Why I Make My Grandmother’s 4-Ingredient Salad Dressing Every Time I Host

This simple vinaigrette is the perfect all-purpose dressing. Whether stowed in a recipe tin, pasted in a book, or safely tucked away in a memory, family recipes are part of what makes cooking so special. Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes , and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one…

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Slimy Comments, Fraud Contestants, And Lots Of Banku: Let’s Get Into This Okra Stew ‘Food Swap’

Slimy Comments And Banku: Let’s Get Into This Okra Stew ‘Food Swap’ Today we have 3 Ghanaians making their versions of okra stew – the contestants we have for this episode of ‘Food Swap’ are Gabriella, David, and Eugenia. They break down the origin of okra stew, with Eugenia putting us on that it “hails…

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Honest Truth: Is the ‘Ultimate Fork’ Really Ultimate?

According to Oxford Languages, the term “ultimate” refers to “the finest possible example of something”; meanwhile, the Cambridge Dictionary describes it as “being the utmost extent or degree; either first or last, greatest or least.” Considering this definition, what would constitute the ideal form of an everyday tool like a simple fork? Could it be…

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Honest Truth: Is the ‘Ultimate Fork’ Really Ultimate?

According to Oxford Languages, “ultimate” means “the best possible or conceivable example of something,” whereas the Cambridge Dictionary describes it as “being the most extreme or significant—either first or last, finest or poorest.” Given this understanding, what would constitute the ultimate iteration of an everyday tool like a basic fork? Could it be considered the…

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