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The best thing I purchased for my culinary and emotional life this year is an object I have named The Stabber.

Oranges are my favorite fruit, and if I didn't see another one until next winter, I'd be OK with that.

Padma Lakshmi is no stranger to waking up early. As a person who’s often on a TV set, she regularly has call times that require her to be up before the sun. That does not, however, mean she skips breakfast.

The holiday season is a delicate balancing act for those raising kids. There are plenty of social events to attend (many of which involve alcohol), but you’ve also gotta, you know, make sure your children don’t die. For most parents, that means hiring a sitter so they can enjoy a worry-free night out with a few drinks. But if a recent report is any indication, partying parents may want to line up some childcare help for January 1st.

The best part of peeling vegetables is not having to wash them. I love a banana or an orange, because you never need to worry about running them under a tap—they have their own carrying cases. Just peel and go! Why would you make your life weirdly harder by washing a part of the fruit you're not going to eat? This also was my logic with avocados. Why wash them? you're just going to throw away the peel, right? Right?

Christmas pudding has always been a staple of my family holiday. My mother is from Ireland, so it's a pudding in the Irish way, not than the Jell-O way. It involves many kinds of dried fruit, nuts, a great deal of rum, and very little sugar, at least for my childhood palate.

These emotional support animals won’t ruffle any feathers.

Popeyes announced on Tuesday that they are launching “Emotional Support Chickens” to help offset some of the stress that comes with traveling during the holidays—but it’s not exactly what you think.

In the past few years, there's been a major uptick in cereal versions of popular desserts, from Nutter Butter and Chips Ahoy! (tiny breakfast cookies!), to Hostess Honey Buns and Donettes (itty bitty pastries you eat with a spoon!), to Sour Patch Kids (yes, the candy now has its own cereal, flavored with "a sour coating and a sweet finish").

Santa Claus may not be real (my apologies to any 6-year-olds who are reading this), but apparently 'tis the season for gift-giving oysters. A diner at New York City's legendary Grand Central Oyster Bar recently revealed that he found a pearl in his oyster dish that could be worth as much as $4,000.