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Food and Drink

This Is How We Do It: Drying and Preserving Herbs

How to preserve that fresh goodness in your garden or on your windowsill to keep enjoying it all year long.

Rachel August 28, 2015 15 Comments
Food and Drink

Cool-Down Cocktails: 3 Summer Drinks To Say Farewell To Summer With

I went to visit my parents in Tennessee recently and as soon as I walked out of the airport and was blasted with the heat of one thousand angry hair dryers, I remembered why I was a vampire as a teenager. So I did what any respectable adult would do — I went home and made myself a fancy ass cocktail.

Tayler Smith August 28, 2015 5 Comments
Food Lists

31 Recipes For Tofu Lovers (or Those Ready to Be Converted)

Whether you’re a tofu devotee or someone interested in picking up their first-ever pack of extra firm, these recipes will hit the spot.

Carmen August 24, 2015 15 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Summer Berry Cobbler With Buttermilk Biscuit Crust

Strawberries and blueberries in a buttermilk biscuit cobbler situation, so you can live your best life!

Laneia August 23, 2015 31 Comments
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34 Vegan, Gluten-Free Copycat Foods for Your Fave Junk Foods, Hallelujah

Have you been dreaming of vegan/gluten-free/grain-free/dairy-free/diy Pop Tarts, Ritz Bitz, Girl Scout cookies, peanut butter cups and more? WELCOME HOME.

Ryan Yates August 17, 2015 24 Comments
Recipes

Grill Butch: Here to Light Your Fire with a Rundown of Grilling 101

Long-time eater, first-time griller? Here are some grilling basics to help you find your feet in front of the fire.

bcw August 13, 2015 23 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: The Great Autostraddle Babe-B-Q Cookbook

Rachel, Aja, Kaitlyn, Carmen, and Geneva whipped up some totally kick-ass sauces, drinks, appetizers, and entrees for you that are best enjoyed on picnic benches and on paper plates next to a crackling set of coals.

the team August 13, 2015 16 Comments
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Geekery Recipes

5 Ways To Tenderize Tough Meats (With Science!)

I’ve developed a real soft place in my heart for soft foods. So for today’s topic, I thought we’d talk about how to soften up other tough muscles! With science! Get pumped.

Laura Mandanas August 12, 2015 18 Comments
Food and Drink Shopping

Grills and Accessories We Recommend For Babes Who Barbecue

From a little hibachi grill to the Mad Max of charcoal grills, here’s our favorite cookout equipment!

Stef August 11, 2015 10 Comments
Food Lists

Grill This Sh*t: 39 Outside-the-Box Grill Recipes

Much like its introverted indoor cousin, the crock pot, a BBQ grill can cook a whole lot of exciting and unexpected stuff beyond hot dogs and hamburgers.

KaeLyn August 10, 2015 15 Comments
Food and Drink

Liquor In the Secrets: Start a Secret Society, Invent a Secret Punch Recipe

I am a person who thinks there should, on the whole, be more secret societies in this world. So. I’m not saying I’ve made a secret society just to have a secret punch recipe, but I’m not not saying that either.

A.E. Osworth August 4, 2015 16 Comments
Food and Drink Shopping

We’re All About It: How My KitchenAid Stand Mixer Made Me a Better Cook

“My wife Kristie and I gleefully registered for all kinds of wedding gifts prior to our ceremony two years ago, from a vacuum cleaner to a camping tent. I was looking forward to unwrapping the mixer most of all, however.”

Hannah Clay Wareham August 3, 2015 30 Comments
Food Lists

24 Food Pairings That Shouldn’t Go Together but Totally Do

What’s the worst that could happen?

Kaitlyn August 3, 2015 24 Comments
Food Lists

Top Five Best Cheesecakes I’ve Ever Eaten

“Does anyone know why is this is only a national holiday? What gives, America!? As the arbitrator of cheesecake and cheesecake vendors worldwide, I’m declaring today to be a global celebration for us all.”

Crystal July 30, 2015 53 Comments
Food Lists

40 Recipes For Getting Fruit Into Your Face

If you, too, dream of a world where fruit is less of a decorative item in a basket and more of the main event, get ready to put some of these recipes into your mouth immediately.

Carmen July 27, 2015 18 Comments
Food and Drink

Liquor In The Toys: Five Neato Burrito Toys I Want For My Bar

I should really just buy all these and mix you drinks, right?

A.E. Osworth July 21, 2015 46 Comments
Food and Drink

32 Summer Drinks, Boozy and Not

Infusions, tonics, tea, lemonades, fizzes, sangrias and more.

Ryan Yates July 20, 2015 20 Comments
Food Lists

45 Pizza Recipes That Could Last You All Year, Just Saying

Let’s get cheesy.

Carmen July 13, 2015 91 Comments
Food Lists

31 Recipes Made With Weeds That Aren’t Weed, Y’Know?

These recipes are made with weeds that are most definitely not weed, and are sometimes flowers that grow right outside my home and I had no idea I could be putting in my mouth. The more you know!

Carmen July 6, 2015 20 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Three Brilliant Blueberry Recipes To Try This Summer

Here’s what you do if you have 18 pounds of highbush organic New Jersey blueberries.

Maddie July 3, 2015 31 Comments
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