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Columbus, OH

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Country fried steak is a comfort classic that is common in Southern cuisine. What could be better than a juicy, tender steak coated in a crispy fried crust and doused with a heaping portion of homemade gravy? You may have heard of country fried steak and chicken fried steak and thought they were the same dish. While used interchangeably in many cases, there are some notable differences between the two that connoisseurs may school you on — one being the color of the gravy.

Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cooking Country Fried Steak, According To Professional Chefs

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Sheree’s Homemade Cooking Made Easy

I enjoy making my own chinese food at home instead of purchasing it out at the restaurants. It just tastes better to me and my family. I thought I would share my favorite beef and broccoli recipe with you. You will need the following ingredients:

Chinese Beef and Broccoli: Easy and Delicious Restaurant Quality Recipe!

Some like it smothered in a robust Bolognese or tossed with a simple fresh tomato sauce. Others like it swirled in a creamy spinach sauce or mixed with pungent garlic and anchovies. However you like it best, there’s no denying that pasta is one of the most popular dinner choices. And for good reason. It’s fast, simple and delicious and just about everyone loves it. But have you ever noticed that pasta at a restaurant just tastes better than homemade? Well, there’s a reason for that, and it’s not necessarily that chefs are adding more salt or fat. In fact, there are simple techniques (and a little culinary know-how) that can help you replicate restaurant-quality pasta at home.

Why Pasta Tastes Better at Restaurants, According to a Former Line Cook

Texas State

Midwest-based Casey's General Store announced Friday that it has purchased CEFCO Convenience Stores for $1.145 billion—and a sizable chunk of Buc-ee’s territory with it. This latest deal includes 198 CEFCO stores across the South, a whopping 148 of which are in Buc-ee’s home state of Texas alone. The acquisition also includes 50 CEFCO stores in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. All of them will be turned into Casey’s locations.

Midwest-Based Casey's Opening 170 Stores In This Beloved Southern Gas Station's Territory

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Wow, that's a tough situation for UKG employees in Florida. Imagine gearing up for a holiday weekend and then getting blindsided with news of massive layoffs. It's not just the number—2,200 employees, which is 14% of their workforce—but also how abruptly it was done, right before the Fourth of July.

Thousands of workers in Florida laid off by a major company

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition

Birmingham, AL

Valrico, FL

In a recent announcement, The Fresh Market, a beloved grocery chain in Florida, is bidding farewell to its Valrico location. The store, located in one of the fastest-growing areas of the U.S., has cited uncontrollable inflation as a driving force behind its closure, echoing broader economic challenges impacting even higher-end retailers.

A grocery chain in Florida is unexpectedly closing down

A torrential rainstorm that bombarded East Tennessee caused dramatic flash flooding at Dolly Parton’s Pigeon Forge theme park Sunday evening. Footage of Dollywood visitors wading through brown, knee-deep floodwaters was all over social media yesterday as the popular theme park was hit with nearly five inches of rain in just a few hours. The deluge submerged cars, collapsed a road, and left some guests stranded as water gushed over walkways in some areas of the park.

Dramatic Footage Shows Dollywood Hit With “Unprecedented Flooding”

Claudia Lamascolo

Here is a cookie from my childhood that Mom always had in the cookie jar. Peanut butter cookies were an easy favorite, and we just loved helping her make them they were super easy.

4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Canned tuna is the second most popular type of seafood in the U.S. after shrimp (according to the National Fisheries Institute). Naturally, then, there are more varieties out there than you can shake a stick at, from light tuna to albacore to tuna packed in water to tuna packed in oil with carrots and peas. But the best canned tuna out there, at least according to celebrity chef David Chang, is from the company Dongwon, specifically its Tuna with Hot Pepper Sauce.

The Best Canned Tuna On Shelves, According To Chef David Chang

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Denver, CO

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Cantaloupe is a mainstay of a fresh fruit salad. It's also enjoyed in various other forms on its own, such as sliced for a hand-held snack, scooped into poppable melon balls, or blended and frozen into a creamy dessert. But for as many ways as there are to enjoy this sweet seasonal melon, there's a lot that can happen between the farmers' market or the produce section at the grocery store and the time you plan to enjoy it.

How To Store Cut Cantaloupe So It Stays Fresh And Delicious Longer

Massachusetts State

Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Gary, a small little Dachshund with a big personality! This pup grew up living comfortably in a home with his owner who adored him. Sadly, tragedy struck when Gary's owner passed away unexpectedly, leaving him all on his own.

Little Dachshund Who Lost His Owner Now Looking For A New Family

Crowd-pleasing, inexpensive, and versatile, there are as many reasons to love fresh green beans as there are ways to enjoy them. Can you even imagine Thanksgiving without the green bean casserole, or a summer cookout where the three-bean salad was missing its freshest, greenest ingredient?. As with most other green...

How To Cook Fresh Green Beans

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It’s not humans. How a survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet. There are more than 8 billion humans alive at this moment on Earth (unless something has gone horribly wrong). But humans aren’t the only dominant mammals.

For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus

Perhaps you have more cherries than you know what to do with and you find yourself wondering if there is a way to preserve the juicy fruit for later in the year. So, can you freeze cherries? The good news is that yes, you can absolutely freeze cherries, according to master chef Fred Tiess.

Can You Freeze Cherries?

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

You stumble upon a gorgeous chest in mint condition at dusty antique shop. It's listed at a can't-pass-it-up price, so you grab it and take it home. The small dresser finds the perfect spot in your bedroom then, one day, you look it up online and realize your $40 find could be worth a sum with a few more zeros at the end.

Are Antiques A Good Investment? 3 Experts Share Their Thoughts

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Dry-Aged Fish Actually Tastes Like Steak—A Southern Chef Shares All About The Technique

Rich, intense, and kissed with the signature pungency of blue cheese, there is nothing quite like a cut of dry-aged beef. These sought-after steaks, which also...

Dry-Aged Fish Actually Tastes Like Steak—A Southern Chef Shares All About The Technique

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