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Are you getting the recommended daily amount of vegetables? If not, you might want to order dessert. No, that is not an error – more and more restaurants are adding vegetables, along with other savory elements, to their desserts. Eater’s Bettina Makalintal tells us more about this intriguing restaurant trend.

Earlier this week we learned the sad news that America’s Test Kitchen is laying off seven employees and ending the publication of Cook’s Country Magazine. The upcoming October/November issue will be the last for the bimonthly publication. ATK previously laid off 23 workers in 2023, shortly after Marquee Brands acquired America’s Test Kitchen.

Food blogger Gurdeep Loyal’s latest cookbook, Flavour Heroes: 15 Modern Pantry Ingredients to Amplify Your Cooking, highlights the staples you should have on hand to take your cooking to the next level. In a recent interview in The Independent, Loyal discusses five of these ingredients, explaining why he believes you should invest in them.

Even though I lived for may years without a dishwasher, once I had one I was amazed at how quickly it became indispensable. Not only does it do a terrific job at cleaning dishes, it can be used to make other household items spic-and-span as well. Chowhound’s Allie Fasanella tells us about nine different non-dish items that can safely go into the dishwasher.

Breakfast cereal used to be king of the morning routine, but lately sales have been slumping. The Italian-based chocolate company Ferrero must believe it can turn things around, because it just made a $3.1 billion USD offer to purchase Kellogg’s, a major player in the breakfast cereal game. This isn’t Ferrero’s first foray into buying up a US company – it previously purchased brands including SweetTart and Butterfinger, along with the former manufacturer of Blue Bunny and other ice cream treats.

I love it when a new study comes out that affirms my life choices. The most recent one that fits this criteria is from the European Journal of Nutrition. They published a study that showed that drinking between two and four cups of coffee per day after the age of 55 is linked to less frailty over time. While the exact mechanisms are not fully understood, experts believe that coffee (even decaf) has anti-inflammatory and bioactive compounds that reduce chronic inflammation and preserve muscle mass.