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By Cierra Peterlin, University of Maryland Dietetic Intern Here are some ideas for zero-waste meals and snacks featuring creative ways to use what you have in order to reduce food waste. These ideas are meant to provide a quick view of what it could look like to eat in a way that is conscious of food waste each day. Since some of these recipes serve 2 or more people, if you are cooking for 1 you will end up with some leftovers. Save any extra portions in the fridge for the next several days or share them with others. Breakfast...

Eating alone began as a matter of circumstance.In the spring of 2020, as my world shrunk to the square footage of my apartment, food became a mode of injecting pleasure and delight into an otherwise bleak and lonely period of my life. I frequently ordered pizza from my favorite local spot in Washington, D.C.; I sampled different brands of instant ramen; I baked loaves of banana bread. In some ways, this routine was familiar. In high school, after my parents separated, I would cook dinner for two—my mom and I—but she worked late and I would eat alone before she...

Vendor: Chronicle Books Type: Cookbook Price: 19.99 For those who love to grill, for vegetarians, and anyone looking for more creative ways to prepare vegetables this handbook is destined to live beside the grill. It features recipes that center vegetables caramelized into succulence for satisfying, flavor-forward meals. Cauliflower "steaks," broccoli burgers, and beets that slow-smoke like a brisket are just three of the meaty but meatless meals to base a great cookout around. Each recipe includes instructions for charcoal and gas grilling as well as using a grill pan on the stovetop or under the broiler to make them more...

Very considerate cocktails that do their job in offering a quick refresher. Here’s where to drink in Hong Kong this June. Summers in Hong Kong usually lean more towards insufferable humidity and torrential downpours than evening bonfires and long, lazy days at the beach — in June anyway. While we despairingly look ahead to another weekend filled with grey clouds, seek comfort — and shelter — at some of the city’s favourite watering holes where beverage programs are being refreshed and renewed by endlessly creative bartenders as we speak. With so many hidden bars and speakeasies tucked away safe from...

In the last few years, corporations have been trying to capitalize on Pride month — usually by adorning rainbow logos and releasing rainbow merchandise. This year, however, Pride campaigns are cranking up the sexual innuendo (all while conservatives are calling us "groomers," but I digress). Burger King Austria, for example, released their "Pride Whopper" featuring burgers with either two "top" buns or two "bottom" buns.Food delivery app Postmates is now taking it a step further with Eat With Pride, a first-ever "bottom-friendly" menu. Postmates partnered with anal surgeon and sexual health and wellness expert Dr. Evan Goldstein to develop a...