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It smells worse than it tastes and other lies people tell about durian
It smells worse than it tastes and other lies people tell about durian

Food & Water

It smells worse than it tastes and other lies people tell about durian

With durian, you either love it or you hate it. There is no middle ground.

5 Game of Thrones Cocktails to Help You Remember the Good Times and Deal With the Bad
5 Game of Thrones Cocktails to Help You Remember the Good Times and Deal With the Bad

Food & Water

5 Game of Thrones Cocktails to Help You Remember the Good Times and Deal With the Bad

Though the final season of HBO's Game of Thrones is nothing if not divisive there's one thing we can all agree on: no one is getting out of this...

How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
How to Eat Healthy on a Budget

Food & Water

How to Eat Healthy on a Budget

A few tips for shopping smart and getting the healthiest foods for your buck.

How to Grow Your Own Vegetables: A Very Short Guide for Distracted Gardeners
How to Grow Your Own Vegetables: A Very Short Guide for Distracted Gardeners

Climate

How to Grow Your Own Vegetables: A Very Short Guide for Distracted Gardeners

Growing food can be really hard work, and some failure is inevitable. The good news is that there are some tricks to grow food with minimal time,...

How to prep your garden with cardboard
How to prep your garden with cardboard

Food & Water

How to prep your garden with cardboard

Learn how to transform cardboard from a product that usually ends up in the waste stream to a soil-enhancing, microbe-boosting, weed-smothering...

The Best Rhubarb Dessert — No Strawberries Needed
The Best Rhubarb Dessert — No Strawberries Needed

Food & Water

The Best Rhubarb Dessert — No Strawberries Needed

Rhubarb crisp

Bug Out On These Five Unusual Snack Ideas
Bug Out On These Five Unusual Snack Ideas

Food & Water

Bug Out On These Five Unusual Snack Ideas

More than 1,700 species of insects are edible, and they're plentiful throughout the world. They're also highly nutritious and easy on the world's...

Why buy a cow when you can get yak milk instead?
Why buy a cow when you can get yak milk instead?

Food & Water

Why buy a cow when you can get yak milk instead?

There's no reason to limit yourself to only chocolate or white, skim or whole. Take a cue from Prince, who soaked his breakfast cereal in yak milk....