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If you grew up helping Mario and Luigi try to save Princess Peach, the radish may become your new vegetable obsession. The Ravanello radish shaper helps you whittle your radish into the shape of a mushroom and carve little white dots into the pink-topped flesh.

That’s right — it looks exactly like a Super Mario power-up.

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If you live in the Bay Area and are a Trader Joe’s aficionado, your Saturday nights are about to become a whole lot greater. The Mercury News reports the second Trader Joe’s in the region (in Menlo Park) has been approved to maintain a wine and beer tasting area.

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Earlier this week, we asked you what makes you happy in the kitchen. For some of you, it’s a tangible item like a sink or a pretty backsplash. Or it’s a thing you do (so many of you love to bake) while you’re in the space. Or it’s a mix of both! The point? The kitchen has this amazing way of putting a smile on all of our faces.

Get inspired (and even happier!) by some of these reader comments.

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I knew I already loved pasta and cheese and gelato when I moved to Italy, but what I discovered while living there was that I loved beans. That’s because I found the one bean that finally felt as hearty as meat. As someone who was once a vegetarian and had eaten a lot of beans in her lifetime, I’d never felt satisfied with them — even nubby chickpeas don’t have that heft that meat does.

While perusing the Italian grocery store for cannellini beans one day, however, I stumbled upon giant white beans, and I’ve never looked back.

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Maybe you had to run out the door before finishing your freshly brewed pot or you simply made too much, but whatever the case you have leftover coffee in your kitchen. It might not be tasty enough to sip on its own, but don’t be too quick to pour it down the drain. Here are seven simple ways to make use of the remaining pot.

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A good braise or stew of beef or pork always starts the same way: by browning the meat. This isn’t just to give the meat a jump-start on cooking (although surely it helps) — it also adds that intense seared flavor that is so important to a delicious stew.

The only problem is the mess. Your cast iron pan is overcrowded with hunks of beef and a flurry of fat is spattering the stovetop as you try to monitor both the beef and the vegetables you’re sautéing at the same time.

But there’s a really easy way to brown your meat without making such a mess on your stovetop: roast it.

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Grabbing a glass of fresh beer or an expertly mixed cocktail might soon be as easy as brewing a cup of coffee using a pod.

Keurig has teamed up with Anheuser Busch-InBev to create an “in-home alcohol drink system,” reports Mashable. The machine hasn’t been invented yet, so there is no concrete information on how it will work or look, what materials will make up the pods, or what the machine will cost.

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It’s January, it’s most likely very cold outside, and there might be one of those very important sports-like thingies happening later this month. What does all of that add up to? Chili, of course! Whether you like it con carne or not, we have eight popular recipes for you to warm up (and fill up) with this classic winter stew.

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