Kim Conte

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It's a hard life, but somebody's got to get paid to eat—and, that's just what Kim Conte has been doing for the last 10+ years. Career highlights include: reviewing 30 late-night restaurants in seven days; eating 16 different bread puddings in one weekend; and posting more one-pot recipes than ever thought possible. Her not-so-secret food crushes are Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, and truffle salt. She wants to be Giada De Laurentiis when she grows up.

Sipping on:

I kicked the Starbucks addiction but now have an annoying Dunkin' Donuts habit ... baby steps.

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Entertainment Eye Roll

Madonna Has Very Un-Madonna-Like Reaction to M.I.A.'s Middle Finger

Posted by Kim Conte
on Feb 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM

madonna at the super bowlPretty much the ONLY person on the Internet who didn't weigh in this week on M.I.A. throwing the bird during her performance with Madonna at the Super Bowl half-time show was Madonna herself. But that all changed Friday morning when the Material Girl herself candidly told Ryan Seacrest what she thought of the flip-off.

Guess what. Madonna wasn't happy. Here's what she said about it:

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Food & Party Yum!

America's Favorite Fast Food Restaurants Are So Un-American!

Posted by Kim Conte
on Feb 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM

fast food burger and fries

There's nothing quite as American as fast food -- quick and easily accessible calorie-laden meals served with a giant bucket of soda to wash it all down. But a new survey of customers' top fast food restaurants revealed something surprising about our fast food preferences: Americans' favorite restaurants are decidedly un-American! See for yourself ...

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Technology LOL

50 Most Annoying Facebook Photos According to Moms

Posted by Kim Conte
on Feb 10, 2012 at 3:24 PM

facebook photosWe get that when it comes to Facebook photos, people should upload and tag whatever makes them happy. But sometimes people's photos can get a little out of control.

We all have certain kinds of Facebook photos that drive us nuts: For some it's too many pets; for others, showing too much skin. We asked moms which photos they hate the most on Facebook, and their answers will totally crack you up -- either that or make you defriend them. Take a look (and while you do that, I'll be over here, deleting some stuff from my FB page).

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Healthy Living Health Check

Breast Cancer Kills THIS Group of Women More Than Any Other

Posted by Kim Conte
on Feb 10, 2012 at 2:39 PM

breast cancer ribbonIt makes sense that most of us mistakenly believe that it's younger women who are more likely to die from breast cancer than any other group: They're not screened as aggressively as women in later stages of life and, therefore, aren't diagnosed until their cancer is in a later stage, which lowers their rate for survival. But actually that thinking has it backwards.

According to a new study, it's older women who are more likely to die from breast cancer. Specifically, it showed that women over 75 years old were 63 percent more likely to die of the cancer than women younger than 65. And the reasons for this disparity are more than a little alarming.

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In The News This Just In

Delayed Police Response to Powell Emergency Raises New Questions

Posted by Kim Conte
on Feb 10, 2012 at 10:31 AM

911 call powell emergencyWashington state dad Josh Powell's murder-suicide story is so nightmarish, it's only natural for people to obsess over the details and even point fingers needlessly in a desperate attempt to make sense of it. Now that the log for the 911 call by a social worker has been released, attention is shifting to the 911 dispatcher and whether he caused an unnecessary delay in dispatching an emergency response team to the Powell home.

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