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I love buying gifts for other people. I spend months thinking about heartfelt presents to give to my friends and family during the holidays. But, when it comes to receiving gifts, I can be a little picky. I don’t like to ask for clothes or shoes in case I end up wanting to return them; I don’t like getting gift cards because it feels lazy; and, because I’m on a newfound mission to avoid clutter, I’d rather not unwrap unnecessary bits and bobs on Christmas morning.

That’s why this year, I’m only asking for one thing: wine! See, wine bottles don’t take up a ton of space (and some even just go in the fridge) and you can enjoy the contents and then get rid of them. Plus, wine is something I’d usually buy, so this saves me from having to spend my own money.

These are the bottles that are on my wish list.

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It’s safe to say 2018 was an incredible year for food TV. So where do you start when there’s so much to watch? How about a sampler instead of a binge watch — a taste of the very best of what 2018 had to offer?

This year we left the perfectly lit kitchen and the chew-and-moan style of food travel TV. Television and food both offer these opportunities for connection. Food TV doesn’t have to be cute prattle and quick menus, fraught competitions or glossy adventures. This was the year of digging in.

Television moved beyond highlighting food on a plate: What’s the history of that dish? What can we learn when we go to new places and break bread with new people? What longing is tucked into a pastrami sandwich and slathered with mustard? Here are our top five food TV episodes of 2018.

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Planning on making a classic ham for your Christmas dinner this year? Great choice — it’s one of our top picks for a holiday meal, too. This large, savory cut of meat is ideal for a crowd and easy to make, whether you opt for the oven or your slow cooker (just don’t forget the glaze!).

With ham in hand, it’s time for the side dishes. Each of these will work beautifully with a ham; we are especially partial to those like kohlrabi, cabbage, or Brussels sprouts that add a funky or vegetable-forward complement to the sweet, rich ham.

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It’s comfort food season, and it doesn’t get more quintessential than meatloaf. The goodness of grass-fed beef with the rich flavor of onions and Primal Kitchen Steak Sauce (yes!), topped with our Unsweetened Ketchup—it’s just like Mom would’ve made (but without the added sugar and bread crumbs). Serve up a slice with your favorite low-carb comfort sides tonight! This keto-friendly recipe offers all the nutrition and taste with none of the grains and extra carbs.

Servings: 6

Time in the Kitchen: 30 minutes (plus 90 minutes cook time)

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 lbs. grass-fed ground beef
• 2 tablespoons Primal Kitchen® Avocado Oil
• 3 cups finely chopped yellow onions
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup Primal Kitchen Organic Unsweetened Ketchup + Additional 1 1/2 teaspoons
• 1 1/2 cups ground pine nuts (alternative: almond flour)
• 1/3 cup Primal Kitchen Steak Sauce

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 ºF.

Saute onions in avocado oil until translucent, about 15 minutes.

Add salt, pepper, thyme, Primal Kitchen Steak Sauce, 1 1/2 teaspoons Primal Kitchen Unsweetened Ketchup. Mix well. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Combine ground beef, ground pine nuts, egg and onion mixture together in a large bowl. Mix well and fit into bread pan.

Spread remaining 3/4 cup ketchup evenly on top.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours until the internal temperature is 160 ºF and the meatloaf is cooked through. Let rest 15 minutes.

Serve with mashed cauliflower or your favorite mashed root vegetables and green beans for the ultimate classic comfort food dinner.

Nutritional Info (per serving—6 servings total):

• Calories: 662
• Net Carbs: 12 grams
• Fat: 48 grams
• Protein: 44.5 grams

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If there’s one thing people are super passionate about, it’s toast. I hear more complaints about toasters than any other appliance. From listening to all of you, I know you want evenly browned toast — at every setting because, after all, you like yours just one shade short of burnt and your husband prefers his lightly golden brown. And not only that, when you’re making a second round, you don’t want it to come out darker or lighter than the first one.

I’ve tested just about every toaster out there and here are the ones that will make your breakfast.

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For more than 30 years, I was in charge of testing and reporting on everything from wooden spoons to connected refrigerators at the Good Housekeeping Institute. I’ve walked the floors of every trade show and read every new product release for longer than most digital publications have existed!

My street cred? I also worked as a chef in New York City restaurants for seven years.

I’ve tested, used, and played with nearly every piece of kitchen gear (including toasters) to come on the market for years. When it comes to gear, it takes a lot to impress me, and I know what actually works.

Picked by a Pro. Tested by Real Home Cooks.

I’ve tested what feels like every toaster on the market (at all the price points, low to high!) and these are my all-time favorites. But you don’t have to take my word and my word alone, either. Kitchn editors — a unique hybrid of professionals and home cooks, who develop and test great recipes in real home kitchens — and real Amazon shoppers weighed in on some of these picks too, testing my favorites in the context of their actual home cooking.

After all, when it comes to kitchen gear, what matters is that it works for a home cook — not just that a chef endorses it, or that it passed some high-flying bar in a sterile test kitchen. You want gear that is, above all, practical, long-lasting, and mindful of real cooks, real kitchens, and real budgets.

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I consider myself a super-fan of Martha Stewart. She’s not only one of my favorite culinary personalities, but also one of my favorite people, period. Through life’s ups and downs, Martha still remains a living American icon. Her uniquely American come up — from her beginnings as a fashion model to household genius and media mogul — is, to use her catchphrase, such “a good thing.”

Yet, Martha is still human, and all of us make missteps (celebrities are no exception), which is why I simply must report the following: Martha recently gave us a cooking tip, and it’s not-so-much a good thing.

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If your ideal cookie has thin, crispy edges that enclose a thick, fudgy middle with just a touch of chewiness in between, then you should definitely be making these flourless chocolate cookies. At first glance, they might look like any other chocolate cookie, but these cookies have a deep chocolate flavor and are studded with dark chocolate chips. The fact they there are flourless and require just one bowl for mixing is just gilding the lily.

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What’s that? You still haven’t done any holiday shopping? You do realize that Christmas is just a few days away, right? Sorry, we don’t mean to stress out. Let us make it up to you by helping you out a bit. We made this mini gift guide to save you — it’s got all sorts of gifts that you can get or send nearly instantly. And every single one is really truly awesome.

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A few months ago I got to go to the Staub factory in Northern France to see how Staub cookware gets made. It’s a long process (taking up to a week to make a single pot) that calls for the personal attention of 10 to 20 different workers (and usually a robot, too!). I learned a lot while I was there (see: 5 Surprising Things I Learned at the Staub Factory in France).

One of the most surprising things? The fact that white is the hardest color for the factory to produce.”White is sensitive to pollution,” said a company rep. “It’s easy for the transfer of other colors. White also reacts very quickly to temperature changes and easily changes to an ivory.”

So color me surprised to learn the newest hue from the French brand.

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Nutty, oat-y, sweet with maple syrup and a touch of jam, these thumbprints will please vegan and non-vegan palates alike. They’re a hearty tasting cookie — I personally feel that two or three with a cup of strong hot tea is a wonderful way to start your day. They’re quick to mix up, easy to form and fill, and will disappear off of your cookie plate in a twinkle.

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