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This weekend we lost a culinary legend. Diana Kennedy, the British author known mostly for dedicating her life’s work to documenting and promoting Mexican cuisine, died this weekend at the age of 99. Kennedy was born in 1923 in Essex, England, and moved to Mexico in the 1950s, where she fell in love with and studied Mexican cuisine. Throughout her decades-long career, Kennedy published nine widely-acclaimed cookbooks.

It should come as no surprise to anyone who, well, eats that bacon has ruled the food scene in recent years. For a while, it seemed bacon was in and on everything, from cupcakes to cornbread. But there’s a new food in town, and its name is Pumpkin.As New York Magazine recently pointed out, pumpkin is everywhere—in lattes, mass-market bagels, and high-end cocktails.

Hurricane Sandy tore a path through the Northeast yesterday, and it’s not over. If you’re one of the millions left without power, we a) sincerely hope you get it back soon, and that in the meantime you stay safe and dry, and b) think it’s a good time to refresh on basic food safety guidelines after you’ve had a power outage. What’s safe to keep and what should you toss?

TIME magazine recently released its list of the 140 best Twitter feeds, but as it’s a little lacking in the food department, we thought we’d compile our own list of 50 food-related favorites on Twitter.From fictional foodie Ruth Bourdain to sustainable seafood experts Seafood Watch, we’ve rounded up the feeds we turn to for recipes, food news and thoughtful commentary. Read on for the full list!1. @Barry_Estabrook 2. @bittman 3. @ethicurean 4. @Francis_Lam 5. @goodappetite 6.

After that kerfuffle two years ago with Tastespotting shutting down and then relaunching as an independent site, we thought NOTCOT had decided to steer clear of the food world. So it was with surprise — and tentative excitement — that we saw they’d launched a new site dedicated to foodie eye-candy: Tasteologie.The site follows the same format as the other NOTCOT sites (and, it should be noted, Tastespotting).

Potatoes are a very low-fuss vegetable. They don’t bruise easily, they’re cheap, and they’re easy to prepare at home (hello, buttery mashed potatoes). But it turns out that how you store your potatoes is actually pretty important — and you’re probably doing it wrong. An article via English news outlet the Mirror reports that your future fries, knishes, or savory pancakes should be kept out of the refrigerator.

My expectations were high when I opened my mailbox and saw that I had received my first issue of Lucky Peach, the new food quarterly from Momofuku’s David Chang and McSweeney’s. The cover alone was enough to send my eyebrows skyward: brawny arms holding aloft a plucked chicken in what looks like a grungy back-alley kitchen. With cartoon eggs popping out of its…you know. What was I in for?

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They are looking to reduce sodium intake by 12 percent.

With all her rich, creamy, often cheesy recipes to choose from, Drummond says this is her go-to weeknight recipe.

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