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Completely revamp your wardrobe with all the great pieces in this sale, like this polo sweater that comes in four colors. To prepare for winter, be sure to check out this cute collared puffer coat and this fun, brightly-colored scarf. It looks so cozy, you won’t want to take it off all season. Find even more deals on sweaters, jeans, dresses, and more below. Best Abercrombie Black Friday Deals Notch-Neck Sweater Polo, $49 (was $70) Essential Oversized Sunday Half-Zip, $56 (was $80) YPB Active Puffer, $112 (was $160) Ultra High Rise 90s Straight Jean, $62 (was $89) Ultra Classic Puffer, $126 (was $180) Ribbed Polo Midi Sweater Dress, $63 (was $90) Cropped Sherpa Shirt Jacket, $63 (was $90) LuxeLoft Oversized Spliced Crew Sweater, $56 (was $80) Slim Fluffy Button-Through Cardigan, $49 (was $70) Chunky Fringe Scarf, $35 (was $50)...

To buy: $12; amazon.com. “I was keeping the caps on a shelf, and typically they fall off or get covered up. The hangers are an ingenious way to keep them together and organized,” shared a five-star reviewer. “This was the perfect solution to organizing my hats. I like that I can hang different types of hats, easily see and access each one, and it takes up little room,” wrote a shopper....

USDA’s Two-Hour Rule No matter what food you’re traveling with this holiday season, it’s important to pack according to the two-hour rule. “The USDA recommends that perishable foods must be refrigerated within two hours of being cooked, or one hour if the temperature is 90 degrees or above,” explains Bob Gravani, PhD, and a member of the Institute of Food Technologists. “After two hours, perishable food will enter the ‘danger zone’ (between 40 and 140 degrees), which is where bacteria can multiply quickly and cause the food to become unsafe....

At the same time, home sales went through the roof. It was a great time to sell your home, but when those sellers became buyers, many weren’t able to find another home to purchase. As a result, some homeowners decided to stay put, opting to make their current space more livable, while others are working on fixing up the homes they bought. Considering all that happened in 2020, it’s no surprise that home renovations are on the rise in 2021....

Everything But the Leftovers Seasoning Blend You could spend Thanksgiving morning chopping herbs and rummaging through your spice cabinet so you can craft the perfect blend, or you can stock up on this versatile Trader Joe’s buy. This seasoning blend, which contains dehydrated onion, sea salt, black pepper, turmeric powder, dried celery seed, ground sage, rosemary powder, dried thyme, and dried parsley, can be used to add flavor to roasted vegetables, stuffing, and even turkey....

In addition to increasing your property value, trees add visual interest and can help reduce cooling and heating costs. “The American Power Association estimates that effective landscaping can reduce a home cooling bill by as much as 50 percent a year,” says Parker. He recommends planting trees on the north and northwest sides of your property to create a natural wall against cold winter winds that will help cut heating costs....

The ornaments, garlands, and ribbons adorning a tree can change the entire look of your holiday decorating scheme. And because Christmas ornaments are really an extension of your home decor, they’re influenced by interior design trends just like other furnishings. To celebrate our 100th holiday season, we’re taking a look at the top Christmas ornament trends of the last century. From clip-on candles with real flames to iconic Shiny Brite ornaments, these are the most popular Christmas ornaments from the last hundred years of Better Homes & Gardens....

These unconscious prejudices begin to take hold when we’re much younger than you might think. “Everyone is socialized from the onset of birth to have predilections about most objects, people, or groups, even when the person has not encountered them all,” Vandiver says. In fact, research has revealed that implicit bias around race (think pro-White/anti-Black bias) has even occurred in kids. What’s more, one study in the journal Developmental Science that examined infants showed that at just 9 months old, babies associated the faces of their own race with happy music and those faces of other races with sad music....

Landscape Edging Uses Edging creates clean, crisp lines between beds and other areas. It is most visible between a lawn and the adjoining garden, but landscape edging can define a flower border, a shrub bed, a single tree, or the transition from a patio to the surrounding garden. It emphasizes the lines of beds, and it leads the eye to the next garden focal point. From a practical standpoint, landscape edging helps to keep turfgrass from creeping into surrounding garden areas....

You may not know it, but you’re dealing with something that many have come to refer to as “hangxiety.” While alcohol can certainly act as a social lubricant and festive treat, the truth is, it can equally bring out or worsen mental health conditions. In fact, according to a 2019 study, around 12 percent of people experience anxiety while hungover. Hangxiety is a popular term used to describe feeling intensely anxious in the setting of nursing a hangover,” says Tracey Marks, M....

What is convection? Activating the convection setting on your oven kicks on an interior fan and exhaust system that circulates hot air around your food. This causes the heat inside the oven to be drier and more evenly distributed, so dishes cooked with convection will cook about 25 percent faster than those on your oven’s conventional bake setting. In addition to saving time, this makes convection cooking slightly more energy-efficient. Also, for this reason, most appliance manufacturers recommend reducing a recipe’s temperature by 25 F when cooking with convection (check your oven’s manual) to avoid burning your food....

What Is Facial Dandruff? Generally speaking, dandruff is a nonmedical term that refers to white flakes that are often paired with itchiness, redness, and sometimes discomfort or pain. Facial dandruff is most likely to occur in our eyebrows, the beard area in men, nose, ears, and nasolabial folds. In some cases, dandruff is simply the result of excessive dryness or irritation caused by external factors, such as cold air and certain ingredients in our products....

As someone who grew up on lox (I literally ate it by the pound as a small child), I was baffled to learn during a recent visit to Brooklyn’s Acme Smoked Fish that the product I’ve been referring to as lox my entire life is actually smoked salmon. Yes, I’m a food writer and a proficient cook, but did I know actual lox was so salty, and smoked salmon was so much more palatable to me?...

According to experts, we should instead be saving room in our freezers for the important stuff (ice cream) because America’s meat supply won’t be totally depleted. Why? Because smaller, more localized meat suppliers can continue to sustain us on a smaller scale as we rely less on the major meat manufacturers and producers that feed most Americans. Here’s what you should know about the meat shortage. The big meat picture Due to lack of labor and consumers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, meat supply shortages are evident nationwide—but don’t panic....

More than 264 million people worldwide are affected by depression, according to the World Health Organization, and the National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 17.3 million adults in the U.S. have had at least one major depressive episode (that’s 7 percent of the adult population). And the number is slightly higher for women (8.7 percent) compared to men (5.3 percent). When someone close to you is going through something that’s more than just a difficult day, it’s important to know what to say (and what not to say) in order to help them through it....

To put an end to the what-do-I-wear dilemma once and for all, Real Simple fashion editors and experts break down and translate every imaginable event dress code, including practical tips, etiquette answers, and outfit suggestions, right here. Here’s exactly what to wear to… Formal Events Baptism, Bar Mitzvah, or Other Religious Ceremony Rely on a pretty daytime dress, maybe in a petal or floral, or a suit paired with feminine underpinnings and accents....

Your need for a post-meal nap may be due to the simple act of overeating. “The more you eat, the more your body has to divert resources away from your brain and muscles to do the work of digesting all that food,” Stephenson says. “The discomfort of a stretched stomach can cause fatigue. What’s more, high-protein meals as well as high-carbohydrate meals cause many people to feel sleepy, and Thanksgiving dinner typically is both high-protein and high-carb....

Additionally, the recalled zucchini, which is packaged in a clear, wrapped tray and is sold in groups of two, has a UPC Code of 6-81131-22105-4, and the lot #38706503. This recall was initiated after a single lot of imported organic zucchini tested positive for salmonella as a result of a routine FDA sampling. While no illnesses have been reported to date, salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems....

Now is the perfect time to upgrade your existing coffeemaker, splurge on a new machine, or add in some accessories that will improve your caffeine experience. As a kitchen device that many use every day, and sometimes multiple times a day spanning years, a coffee maker also makes a considerate gift across personalities. Brands like Nespresso, Keurig, and Breville offer tried-and-true value, while new contenders promise features like remote brewing, automatic refills by subscription, carafe compatibility, and more....

Only Using Russet Potatoes To be clear, there are two types of potatoes. Not French fries and potato skins (although we’re willing to hear this argument), but starchy and waxy. There’s actually a starchy to waxy spectrum: ruddy-skinned russets and Idahos being on the very starchy end, and thin-skinned new potatoes on the other. Russets cook up very light and fluffy, while waxier spuds hold their shape better, which makes them ideal for roasting and potato salad....