Tipping Isn’t about Service – It’s a Psychological Con Job
Why that little payment screen wants you to feel guilt
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Confessions of a Candy Hunter
The variety and inventiveness of American treats—it’s pure magic
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The Big Steep: Why Are People Investing in Pu-erh Tea?
Speculators, collectors, stock-like tickers, and a trade in futures are brewing a frenzy over a tea that tastes like “licking honey off a bison”
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My Guilty Pleasure Is My Old Friend, Diet Pepsi
The first can I drank was exhilarating—it tasted like seventeen!
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Let’s Brie Real: Can Vegan Cheese Pass the Taste Test?
And is it actually even cheese?
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Please Don’t Make Me Use Another QR Code Restaurant Menu
My complaints are minor but many
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My Guilty Pleasure: Eating Garbage Food in the Middle of the Night
The late nights are mine alone, and I’ll spend them however I damn well please
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The Mushroom Boom
From beer to vegan leather, fungi are increasingly being used in new ways. But there’s still a lot we don’t know about the mysterious organisms
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I Didn’t Hate Cooking Palak Paneer, I Hated the Patriarchy
What deterred me? Perhaps the expectation that I should be keen. Keen to cook. Keen to serve
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How Bad Is Alcohol, Really?
New health recommendations suggesting Canadians cut back touched a nerve. But drinking customs are constantly evolving
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