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Count Rumford and the History of the Soup Kitchen

The story behind Salvation Army’s red collection kettles

The Mazel Tov Cocktail is tinted blue by Blue Curaçao.

Eight Cocktails of Hanukkah

Look up “holiday cocktails” and most of what you will find, understandably enough, is geared toward Christmas

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From Harold and Maude to Harry Potter: Making Fictional Foods Real

One blogger’s quest to recreate the ginger pie from the movie Harold and Maude got us thinking about other fictional foods

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Soup for Breakfast

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The Wild Mushrooms of Fall

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Reverse Trick-or-Treating

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