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12 foods you should definitely not serve at your cookout

What’s a backyard cookout without burgers, dogs, and fresh fruit salad? While we welcome these summer staples, there are a few dishes that just don’t belong outside for long periods of time. If you’re planning an outdoor feast or the 4th or any other hot summer day, you should probably skip these 15 foods: Fried Foods Enjoy your burger and fry combo another day. Outdoor cookouts are no place for fried foods like French fries, onion rings, or mozzarella sticks. They’re all delicious finger foods, but they’re best eaten hot and fresh. Let them sit outside on the buffet table, and they’ll just get cold and soggy. Chocolate There is really no way around this one. Anything chocolate is going to melt and make a mess. Cheese plate Cheese plates are an elegant appetizer for a dinner party, so save it for that type of event. Your summer barbecue is…

Sushi donuts are taking over the food world

There are lots of different types of sushi out there—nigiri, sashimi, maki, uramaki, temaki—but donut shaped sushi? The idea was pioneered by vegan food Instagrammer Sam, aka @sobeautifullyreal with 300k followers, of Melbourne, Australia. She made the donuts by first greasing a silicon donut baking sheet with coconut oil and then filling it with cooled rice, avocado, ginger, sesame, wasabi and other ingredients you’d expect to find in a seaweed wrapped roll, not surrounding a donut hole. If you  simply can not go on living  without having these in your life, you can watch Sam’s how-to video on Instagram and make your own tonight. You can get really get creative with toppings—go with Mexican flavors and top the rice ring with jalepenos, cheddar and beans. Italian style could inspire asparagus and prosciutto, or think dessert with mango, kiwi, cream cheese and strawberry sauce “icing”. Image credit: sobeautifullyreal …

Valentine’s Day Dining: Most Romantic Restaurants Nationwide

Valentine’s Day is the second-busiest dining out day in America—falling only behind Mother’s Day. About $7 million will be spent at restaurants with bills averaging from $87 to $287 in cities like San Francisco or New York. Diners, of course, have unique preferences and expectations when it comes to food and atmosphere, but certain types of restaurants can always expect to see a bump in foot traffic on or around February 14. Around this time, couples prefer to feast on French, Italian or Spanish style cuisine. Steakhouses and wineries are also popular choices, and even though Asians restaurants typically don’t top the list, Google searches for “sushi” spike every year around mid February suggesting that couples who cook or order take-out go this route. GrubHub, an online food-ordering company, reports the most popular item ordered on the holiday is the heart-shaped Valentine sushi roll. About 25% of people dine out on Valentine’s…