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Time to chug.

We Tasted a Bunch of New Summer Beers to Find Out Which Is the Best

Will Sam Adams, Blue Moon or Shock Top take the crown?
By Sage Lazzaro
Brad Farmerie at Saxon + Parole.

Silicon Valley’s Veggie Burger That Bleeds Like Beef Now Served With a Michelin Star

Bill Gates, Google and other investors have put $182 million into the company.
By Sage Lazzaro
This burger will be served at Saxon + Parole.

We Tried a Michelin Star Version of Silicon Valley’s Plant Burger That Bleeds Like Beef

Impossible Foods just made major strides in the culinary world.
By Sage Lazzaro
We did a blind taste test of Sam Adams winter beers.

We Did a Blind Taste Test to See Which of Sam Adams’ Crazy Winter Beers Is the Best

By Sage Lazzaro
Sun Basket.

We Tried Meal Kits That Are Supposedly Healthier Than Blue Apron—Here’s How They Rank

By Sage Lazzaro
Jimmy Fallon and high knees.

If You Hate Exercising But Like Viral Videos & Late Night TV, This New Workout’s For You

By Sage Lazzaro
This is your cheat meal.

BurgaBox Is the Gluttonous Meal Kit For When You Want a Juicy, Award-Winning Burger

By Sage Lazzaro
Everything you need to cook Thanksgiving dinner, including the turkey, sent to your door in a box.

Martha Stewart’s Meal Startup Just One-Upped Blue Apron With a Killer Thanksgiving Kit

By Sage Lazzaro
The Plustek ePhoto (the budget model) and the Epson FastFoto (Consumer premium).

Save Your Photo Prints From Oblivion With a Rapid Photo Scanner

By Brady Dale
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Businessmen take a lunch break in London's financial district on August 12, 2009 in London, England. The Financial Services Authority have today outlined new rules on how financial institutions should determine pay and bonuses for their staff. The guidelines aim to avert the current problems in the financial sector by linking compensation far more closely with the long-term profitability.

Buyer Beware: MealPal’s Discounted Lunch Deals Have an Expiration Date

By Brady Dale
Meatloaf Special.

We Tried Umi Kitchen—a New Company That’s Like Seamless for Home Cooked Meals

By Sage Lazzaro
Graze.

Graze vs. Love With Food—We Tried Both and One Snack Box Is Clearly Better

By Sage Lazzaro
Juno, the more ethical alternative to Uber, made big inroads this year.

We Tried Juno, the Company Trying to Overthrow Uber by Giving 50 Percent Equity to Drivers

By Sage Lazzaro
Why spend $12 on a salad when lunch is less than $6 a day with MealPass.

Every New Yorker Who Orders Lunch Needs to Try This Ultra-Cheap Service

By Sage Lazzaro
6. Olympics It's always a big deal when the Olympics take place, and the 2016 Rio summer games were no exception. This year, the games were even broadcast in virtual reality.

We’re Watching the Olympics in Virtual Reality—Here’s What It’s Like

By Sage Lazzaro
I tried the Galaxy Note 7.

I Ditched My iPhone for Samsung’s New Note 7 for a Week—Here’s What I Loved and Hated

By Sage Lazzaro
This site in Long Eddy, New York is one of the most popular on the platform.

You Need to Try Tentrr—The New ‘Airbnb for Camping’ Even Benedict Cumberbatch Loves

By Sage Lazzaro
For Impossible Foods, making "meat" out of plants is clearly possible.

We Tried Silicon Valley’s $80M Plant Burger That Tastes Like Meat—Here’s How It Compared

By Sage Lazzaro
Herbed gouda pancakes with quick tomato sauce & watercress.

We Tried Martha Stewart’s New Blue Apron Competitor—Here’s How It Stacked Up

By Sage Lazzaro
Ready for a tiny vacation?

This Harvard-Backed Startup Is Determined to Change How We Vacation

By Sage Lazzaro
Camp Shock Top.

I Went to a Booze-Filled ‘Adult Summer Camp’—It Was Crazier Than I Expected

By Sage Lazzaro
Winc.

We Tried a Bunch of ‘Wine of the Month’ Clubs—One Was Clearly the Best

By Sage Lazzaro
(Photo: Pixabay)

I Tracked Every Article About Dieting for 7 Days—Here’s the Surprising Thing I Learned

By Sage Lazzaro
Home Chef The price: -$9.95 per serving on meals -$4.95 per serving on smoothies and fruit selections Free shipping when you order three or more meals, or else shipping is $10 (but often free anyway with promotions) The plan: When you create your Home Chef account, you choose how many meals you want to receive each week (from two up to seven) and how many servings of each (either two or four), and you're then charged per serving. As per usual, you can change your plan at any time. Home Chef has the largest variety of meals out of any of these services. Each week, 10 dinners are available as are one smoothie recipe and one bag of season fruit. When you sign up, you're also asked to answer a few questions about your eating habits and desires (do you have any allergies? prioritize low-carb meals?, etc.), which the system uses to recommend meals. Recipes I tried: 1) Thyme- and rosemary-roasted pork tenderloin, with apple cider sauce and broccoli mash 2) Black bean burger, with roasted sweet potato fries 3) Mushroom parmesan penne pasta, with basil, tomatoes and a side of toasted baguette 4) Kale and avocado fall detox smoothie 5) S'mores smoothie Pros and cons of my experience: + The food was pretty good, and the bread was surprisingly fresh and delicious. + The recipe cards included wine and beer pairings. + The recipes included some nice cooking tips that can be used beyond these recipes + Calories, fats, carbohydrates, protein, fiber and sodium values were listed on the recipe cards. - There was an unnecessary amount of packaging and it was all plastic. It seemed very wasteful. - The spices weren't all labeled and the basil was slightly wilted. Overall, Home Chef has a lot of good things going for it. The options and variety of recipes is by far the best, and when you go on the site to choose your meals, everything from allergens to low-calorie and low-carb indicators are clear and visible before you even click the recipes. The food was all pretty good and simple to make. My rating: 3.5/5 Pictured: Thyme- and rosemary-roasted pork tenderloin, with apple cider sauce and broccoli mash

We Tried Blue Apron, Hello Fresh and Their 4 Competitors—One Was Clearly the Best

By Sage Lazzaro
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