Sunday 28 February 2021

Sara Ali Khan's Jaipur Food Trail Includes A Majestic Thali; Guess What All It Had!

Sara Ali Khan is currently exploring Rajasthan with her mother Amrita Arora.

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Mira Kapoor Posts Pic Of Mom's Candy Cupboard, And It Looks Like Wonderland!

Mira Kapoor shared a click of her mother Bela Rajput's candy cupboard, and it looked like sugary bliss for adults and kids alike! Take a look.

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5 Important Health Benefits Of Bitter Gourd (Karela) You Should Know

Bitter Gourd benefits: Here are some of the most prominent health benefits of eating karela that you should know of if you want to attain good health and well-being.

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Beyond Designs Bistro At MG Road Is For All The Discerning Eaters And Shoppers In The City

Beyond Designs Bistro transports you to Parisian streets with its unique, avant-garde decor and setting. The cuisine is predominantly Modern European, with a sprinkling of Asian flavours.

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Watch: This Badam Ki Phirni Is Just The Nutty Delight You Are Looking For (Recipe Video)

We love indulging in phirni. Here's a recipe that will add some curnchy goodness to your regular phirni recipe. You must give it a try!

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Garlic Chicken Recipe: How To Make Lehsuni Murg For A Quick Feast

Garlic single-handedly gives your curry a unique character, makes it bolder and richer. It is a good thing that garlic is also one of the healthiest things in your kitchen.

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Pizza Lovers, Head To Fat Lulu's Khan Market For More Than Just The Perfect Slice

Fat Lulu's Cafe & Bar is the newest eatery which has so much more to offer than just authentic pizza slices. Here's what we tried!

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Saturday 27 February 2021

Easy Homemade Strawberry Kulfi Recipe To Welcome The Summers

Kulfi recipe: The creamy, melt-in-mouth strawberry kulfi would be one of the best things youll have this summer, we promise you.

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High Protein Diet: How To Make Paneer Idli And Tomato Chutney

From snacks to mains and desserts, you can include paneer just about anywhere and end up with a winner- just like this paneer idli.

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Donne Biryani: Bengaluru's Signature Biryani Recipe You Must Try

This biryani is traditionally not as spicy as the Hyderabadi biryani; it gets its unique flavours from the short grain seeraga samba rice, generous quantity of mint leaves and the meat marination...

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North Indian Recipes: How To Make Authentic Punjabi Kadhi Pakora

There are many kinds of kadhis, many states also have their own trademark kadhis, for instance Maharashtrian kadhi, Gujarati Kadhi and Sindhi Kadhi, the Punjabi version is tangy and a whole lot...

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Protein Day 2021: 5 Classic High-Protein Indian Recipes You Should Try Today  

Protein day is celebrated on 27th February, and here are some of our most favourite recipes that come loaded with good dose of protein.

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This Veg Nargisi Kofta Recipe Substitutes Meat And Eggs For Aloo And Paneer

In Vegetarian Nargisi Kofta, meat and eggs are replacedby paneer and potatoes, and together they spell magic.

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Seema Khan Celebrates Award Win With Burger, Malaika Arora Wants A Bite!

Seema Kapoor was a part of Indian reality TV series 'Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives' that follows the personal and professional lives of jewelry designer Maheep Kapoor, fashion designer Seema...

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Friday 26 February 2021

Vicky Kaushal's High Protein Breakfast Was Made With 10 Eggs (See Pic)

Vicky Kaushal's upcoming projects require him to be in his best shape, and his personal chef Akshay Arora is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring the same.

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Brewers Use Recycled Fruit and Grains in These Tasty Second-Use Beers

Aluminum cans aren’t the only thing brewers are recycling. Increasingly, brewers are making fruit beers with previously fermented fruits such as blackberries and peaches, plus pressed grape skins and stems, turning waste into beers that you’ll want to drink again and again.

 

 

Part of the trend’s popularity can be traced to surging interest in piquette. It’s a rustic French technique of turning pomace—the skins, pulp, and stems leftover after pressing grapes for wines—into a low-alcohol, wine-like beverage that’s fizzy, fruity, and often only around 5 percent ABV. The method is favored by many natural winemakers, and “we get a lot of inspiration from what is going on in that world,” says Jake Guidry, the brand director for Hopewell Brewing.

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The Chicago brewery’s Neon series of sour ales features massive amounts of fruits such as cherries, raspberries, and blueberries. At first Hopewell didn’t recycle the fruit, but it started experimenting and discovered the value of second-use fruit, especially berries. That led the brewery to launch Neonette program of piquette-style beers.

Don’t expect Jamba juiciness. The brewery makes a lower-alcohol base beer then steeps the fruit, letting the subdued fruitiness shine. “We’re getting more of a prickliness and more tannins coming through,” Guidry says. “They’re going to give you a completely different experience with fruit.” Here are five great beers featuring second-use fruit. They’re all worth trying for the first time.

Second-Use Fruit Beers

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Neonette, 4.9% ABV

Pét-nat wines informed Hopewell Brewing’s series of Neon sour ales, which are lavishly fruited and packaged in clear glass bottles to better highlight each release’s electric hue. To make its piquette-inspired Neonette beers, the Chicago brewery makes a moderate-strength table beer, then ferments it with previously used Neon fruit such as black raspberries.
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Gigantic Brewing
Funquette, 6.3% ABV

The Portland, Oregon, brewery partnered with Stillwater Artisanal and St. Reginald Parish, a natural wine producer in Oregon, on this piquette-inspired sipper. Funquette is made by pairing just-pressed pinot gris pomace with a barrel-aged saison inoculated with wild yeast and a bit of fresh wort, a.k.a. the sugar-rich broth that becomes beer. The fermented result is seltzer-fizzy, the gently cutting tartness balanced by a smidgen of fruity sweetness reminiscent of a ripe cantaloupe.
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Threes Brewing
Thought Experiment Peach, 4.8% ABV

For its Thought Experiment series, Brooklyn’s Threes takes its food-friendly table beer and ages it on fruits previously used in another beer, such as blueberries and cherries. The fruits lend color and flavor, creating spritzy and colorful refreshers reminiscent of sparkling wine. This peachy release (the fruits were previously used in an oak-aged saison) would make for a perfect brunch beer, low enough in alcohol that you can crush the whole bottle.
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Modern Times
Cool Zone, 3.8% ABV

In pursuit of the perfect poolside beer, the San Diego brewery infused a funky, wood-aged Belgian beer with a “frickin’ mountain” of second-use Zinfandel and Petite Sirah grapes. Modern Times then added de-aerated water to drop the alcohol to a positively crushable 3.8 percent—less boozy than Bud Light. Think of this as a fruity beer spritzer.
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Grimm Artisanal Ales Little Thief
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Grimm Artisanal Ales
Little Thief, 3% ABV

The Brooklyn brewery is big on recycling its grains and fruits. For example, Seconds is a low-alcohol dark mild brewed with grains originally used to make a strong imperial stout, while the spent skins and stems of Merlot grapes used to make a barrel-aged sour ale were repurposed for Little Thief. The brightly refreshing Berliner weisse–style sour makes for a fine start or finish to any meal, or most any time of the day.
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The Perfect Homemade Chicken Stock (With a Wintry Soup Recipe)

Most of us have learned to adult enough that we can at least bake a chicken. And a pretty decent one, at that. The thing is, if you’re tossing the bones after your meal is over, you’re missing out on a big opportunity: chicken stock. It not only tastes great, but is chock full of vitamins and minerals.

 

Once you realize how easy it is, you’ll never go back to buying it at the store again (the homemade stock is better, anyway). Check out the steps for making your own chicken stock as well as one of our favorite recipes that puts it to good use.

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Cook Time: 3 hours
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:

chicken bones
½ a red onion
2 whole garlic cloves
4-5 springs of parsley
3 carrots

Steps for making stock:

Save bones from any leftover chicken (chicken thighs, bone-in breasts, etc. or use the bones from a whole chicken).

Put them in a pot with the red onion, garlic cloves, carrots, and parsley.

Bring to a boil and simmer on low for 3 hours.

Use a strainer or cheesecloth to separate the broth from everything else.

Pour into a heat-safe container.

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Steps for making a mushroom soup with the stock:

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Yes, You Need an Air Fryer. Here Are the Top 5 to Buy

Cooking was fun when, you know, 100 percent of your meals weren’t of the at-home variety. At this point, your spatula is tired. Your trusty sauté is weary. You feel your fingers slowly curling into arthritic oblivion from stirring one too many stews. No more. It’s time to embrace the humble air fryer, a workhorse in the kitchen that “fries” up food with air instead of oil. Did you hear us? Healthy “fried” food.

 

 

Indeed, the countertop convection appliance gives your food (potatoes, zucchini, chicken, catfish, salmon, calzones, corn, pita…you name it) that crispy exterior you crave without the side order of a heart attack. Best of all, “cooking” is a breeze: You simply put your food in a fryer-style basket and press some buttons. Below, we’ve rounded up the best air fryers on the market. Ready to get non-cooking? Try our favorite air fryer recipes.

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1. Ninja Foodi 2 Basket Air Fryer

As frequent air fryers well know, it’d be nice to be able to cook two foods at once, in two different manners, and finish at the same time for that ideal sound the bell, dinner-is-served moment.The Ninja Foodi 2-Basket Air Fryer makes that magic happen with two independent cooking baskets and sophisticated programming modes. Bonus: The grey matte finish looks pretty damn suave.

[$180; ninjakitchen.com]

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Dash Chef Series 23L Air Fryer Oven With Rotisserie
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2. Dash Chef Series 23L Air Fryer Oven With Rotisserie

As the name implies, this gizmo does a bunch of neat stuff: In addition to air frying, cooking up a whole rotisserie chicken, and baking and convection baking, it can also broil, toast, and warm up a meal. We also appreciate that this countertop convection oven / air fryer makes use of the brand’s AirCrisp technology that cooks using hot air for crispy fried foods with an apparent 75% less fat than deep-frying.

[$200; bydash.com]

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3. Cuisinart TOA-28 Compact AirFryer Toaster Oven

Low on space? Opt for this air fryer and toaster oven hybrid that is roomy enough to air fry two-and-a-half pounds of food, toast four slices of bread or bagel halves, and bake up to a three-pound chicken without taking up much precious kitchen real estate. And rest assured quality isn’t compromised here: This make includes all the features of Cuisinart’s full-size models such as six functions and temperatures up to 450°F.

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Made by Gather Bella Pro Series 6.3-qt. Touchscreen Air Fryer
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4. Made by Gather Bella Pro Series 6.3-qt. Touchscreen Air Fryer

Don’t let the low price point fool you, this air fryer means business. Available in both stainless steel and black stainless steel, this air fryer uses High Performance Circular Heat Technology cooped with a powerful 1,700-watt heating system to deliver evenly cooked, crispy food with the touch of a few buttons. With preheating functionality that’s said to be 50% faster than a conventional oven, you’ll also make sure your grub — whether it’s kale chips, doughnuts or roasted salmon — makes it onto your plates fast.

[$110; bestbuy.com]

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5. Cuisinart TOA-65 Digital AirFryer Toaster Oven

This snazzy model makes air frying a breeze thanks to presets for popular go-tos like fries, wings, veggies, and more. If you’re feeling ambitious, you’ll also enjoy being able to proof dough, dehydrate foods, slow cook, and more, with an easy-to-read digital display and a large viewing window and interior light to keep tabs as you whip up breakfast, lunch, dinner, or that midday pizza break that’s fast become a WFH Friday-must.

[$280; cusinart.com]

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Good Food And Good View Makes Dramz, Mehrauli Worth All The Hype!

The outpour of diners soon after its comeback post lockdown, is proof that it has built a loyal fan-base that is here to stay. We reviewed Dramz recently, and here are our thoughts.

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This Healthy Chinese Bhel Makes For A Yummy, High-Protein Snack (Recipe Inside)

Chinese bhel: Putting a healthy spin on one of Mumbai's newest street food crazes of Chinese bhel is our all-vegan version using roasted peanuts and mung bean sprouts.

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"No Diet": Sara Ali Khan Beats Jaipur Heat With Sinful 'Kulhad Wali Lassi'

Sara unleashed her touristy side in the pink city and did the most obvious thing expected by a foodie like her- try out the local delicacies!

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Indian Cooking Tips: Make Your Regular Paneer Bhurji Creamier With This Lip-Smacking Recipe

We found a recipe that gives a creamy makeover to the classic paneer bhurji recipe. Let's take a look!

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Indian Cooking Tips: How To Make Pulissery - A Kerala-Style Buttermilk Curry

Also known as Moru Curry, this buttermilk curry is quick, easy, oil-free and absolutely delicious!

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Leftover Yogurt At Home? Make Light And Tasty 'Papad Ki Sabzi' With It!

Wondering what to do with the last batch of yogurt leftover in the fridge? This delicious 'Papad Ki Sabzi' recipe has got you covered.

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Watch: This Dal Kheera Pakoda Recipe Will Light Up Your Evening Tea Time 

Pakoda recipe: Traditionally, most of the pakodas are made with besan batter, but this kheera pakoda uses ground dal batter, which is spiced with ginger and green chillies.

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10 Ways To Stop Feeling Hungry All The Time: Expert Tips

To understand hunger triggers, we need to step into our body's system.

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Quick Breakfast Recipe: How To Make Watermelon Parfait | Health Benefits Of Watermelon

Watermelons are probably one of the best thigs Summer has to offer. We bring a quick parfait recipe that will refresh your mornings in no time.

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Vitamin D: How To Make Mushroom Khichda To Include The Sunshine Vitamin In Your Diet (Recipe Inside)

Mushroom khichda is a comforting dish full of flavour and goodness of mushrooms and barley.

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Watch: No Sugar, No Mawa, Make Gujarati Sukhdi, Or Atta Barfi Under 15 Minutes

Gujarati Sukhdi Recipe: The recipe uses no mawa or sugar, making it all the more healthier. The recipe uses malai as a substitute to mawa and jaggery for that additional rustic edge.

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Man Uses Unique Light To Help Food Delivery Guy Find Him, See Viral Pics

Viral Pics: A man found an innovative way to give directions to his delivery guy - with the help of a bright, dazzling beacon light!

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Viral Interesting List Suggests Items To Donate At Food Banks, Twitter Approves

Viral: A Twitter user posted a screenshot of the food bank donations list she found on the internet and decided to share it with others.

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Benefits Of Grapes: 5 Fun Ways To Add Grapes To Your Meal

We found some amazing ideas that will make grapes yet more interesting and palatable for you. Let's find out.

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Thursday 25 February 2021

Viral Video Of Kid Climbing Up Fridge For A Cookie Divides The Internet

Viral Video: A kid was seen climbing up a fridge to get herself a cookie. Twitter was divided about the video.

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Malaika Arora Turns Chef To Cook A Lavish South Indian Feast For Friends (See Pics)

Malaika hosted her friends for lunch at home and cooked a delicious fare for them.

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Slurp Alert: TV Actor Mouni Roy Binges On Veg Momos (See Pic)

On Thursday, Mouni took to Instagram to post a boomerang of a fully loaded plate of veg momos that she relished with a bowl of hot and spicy chilli sauce.

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Chicken Shahi Roll: A Cheese Stuffed Chicken Kebab That Will Be The Star Of Your Party

Chicken shahi roll is a rich, luscious kebab with lots of deep-set flavour. The roll oozes with meaty chicken taste and creamy melted cheese in every bite.

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Watch: How To Make Kutchi Dabeli - Popular Street Food Of Gujarat And Mumbai - From The Scratch

If you plan to prepare it at home, then we have a recipe that will help you whip up authentic street-style dabeli from scratch.

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Weight Loss Breakfast: Dieting? 5 High-Fibre Cheela Recipes You Can Try

Weight Loss Diet: Cheelas are one of India's most beloved breakfast staple, it is a kind of a savoury pancake. If you want you can make them enriched with fibre, here are some ideas.

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Tincup Whiskey Doubles Down to Promote Avalanche Education

While this winter is seeing booming sales of backcountry skiing equipment, it’s also one of the deadliest avalanche seasons on record—so far, 31 backcountry travelers have been killed in nine states.

A whiskey company is doing what it can to help. Like a Saint Bernard coming to the rescue with a barrel attached to its collar, Tincup Whiskey has partnered with the American Institute of Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) and Weston Backcountry to increase avalanche education and backcountry safety.

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Ozturk with the Weston custom skis of his design.

Working with ski maker Weston, Tincup has created a limited number of backcountry skis and splitboards, with special graphics created by renowned mountaineer and photographer-artist Renan Ozturk. Under the program launched today (Feb. 25), everyone who takes an AIARE course this season will be registered to win a pair. Skiers and riders can also register to win by visiting tincupwhiskey.com and testing their avalanche knowledge and pledging to continue their avalanche education.

 

 

“We’re rooted in the backcountry whiskey tradition of the Old West, where you celebrate a day of adventure with friends around a fire and cheers of whiskey,” says Lander Otegui of parent company Proximo Spirits. “This partnership should help galvanize people to be good partners in adventure and get the training they need to seek out wild places but then make it home safely.”

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Known for its television ads celebrating mountaineering, Tincup has long ties to avalanche terrain. It was founded by Jess Graber, an ex-rodeo competitor who gave the wares from his first still fellow construction workers and volunteer firefighters. With help from whiskey maker George Stranahan, he named his company after the former mining town of Tin Cup, Colo., perched at 10,157 feet in the avalanche-prone Sawatch Mountain Range.

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For its part, AIARE, which put 12,000 people through its courses last year, is excited about the project’s potential to further avalanche safety. “It’s great that a company known for celebrating outdoors is looking at the other side of adventuring and making sure people come home safely,” says AIARE executive director Vickie Hormuth. “And this should help extend the reach to anyone who’s recreating in the backcountry. It’s all about doing it safely and coming home to celebrate at the end of the day.” Hormuth adds that the average age of this year’s avalanche victims is a whiskey-drinking 48.

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MLB Spring Preview: The Storylines to Watch This Season

After a long winter, the crack of the bat and pop of the glove have finally returned. All Major League Baseball players have reported to spring training camps, and baseball fans can once again feel the buzz of another season just around the corner. Even more exciting: The 2021 MLB season is scheduled to be a full 162 games, unlike 2020’s abbreviated 60-game season.

 

 

Spring training games––which start on Feb. 28––will offer the first taste of baseball action in four months. And after another busy offseason of trades and free agent acquisitions, everyone is eager to see which teams and players hit it out of the park (and which ones strike out). Here are five storylines that we’ll be following closely this year.

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The Dodgers are looking to run it back in 2021. JOHN G MABANGLO / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock

Can the Dodgers Become the First Repeat World Series Champs in Two Decades?

After seven consecutive seasons of playoff heartbreak, Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers finally broke through in 2020 and won the World Series. Can they do it again? Not since the New York Yankees won three straight between 1998 and 2000 has there been a repeat World Series winner. But if there’s a team to snap this two-decade dry spell, the 2021 Dodgers are it.

The Dodgers not only retained most of their key position players––including star shortstop Corey Seager and MVP outfielders Mookie Betts and Cody Bellinger––but they also made a huge offseason upgrade by signing 2020 National League Cy Young award winner Trevor Bauer. Adding Bauer to an all-star pitching staff that already features players like Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Julio Urías, and David Price is borderline unfair. It’s a long season and there will undoubtedly be twists and turns, but at least on paper, the Dodgers are poised to make a serious run at going back-to-back.

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Fernando Tatís Jr. Sue Ogrocki / AP / Shutterstock

Will the San Diego Padres Live up to the Hype?

About 120 miles south of Dodger Stadium lies the biggest obstacle standing in the way of a Dodgers World Series win––the San Diego Padres. 2020 was a breakout year for the Friars: They finished the 60-game season with a .617 winning percentage and won their first postseason series since 1998. Beyond collecting Ws, the team, fueled by dynamic young shortstop Fernando Tatís Jr., quickly established itself as one of the most exciting clubs to watch.

This offseason, the San Diego front office doubled down on their success and put the Dodgers on notice. The team added a trio of frontline starting pitchers including Blake Snell, Yu Darvish, and Joe Musgrove. Additionally, they locked up their 22-year-old star shortstop with a whopping 14-year, $340 million contract. Combine these offseason moves with a very talented roster––don’t forget about former Dodger Manny Machado––and we are set for a West Coast duel between two top teams. Buckle up.

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Can any team in the American League top the Yankees? Gregory Bull / AP / Shutterstock

The American League’s Wide Open Battle for Supremacy

While many baseball experts put the Dodgers and Padres at the top of the heap in the National League, the American League is a much tougher call.

Even so, the AL East once again seems like the favorite to produce a World Series contender. The New York Yankees are in a good position after adding DJ LeMahieu and Corey Kluber to their already deep roster. However, they’ll have to prevail over the analytics-based approach of the Tampa Bay Rays (the reigning AL champs) and the powerful bats of the Toronto Blue Jays, who added George Springer this offseason.

The Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox in the AL Central could also make a run, along with the Houston Astros in the AL West. Losing Springer was a blow to the Astros, but they still have enough roster firepower and experience for a shot at the title.

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MLB announced it is “deadening” baseballs for 2021. Charlie Riedel / AP / Shutterstock

A New Baseball

Home run counts have skyrocketed over the past few seasons and even prompted several high-profile pitchers to complain about juiced baseballs. While MLB officials would never admit that they had intentionally changed the baseball, the stats seemed to prove otherwise. After increasing home run counts each year, the most recent 162-game season (in 2019) saw the ball leave the yard 6,776 times––a new record.

This has led to a significant shift in the game. There has been sizable growth in strikeouts, walks, and home runs, and that has led to longer games with less action. To combat this home-run-or-bust approach to batting, MLB announced it would be “deadening” baseballs for the 2021 season. Teams were told this adjustment would mean a ball hit over 375 feet would fly about one to two feet shorter than before. Time will tell whether this effort will make a dent in home run counts or affect how the game is played, but it will be monitored closely as the season progresses.

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Hopefully real fans can replace the cardboard cutouts in 2021. ETIENNE LAURENT / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock

The Return of the Fans

There’s no getting around it: The 2020 MLB season was awkward. Watching teams play in front of cardboard people was very strange. The silence after game-winning home runs? Even stranger. But now that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has begun, teams and fans alike are hoping for more life in ballparks across the country in 2021.

Once the regular season begins on April 1, fan attendance will be subject to local guidelines. For teams that do allow fans, they will have to sell tickets to pods of fans and keep those groups physically spread out.

As the vaccine becomes more widely available, there is hope that attendance levels will be allowed to increase. And if the 2021 MLB season concludes with some sense of normalcy, that will be a big win for the sport—and for all of society.

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5 Snacks From Lucknow That'll Tug At Your Heartstrings

Snacks of Lucknow: Lucknow haswitnessed the glorious reigns of many mighty rulers. Its cuisine is also a melting pot of varied influences.

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McDonald's, KFC, Burger King And Others Join In The Chicken Burger War On Twitter

The big chicken burger war actually started long time backwith Popeyes launching fried chicken sandwich in brioche buns. It suddenly got so popular that other burger chains had to quickly jump in.

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Not Again! Croissant Vada Pav Is The Latest Bizarre Combo To Divide Twitter

A Twitter user came across a bizarre 'Croissant Vada Pav' made with a slice Croissant and Aloo Vada stuffed inside it. Take a look!

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Unique 'Donut Box' Resume Goes Viral, Reddit Users Are Impressed

A Reddit user shared a picture of a creative resume which was presented with a box of donuts. Here's what others thought about it.

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How To Make Aloo Gosht - A Home-Style, Spicy Mutton Recipe From Rajasthan

Rajasthani aloo gosht is one comfort dish for all. Juicy mutton pieces with flavourful aloo spells indulgence.

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Home Remedies For Hair Growth: How To Grow Hair Naturally With Good Food

Hair Growth Diet: Look around in your kitchen and you'll find a string of foods that can help grow your hair naturally!

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Indian Cooking Tips: How To Make Quick And Easy Sulemani Paratha (Recipe Inside)

Parathas are a staple across north Indian homes. Here's how you can give a unique spin to your regular anda paratha!

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Benefits Of Ajwain: Why You Should Start The Day With Ajwain-Methi Water

Ajwain has been a part of traditional medicine since eons. Besides adding aroma and flavours to the dishes, ajwain helps improve digestion.

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7 Foods For Indigestion And How You Can Include Them In Diet

Indigestion is caused either when stomach is inflamed and causes irritation or when the acid in our stomach flows back to your esophagus.

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How To Make Halwai Style Atte Ka Peda With Just 3 Ingredients!

Halwai-style atta peda recipes: Atta, sugar and ghee are the three ingredients you need to make this recipe, so what is it that is still holding you back?

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Chole Bhature To Ghugni: 5 Chickpea (Chana) Curries Of India

Chickpea curries: Here we have complied five of our favourite Indian chickpea curries of all times. While the list is not exhaustive in any manner, it is every bit indulgent.

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Vicky Kaushal Joins 'Pawri Ho Rahi Hai' Trend With This Indulgent Treat

Vicky Kaushal is the latest celebrity to hop onto the bandwagon of 'Pawri Ho Rahi Hai' memes, and the indulgent treat he devoured will make you drool!

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Home Remedies For Low BP: 8 Easy Tips To Raise Low Blood Pressure

Low blood pressure or hypotension occurs when your BP is below 90/60 mmHg. There are many natural remedies that may help restore your blood pressure levels from low to normal.

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Momos Recipe: How To Make Desi-Style Tandoori Momos With Lots Of Spices

Tandoori momos are the new-favourite type of momos with Indians for obvious reasons. We have always loved the deep, earthy smoky aroma and flavour in our snacks.

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Watch: Easy Way To Make Raw Pasta At Home Without Machine

Homemade pasta dough: We have discovered a recipe for you that uses old-school method of making past, i.e with hands. Watch the easy recipe video here.

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Watch: How To Make High-Protein Moong Dal Uttapam For Breakfast - Recipe Video Inside

We bring a quick moong dal uttapam recipe that is healthy, tasty and includes a good amount of protein to your diet.

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6 Veg Foods For Immunity You Should Load Up On

Immunity: There are plenty of veg foods that could also help you manage the symptoms, or help you combat the risk of developing infections in this season

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Supercharge Your Skin With the Best Night Creams for Every Skin Type

It’s one thing to have a dedicated moisturizer—which is one of the essential skincare products, up there with a cleanser and exfoliator. But it’s another thing entirely to have a dedicated night cream, and to use it in place of your daytime one.

The reasoning is simple: You may not need the same defenses at night time as you would during the day (against UV rays and pollution), but moreover, your slumber is the best time to charge your skin and treat it with targeted ingredients. That’s because your body regenerates itself while you sleep, and your skin cells turn over quickly. This means that if you apply the right products for your specific needs, you’ll maximize and expedite their benefits, especially if you’re getting 7-8 hours of sleep and staying hydrated and healthy.

Night creams tend to be denser than their daytime counterparts, both physically and in terms of ingredient concentration. That’s also because you don’t need to worry about excessive sweating so much, since you aren’t exerting any energy.

But no two night creams are the same, since they typically target specific needs like dryness, acne, signs of aging, and more. Browse our favorites below, which should include something particular to your own goals or skin type.

 

For Oily Skin:

Neutrogena Gel Moisturizer
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1. Neutrogena Gel Moisturizer

It’s still important for oilier skin types to use an overnight cream, since they deliver a proactive, skin-penetrating, corrective punch—and since oily skin can become dehydrated, too (especially in colder/drier months and climates, or after a night of drinking). While this gel hydrator from Neutrogena is touted toward people with dry skin, its oil-free recipe makes it terrific for guys with greasier conditions. It’s packed with hyaluronic acid, which significantly boosts your skin’s moisture retention, and wears lightly on the skin, so that your oil-happy pores don’t feel suffocated or become clogged underneath.

[$14; amazon.com]

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For Dry Skin:

Clinique Turnaround Overnight Moisturizer
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2. Clinique Turnaround Overnight Moisturizer

Dry skin is especially prone to rough patches, discoloration, dullness, and flaking. This moisturizer from Clinique is made with stearic acid to prevent moisture loss, as well as squalane to significantly boost those hydration levels. Salicylic acid keeps pores clear and dissolves dead/flaking surface cells, while a host of extracts from fruits, seeds, and herbs work to nourish and restore your skin.

[$43; sephora.com]

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For Acne-Prone Skin:

Origins Resurfacing Cream with AHAs
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3. Origins Resurfacing Cream with AHAs

If your skin likes to sabotage you in the form of frequent pimples and lingering dark spots, then choose an overnight cream with gentle exfoliating hydroxy acids (alpha or beta, AHA/BHA). This Origins cream specializes in ‘resurfacing,’ which is to say that it helps lift dead, problematic skin cells away from the skin, so that they clear a path for your pores and healthier cells. The result is more frequent, healthy turnover (so, pesky dark spots disappear faster), and better yet, fewer pimples to begin with.

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For Sensitive Skin:

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Mask
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4. Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Mask

If your skin is finicky against active ingredients, then Dr. Jart+’s lightweight overnight mask is a gentle, soothing solution. It calls on cica/tiger grass to calm and hydrate the skin, while niacinamide carefully mitigates inflammation and improves surface texture. An “overnight mask” is not all that different from a night cream; sometimes you can feel them a bit more prominently atop the skin, and you may have to cleanse them away come morning (but you’d do that anyway). More than anything, these masks give an even bigger assist to your cells’ regenerative cycle.

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For All-Over Firmness:

Vichy LiftActiv Night Cream
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5. Vichy LiftActiv Night Cream

Plant-sourced rhamnose sugars are the hero ingredient in this skin-firming, collagen-boosting night cream from Vichy. It also utilizes Vitamin C to help brighten your complexion overall (bringing it from dull or hyper-pigmented to a more even-toned, sunny finish). It’s even great for a little neck tautness, if you feel any sagging there.

[$50; amazon.com]

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For Zoom-Ready Close Ups:

Adipeau Active Face Cream
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6. Adipeau Active Face Cream

This is one of my favorite products lately. I wear it round the clock during winter, but see the biggest boosts overnight—though Adipeau will be the first to remind you that your long-term skincare goals cannot be achieved in one sleep. Still, I wake up with a genuine radiance on my face, while consistently seeing progress on my overall tone, texture, brightness, and everything in line with my goals. As for its fueling factors, Adipeau primarily utilizes oils of safflower and sunflower seed (which are ultra nourishing, counter inflammation, and are rich in antioxidants), as well as collagen-stimulating black ginger extract.

[$75; adipeau.com]

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For the Long-Term Correction:

Clark’s Botanicals Retinol Overnight Cream
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7. Clark’s Botanicals Retinol Overnight Cream

Retinol is the go-to ingredient for anyone who wants a proactive, long-term, anti-aging or anti-acne regimen. The Vitamin-A derivative resoundingly minimizes and prevents fine lines, breakouts, the appearance of enlarged pores, discoloration, and more. Now, you’ll want to consult a board-certified dermatologist for a prescription-grade retinol if you want to go full-court press with it. But you can find smaller doses in certain night creams and serums, like this terrific one from Clark’s Botanicals. It pairs retinol with skin-brightening Vitamin C, soothing colloidal oatmeal and jasmine, as well as collagen-defending algae extract.

[$105; dermstore.com]

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For One-Off Rebounds:

 

Aesop Replenishing Night Masque
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8. Aesop Replenishing Night Masque

Here’s a stellar high-performance product to deploy whenever you experience dehydration. It’s so good that it’s best saved for those ‘special’ occasions, wherein you really need to wake up looking alert, restored, and rested. (It’s best paired with actual adequate rest, though.) Chock full of skin-restoring vitamins and oils, it summons the resurfacing powers of citric acid to gently remove dead surface cells, to keep pores clear and complexion clear, radiant, and balanced.

[$125; nordstrom.com]

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For Eye Wrinkles and Fine Lines:

 

Paula’s Choice Anti-Aging Eye Cream
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9. Paula’s Choice Anti-Aging Eye Cream

It’s not a bad idea to target the eyes with a specific night cream of their own (and ditto for the daytime). That’s because the skin around your eyes is the most delicate and thin on your face. It wrinkles faster and quickly shows signs of dehydration, tiredness, stress, and the likes. Thus, eye creams tend to have even higher concentrations of nourishing ingredients, as is the case with this shea butter-based eye cream from Paual’s Choice. It plumps and firms the area with peptides (which stimulate collagen production), while Vitamin C promotes a brighter, even skin tone.

[$34; amazon.com]

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The Best Air Purifiers to Fight Indoor Air Pollution

After a year dominated by headlines about respiratory illnesses and worsening climate change, air quality has become a hot button issue. The air we breathe has a big effect on our health and well-being, and while spending time in nature is a great way to get some fresh air, you can breathe easier at home, too: Just get an air purifier.

 

 

Purifiers improve air quality by filtering out airborne particles like dust, smoke, and pollen. Numerous studies have shown that air filtration, by reducing fine particulate matter floating around in the air you breathe, can lead to improvements in cardiovascular health.

Want to reap the benefits of cleaner air? Here, we’ve rounded up some of the best options available to keep your indoor air fresh—and keep you healthy, too.

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molekule air mini
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Molekule Air Mini

Molekule’s purifiers have earned a cult following thanks to their stylish design and strong performance. The Air Mini is a quiet but mighty unit that uses innovative PECO filtration technology to trap and destroy all kinds of airborne pollutants, including bacteria, mold, and even viruses. Each purifier can be controlled by an app, and Molekule covers shipping costs for filter refills, too

[$399; molekule.com]

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partu air purifier
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Partu HEPA Air Purifier

This compact unit is a perfect addition to your home office. The three-stage filtration system targets dust and other irritating particles for improved air quality, and you can add a drop of essential oil into the air outlet for a soothing scent.

[$60; amazon.com]

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noma True HEPA Air Purifier
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Noma True HEPA Air Purifier

The Noma HEPA Air Purifier can filter the air in rooms up to 200 square feet, which makes it an ideal choice for smaller apartments. It’s also easy to use: It comes with a machine-washable pre-filter to trap large pollutants like pet hair, and an illuminated ring at the top of the machine indicates how clean the air is at a glance.

[$199; noma.com]

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HoMedics TotalClean 4-in-1 Air Purifier
HoMedics TotalClean 4-in-1 Air Purifier

HoMedics TotalClean 4-in-1 Air Purifier

Like the Partu above, the TotalClean 4-in-1 is a great pick for small spaces like a home office. Equipped with both HEPA and activated carbon filters, the TotalClean 4-in1 scrubs fine particles from the air and also tackles household odors.

[$100; bedbathandbeyond.com]

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Dyson Pure Cool Cryptomic
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Dyson Pure Cool Cryptomic

Dyson remains a titan in the cleaning industry thanks to its innovative technological advancements—and the Pure Cool Cryptomic is a great example. This top-shelf purifier uses an activated carbon and glass HEPA filter to trap dust, smoke, mold, and other pollutants, and Dyson’s Cryptomic technology destroys formaldehyde, a potentially harmful chemical emitted by many household items. Plus, it offers a wealth of additional features in the accompanying app.

[$650; dyson.com]

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