be what you were expecting!Read More →

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5 Lb. Cheesecake: Dessert Of Your Dreams – Or Nightmares?

2025-03-13
By: Maggie
On: March 13, 2025
In: Cooking 101, Food News, Food Tips

‘The dessert of your dreams’ is what one par-ticularly effusive reviewer calls COSTCO’s new 4.8 lb. / 2. kg mega-cheesecake. I’m still trying the count the ways such a monster fat-and-sugar bomb could, instead, turn out to be a nightmare!Read More →

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Classic French You Can Ace: Make Ragoût Your Go-To Stew!

2025-03-07
By: Maggie
On: March 7, 2025
In: Comfort Food, Cooking 101, Food Tips

Every classic cuisine has it’s own signature stew. French, being the foundation for vir-tually all West-European and northern Med-iterranean cooking, has several. But the or-iginal and still king of stews is classic French Ragoût…Read More →

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Foods You Should NEVER Try To Cook In An Air Fryer

2025-02-26
By: Maggie
On: February 26, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Cooking 101

It may be clear and simple to some of us. But other cooks I’ve talked to are still fuzzy about what you can and can’t cook in an air fryer. It all depends on how much moisture there is naturally in the food – or how much it needs to cook properly…Read More →

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Holiday Special: Ultra Easy Universal ‘Cream Pie’ Fillings

2024-12-09
By: Maggie
On: December 9, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Cooking 101, Food Tips

The Holidays bring requests from everyone for their fave cream pies and other ‘filled’ desserts. There are two ways to go about fulfilling the fillings – the hard way and the easy way. With Christmas and New Year’s banging on the door, it’s time for a recap…Read More →

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Kissing Cousins: Tarte, Quiche, Omelet, Strata, Frittata…

2024-10-09
By: Maggie
On: October 9, 2024
In: Cooking 101, Food Tips

My late Dad was a firm believer in the old chauvinistic motto, “Real men don’t eat Quiche!” In fact, he called it ‘Egg Pie’, just to disrespect it a notch further. But he was actually referring to his Mom’s Egg Tarte – which is not really a Quiche at all!Read More →

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Still Some Confusion Over Microwave Bacteria Risk

2024-09-13
By: Maggie
On: September 13, 2024
In: Cooking 101, Food Tips, Foodie Life Lessons

If you don’t clean the interior walls and rotary platform of your microwave oven regularly, you may be risking some ugly food borne illness. The gunk on your mic’s walls may be crawling with germs. And some may even be heat resistant!Read More →

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