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Although peanut butter and jelly is the classic combination, there are plenty of other, very strange permutations for your lunchbox
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"Too many Americans simply don't know how to cook," says a historian, and that has contributed to a health crisis
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This is unlike any cafeteria I've ever seen, and I make a mental note that I need to see about getting a transfer
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Texas has more than a half-dozen, including a state snack (tortilla chips and salsa)
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Beer, a cornerstone of human civilization, owes its alcohol and flavor to yeast; one important variety made a long trans-Atlantic journey
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The cakey chocolate cookie-and-frosting sandwich is now the official treat of Maine, as of an April act of the state legislature
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There are things you can do to prepare for a hurricane, but what about the London Beer Flood or the Boston Molasses Disaster?
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If I had to advertise this facility, I would have touted it as "lunching amid nature and wildlife"
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While it's hard to be the consummate kitchen maven in the face of disaster, it's still possible to manage food prep without a fully functional kitchen
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There is a reason, I discovered, that households of yore required at least one full-time homemaker to keep things running smoothly
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Those who live outside the law sometimes meet their downfall through their relationship with food
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Over the course of 12 years of eating with fellow classmates, any student can learn a set of new life skills
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According to the Peruvian Yanesha people, plants originally had human forms that went through either "sublime" or "grotesque" transformations
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Lack of space and college rules don't have to put the kibosh on your first adventures in cooking as an independent young adult
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Eating it only buttered and salted would be like limiting Ben Franklin to a single pursuit of inquiry. Why squelch such potential greatness?
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By the mid-1800s, some cookbooks listed as many as 20 recipes. Today the homogenized condiment is due for a paradigm shift
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A better question might be, why do Americans love ice so much?
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As Kermit said, "All I can see are millions of frogs with tiny crutches"
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