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Food spotlight: 6 secrets to healthier fried chicken

Fried foods have long been a staple in the North American diet, with fried chicken being a particularly popular comfort food. While undeniably delicious, fried foods are high in calories, unhealthy fats, and salt and eating them regularly can have adverse effects on your health, contribute to issues like obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, […]

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Food spotlight: Celebrating Diwali

body.kc-css-system .kc-css-2224880{text-align: center;}body.kc-css-system .kc-css-2235939{text-align: center;} Diwali is Hinduism’s most important holiday of the year — also celebrated by Sikhs and Jains — symbolizing the victory of good over evil. The festivities begin this year on October 24 and last for five days, starting with people cleaning their homes and shopping for gold, decorating their homes […]

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Shopping for groceries on a budget

In 2020, US consumers spent an average of 8.6% of their disposable personal income on food — 5.0% on groceries and 3.6% outside the home. While that’s down slightly, mostly because of people reining in spending during the pandemic, food prices were actually up 3.5% from 2019, with beef prices soaring nearly 10%.   If […]

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