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Make Super Bowl Sunday Fun for Everyone

Posted by Eden M. Kennedy
on Feb 2, 2012 at 2:11 PM

When I was a kid, my father used to get so upset yelling at bad calls and missed balls during the college bowl games that he finally had to stop watching them for fear of giving himself a heart attack. So it is safe to say that I grew up with an unreasonable fear of televised football, because WHO KNOWS? IT MIGHT KILL YOU.

Still, I am a wee bit envious of people who look forward to Super Bowl Sunday. Especially women who know what a touchback is and who not only own but proudly wear their favorite team's jersey. Who are they, and how did they get that way? Why aren't they spending the entire game on their laptops having emotional affairs on Facebook, flinching every time someone scores a touchdown?

I know, you could always just leave the house if you don't like the Super Bowl -- the streets are empty! It's the perfect time to go to Target! Fortunately, there are a lot of good reasons to stick around for the game.

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Wild Groundhog Day Snacks to Lure You Out of Hibernation

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Feb 1, 2012 at 4:31 PM

groundhog cupcakesYou have Thanksgiving turkey, your Christmas cookies, your Easter eggs, and your 4th of July barbecue. But what do you eat for Groundhog Day? Certainly not groundhog burgers! (Heh, sorry, hope you're not eating lunch right now.)

If you're actually in Pennsylvania, waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to make his appearance, there's hot cocoa and cookies on hand to keep you toasty. But what about the rest of us?

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Food & Party

4 Best Chicken Wings Chains That Deliver for the Super Bowl

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Jan 26, 2012 at 3:28 PM

chicken wingsKnow what goes great with the Super Bowl? Chicken Wings! Mmm, noshing on some hot, sweet-and-spicy wings with a side of ranch sauce and celery sticks sure would hit the spot. And wouldn't it be nice if some wings just showed up at your doorstep around half-time? Well, we've got you covered.

We rounded up some national chains that deliver hot wings and looked into what you get with your order. You know, just to make decision time a little easier for you.

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Food & Party

Robert Pattinson Enables Kristen Stewart’s Potato Chip Habit

Posted by Lindsay Mannering
on Jan 26, 2012 at 1:38 PM

potato chipYou know who loves potato chips? Kristen Stewart. But not just any potato chips, fancy ones from England. Apparently the Twilight star can't get enough of Space Raiders, a type of crisp, if you will, that comes in flavors like pickled onion and barbecue. Boyfriend Robert Pattinson gave an interview in which he said he brings bags of the stuff back to the States for KStew since they're unavailable in America. I mean, here we only have a billion different types of chips, crackers, pop snacks, etc., but none of them are shaped in the form of an alien head ... so I can kinda see where Kristen's coming from.

RPatz told The Sun that Space Raiders keeps Kristen happy. He said:

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Food & Party

In Our Salsa Face-Off, Only One Is Good Enough for the Super Bowl

Posted by Kim Conte
on Jan 25, 2012 at 5:38 PM

salsa taste testPeople often jump at the chance to bring salsa and a bag of chips to a Super Bowl party. Why? Because they think it's the simplest thing in the world: There's no prep work, no time-intensive, complex recipe to wrestle with, and it travels well.

Unfortunately, it's exactly this brainless, "always looking for the easy way out"-type of thinking that leads to such tragedies as bland, watery salsa and cardboard-tasting chips and threatens to ruin even the best game day parties. People, this must be stopped!

In fact, there's an art to choosing the perfect salsa to feed a hungry crowd of football fans. That's why we decided to taste and compare some of the top supermarket brands of jarred salsa to prove that not just any salsa will do.

One salsa in particular stood out from the rest -- can you guess which one it was?

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Food & Party

This Tortilla Chip Scored the Big Win in Our Taste Test

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Jan 25, 2012 at 12:31 PM

tortilla chip tournamentSuper Bowl snackers, the big day is nearly upon us, and there are some very important decisions to be made. First of all, let's talk about the best tortilla chips. Last time I waltzed into the store looking for chips, I saw row after dizzying row of crunchy corn snacks. Which one to chose?!?

Well, we've got you covered. We brought in testers from The Stir and from MamasLatinás (oh yes we did!) to taste a range of plain tortilla chips. We asked everyone to judge based on our proprietary and rigorous Ultimate Tortilla Chip Deliciousness Test: Chips that hold up to dip, have that light-yet-substantial crunch, are just corny and salty enough, and have the ideal tortilla chip texture. And now, as Hank Williams, Jr. would have sung: Are you ready for some TORTILLA CHIIIIIIIIIIPS?

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Food & Party

Salty & Sweet Homemade Cracker Jacks

Posted by Lindsay Mannering
on Jan 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Recipe A Day

cracker jacksWintertime can put us in a rut in a lot of ways, not the least of which concerns food. With limited fresh produce and inclement weather stopping us from our normal grocery runs, we end up eating a lot of the same thing. At least I do, anyway, and if I see another granola bar or packet of oatmeal, I'm going to scream. But I recently found this homemade cracker jack recipe and I'm thinking it can save me from my wintertime snack blues.

Delicious and fun to make, homemade cracker jacks will have everyone thinking you're some sort of gourmet genius even though all you did was essentially pop some popcorn and heat up some caramel. Oh, yeah.

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Food & Party

Everyone's Favorite Girl Scout Cookie Is No Surprise

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Jan 20, 2012 at 2:28 PM

girl scout cookiesI'll admit, I've long been a Girl Scout Cookie hater. Judged on their own merit alone, those cookies are just not delicious enough for the calories. But after hearing about the mean-spirited Girl Scout boycott, I had to reconsider. The shocking YouTube video of a Girl Scout denouncing a transgender scout has me wanting to cram as many Girl Scout cookies into my mouth as I can!

But where to start? What do y'all recommend? Maybe I should ask... polling website SodaHead.com. They just posted a survey of America's favorite Girl Scout cookies, and the results may surprise you. Or not -- maybe it's your favorite, too!

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Food & Party

5 Fake Cheese Foods We Wish We Wouldn't Crave

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Jan 18, 2012 at 7:24 PM

cheese loafI got all excited when I first saw the new Kraft Make Something Amazing commercial. Yay, someone is actually encouraging us to cook real food from scratch! How exciting! And then I watched the commercial more closely. Despite the twee song by Canadian indie band Mother Mother and the sun-drenched shots of families and hipsters frolicking around their kitchen playing with food, what did I spy? Lots of American cheese slices.

Harrmumph, a commercial for processed cheese foods disguised as a commercial for cooking? Okay -- fine, I think I caught a few shots of bags with grated REAL cheese in them. I guess we could consider this an improvement over America's history with cheese. But let's take a walk down memory lane to recall some of America's most infamous cheez-like food products.

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Food & Party

Absolutely Amazing Applesauce Cake

Posted by Jacqueline Burt
on Jan 12, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Recipe A Day

applesauce cakeOkay, I'm officially over this whole winter thing. Cold. Dreary. Damp. Makes me want to curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and a nice big hunk of applesauce cake. Is there anything more comforting? Maybe it's because applesauce is one of the first foods we eat as babies, maybe it's because it's sweet but not too sweet, so it's perfectly appropriate to eat at any time of the day: For breakfast, for dessert, or my personal favorite, for a mid-afternoon snack.

The other thing that's comforting about this applesauce cake recipe? It's soooo easy. Make it once and you'll make it a thousand times, believe me.

Serving suggestion: Eat while wearing tattered old fuzzy slippers and watching an Absolutely Fabulous marathon.

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