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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Emily Heil
FDA’s milk testing program pause is not cause for alarm, experts say (washingtonpost.com) FDA’s milk testing program pause is not cause for alarm, experts say By Emily Heil 2025042321270300 The Food and Drug Administration has suspended a quality-control program meant to ensure the ability of labs to identify pathogens and other contaminants in milk.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailyherald.com | Emily Heil
Tallow is a term for the fat from the trimmings of butchered cows. To produce it, the tissue and organs containing the fat are typically heated, and the fat is drained off and strained. At room temperature, it is whitish and solid, and it looks more like vegetable shortening than oil. Scott Suchman for The Washington Post; food styling by Lisa Cherkasky Beef tallow, which once might have been more at home in a Dickens novel than a TikTok video, is having an official Moment.
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3 weeks ago | 
spokesman.com | Emily Heil
I am not a particularly good crafter, and I’m generally okay with that.
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3 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Emily Heil
The best (and worst) dyed Easter egg alternatives (washingtonpost.com) The best (and worst) dyed Easter egg alternatives By Emily Heil 2025041714000000 I am not a particularly good crafter, and I'm generally okay with that.
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4 weeks ago | 
adn.com | Emily Heil
Beef tallow, which once might have been more at home in a Dickens novel than a TikTok video, is having an official Moment. Influencers are singing its bovine praises. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary and unofficial head of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, is a key hype man, using a vat of the stuff to fry his Thanksgiving turkey and choosing a location of tallow-touting Steak ‘n Shake for the backdrop of a Fox News interview last month.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Emily Heil
Beef tallow, which once might have been more at home in a Dickens novel than a TikTok video, is having an official Moment. Influencers are singing its bovine praises. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary and unofficial head of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, is a key hype man, using a vat of the stuff to fry his Thanksgiving turkey and choosing a location of tallow-touting Steak ’n Shake for the backdrop of a Fox News interview last month.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Warren Rojas |Emily Heil
‘It’s just not sustainable’: D.C. restaurants pushed to the brink (washingtonpost.com) ‘It’s just not sustainable’: D.C. restaurants pushed to the brink By Warren Rojas; Tim Carman; Emily Heil 2025041416003300 "What you created here was really special," a father stops to tell Brookland's Finest co-owner Tony Tomelden while herding his two school-age kids out the restaurant's door on a bustling Friday night.
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1 month ago | 
post-gazette.com | Emily Heil
Recently, we tested a slew of popular frozen french fries to identify the superior brands available in national supermarkets. There were plenty out there that we’d rather leave in the deep-freeze, but a few brands reminded us just how easy and satisfying simple spuds can be. And while the best frozen fries are perfectly fine when made according to their labels, they can be made even better with a little care — and some creative zhuzhing up.
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1 month ago | 
postguam.com | Emily Heil
Beef tallow, which once might have felt more at home in a Dickens novel than a TikTok video, is having an official moment. Influencers are singing its bovine praises. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary and unofficial head of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, is a key hype man, using a vat of the stuff to fry his Thanksgiving turkey and choosing a tallow-touting Steak ’n Shake location as the backdrop for a Fox News interview last month.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Emily Heil
Does beef tallow really make better french fries? We put it to the test. (washingtonpost.com) Does beef tallow really make better french fries? We put it to the test. By Emily Heil 2025040916553000 Beef tallow, which once might have been more at home in a Dickens novel than a TikTok video, is having an official Moment. Influencers are singing its bovine praises. Robert F.
