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Photo: Joel Cunningham“Put some potato chips in there” is a sandwich hack so timeworn, I’m hesitant to characterize it as anything more than generally accepted wisdom at this point. What sandwich wouldn’t benefit from extra salt and…

While I cook up “whole” foods and balanced meals even, nothing can keep me from participating in snack culture–including, but not limited to, fast food, salted gummy candy, and the entire world of frozen potatoes. It turns out you can…

Vegetables are an essential part of eating healthy, but getting enough vegetables can be a challenge for those of us who, to be totally honest, never learned to like them. I was once a vegetable-hater, so I totally get this. But you can…

Whether you’ve happily volunteered for the position of “Thanksgiving preparer” or it was thrust upon you when Aunt Judy died, cooking the big turkey meal is stressful and fraught with potential failure and disgrace—especially if it’s your…

I woke up this morning chanting a mantra to myself: It’s just a regular Tuesday, it’s just a regular Tuesday, it’s just a regular Tuesday. Apparently my body couldn’t be tricked, because it remained in a heightened state of anxiety—even…