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Jalapeños are a culinary delight — readily available at every market, and just the right size for spicing up almost any dish. Rumors abound about the source of jalapeños’ heat — some swear the seeds hold the heat, others the membrane. Knowing how to seed, slice, and dice them will make spicing up every dish a little easier.

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5 Simple Rules for Throwing a Dinner Party After Work

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If the idea of a dinner party sends you into a spiral of menu planning, linen ironing, and wine glass shining before hosting friends and family for dinner, then let me please introduce you to Crappy Dinner Parties. Crappy dinner parties are the kind of casual meals we reserve for our closet friends and family, when we eat delivery pizza from paper plates, or buffet-style potlucks in Grandma’s rec room.

Crappy dinner parties are also known as scruffy hospitality and encompass everything from pasta on paper plates to your very best cooking efforts eaten around a coffee table.

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Egg and Avocado Salad on Toast

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While many of our editors here at Kitchn work from home, the question of what’s for lunch remains a dilemma we face daily — just like those who head to the office. Sure, we benefit from having our kitchen and pantry at our disposal, but with a busy day of typing away at our computers, finding the time to pull away for even a few moments to prepare our midday meal is a challenge. Here’s how we conquer it.

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5 Essential Tools for Packing a Week of School Lunches on Sunday

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Packing lunch every day can get boring, but here’s a fun and inexpensive way to make it more fun. My colleague Meghan makes lunch for her kids each day and, on a hunt to keep her “lunch-packing spark alive,” she stumbled on the cutest little way to pack up condiments for lunch boxes.

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Today the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released the first chapter of a new series that explores what they consider to be the new American Dream. The report, which is sponsored by IKEA U.S., shows how the idea of the American Dream has changed over time and how it will continue to evolve. While the old goal of owning a house with a white picket fence might have been the dream 50 years ago, today it’s more about living on one’s own terms.

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How To Dry Tomatoes in the Oven

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Some of your everyday kitchen tools may be more versatile than you think. Here are some of our favorite ways to use a few standard kitchen tools to accomplish a bevy of kitchen tasks.

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If you’ve ever had something in your teeth and no one told you, and then you went to the bathroom or happened to pass by a mirror and discovered a big chunk of spinach lodged in your incisors, you know: You always want someone to tell you it’s there. Right? Right. And that’s not so hard when it’s your best friend or your husband or your mom, but, it’s a bit more delicate when coworkers are involved.

Here’s how to do it, in six easy steps.

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