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Better Homes and Gardens

Our Greatest Brownie Recipes When You Need Desserts by the Panful By Kristy Alpert Whether you like your brownies fudgy, cake-like, or loaded with toppings, this collection of our best brownie recipes has it all. Try a classic buttermilk brownie recipe or opt for the ultimate chewy brownie recipe. Want a…

Better Homes and Gardens

Fast and Fresh Strawberry Recipe Ideas to Nosh on All Summer By Kristy Alpert This fresh twist on a classic Tuscan bread salad recipe features bright bursts of juicy strawberries and comes together in just 25 minutes. Day-old bread is the best for sopping up the sweet juices of this…

Better Homes & Gardens

Mexican-Inspired Slow Cooker Recipes for Easy Dinners Loaded with Flavor By Kristy Alpert Mexican food is steeped in tradition, where complex sauces simmer for hours and ingredients are handpicked for maximizing flavor and spice. These slow cooker Mexican food recipes come together quickly then take their time developing those delicious…

Better Homes & Gardens

Chocolate Cake Recipes That Don’t Disappoint By Kristy Alpert Few desserts satisfy quite like homemade chocolate cake. We have something for everyone, including a German chocolate cake recipe, a chocolate mug cake recipe, and our favorite flourless chocolate cake recipe. Whether you’re baking for a special occasion or an evening…

Food and Wine

The Most Extreme Wine Tastings Around the World Fighter jet rides, blind tasting in a cave, scuba diving for bottles: There’s a lot to do out there for adventurous wine lovers. By Kristy Alpert  Fighter jet ride at the Leclerc Briant Champagne house. | CREDIT: HENRI-PIERRE GROLLEAU Winemakers rarely shy away from…

TripSavvy

The Best Staycation in Every State Eureka Springs, Arkansas  Eureka Springs, AR, USA The curious and the afflicted were some of the earliest arrivals in Eureka Springs, drawn by the legends of miraculous healing waters veiled beneath the isolated wilderness of Northwest Arkansas. Today it’s the adventurous and the hungry who come seeking…

Men’s Health

10 Incredible Smoked Foods That Aren’t Meat By Kristy Alpert Whether you’re smoking with pellets, charcoal, chips, or logs, you’re missing out on what your smoker can do if you’re only smoking meat.  Smoking is essentially a method of cooking slowly over indirect heat, so when you smoke a piece of meat, the protein begins…