The 5min Blog

One of the tell-tale signs of Halloween season is the traditional candy corn which seems to populate every candy aisle in every store. A self-confessed candy corn addict, none was more thrilled than I to discover this video from the Food Network, detailing the labor of love with which this colorful treat is made. Like [...]

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Okay, so we’ve reached that point in our lives where going out trick or treating would look more like begging than cute kids dressing up and receiving candy. But never fear, you are now entering the next stage in your life: THE Halloween party stage. In some ways, this is actually a little cooler.
Sure, you [...]

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We all know the sugar high and then sugar stress that comes with Halloween. Whether you’re the mother of an excitable child or just worried about your own sugar levels, Halloween can have you calorie counting like the best of us.

We all know what excess sugar and fats can do to us; our Halloween costumes [...]

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After “The Lost Boys” noodles were never the same for me, and even now I still have second thoughts before I eat them. That’s me and horror movies: even when I know that life will never be the same for me after I watch them, I can’t stay away from them. That’s how I never [...]

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I’m a classic girl, so although I think it’s fascinating, the whole Bizarre Foods trend is not my thing (especially when they involve a living creature). It might work for some, but when I tried to play extreme and ate some traditional food on the streets of Central America, all I got was stomach [...]

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So the dictionary tells me gourmet equals involving or purporting to involve high-quality or exotic ingredients or skilled preparation. I always thought Gourmet equals French! However, turns out there’s a little more to it than feasting on frogs or speaking with a Parisian accent. Gourmet can be anything from fine dining to mac (yes, that [...]

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I always wanted to be a bartender. Well, I always wanted to be an astronaut too, but always is a very flexible word. Let’s say it like this: one night, five years ago, I almost became a bartender. But alas,  vanity was my downfall. It involves a very interesting and embarrassing story which I’m not [...]

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Okay, there’s just no elegant way to escape saying this – I have a huge, throbbing, aching Internet crush on Chef Billy Parisi. There, I’ve said it – now I can move on and focus on explaining what it is that drew me in, and what it is that sets Billy and Fix My Recipe [...]

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Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor, said: “Labor day differs in every essence from the other holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are more or less connected with conflicts and battles of man’s  prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by [...]

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I’m proud to say that yes, I love chick flicks. I can watch Love Actually, Something’s Gotta Give and When Harry Met Sally many times, and always cry.  Not to mention Fried Green Tomatoes, one of my top 10 of all time. The movie has it all, including Mary-Louise Parker. (yes, how could you Billy!)
I [...]

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