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USC did a cross-department study looking into peppermint, the most December-y of holiday dessert flavors.
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Eating some types of soy -- but definitely not others -- early in life may actually protect women from breast cancer.
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The poinsettia is native to Mexico and grows in warm, tropical climates.
Foie gras dinner in DTLA | Photo by Clarissa Wei
A proposed dinner series will skirt California's foie gras ban to serve the French delicacy to L.A. adventurers. But are the events stunning enough to justify all the work?
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"Kids' menus" are doing way more harm than good for your children.
Christmas tree farm | Photo by <a href="http://www.peltzerpines.com/">Peltzer Pines</a>
Did you know that if you venture a little further afield than the grocery store parking lot, you can fell your own Christmas tree?
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Slowly, but surely, the minimum wage is increasing. And not just for fast food workers.
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Rudolph, the origins of wrapping paper, and more fascinating Christmas facts.
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With a little preparation, you can get your home ready for the next wave of holidays.
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A sense of wonder is requisite before entering the Bigfoot Discovery Museum.
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Like Thanksgiving, Mardi Gras, and the Opening of Buck Season in Pennsylvania, December 5, aka Repeal Day should be one of our nation's great holidays.
Water-boiled fish from Fang's | Photo by Clarissa Wei
In the last two years, there's been an influx of quality-focused Sichuan restaurants around Los Angeles.
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