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As I mentioned yesterday, we're launching a partnership with YumSugar. Each Thursday, I'll be rounding up some of the best of their offerings from the previous week, for your consumption.

• Have you ever gone out to Chinese food and watched with envy as one of your dinner companions folds their chopsticks wrapper into a function stick rest? Finally, learn how to make one yourself!
• Looking for a way to jazz up a plain old peanut butter and jelly sandwich? How about using waffles in place of the bread!
• We've all heard that eating local is the way to go. However, does it really make a difference in the carbon impact of your food?
• Make a big salad out of bitter lettuces, roasted butternut squash and pomegranate seeds as a celebration of Fall's arrival.
• You may have heard that Hershey's has changed their chocolate formula. Over the weekend, the YumSugar team held a Nestle's Crunch verses Hershey's Krackel smackdown to check out the change in flavor.
• Inquiring minds wants to know. Do you prefer Cup Noodles or Top Ramen?
• For the burgeoning young chefs in your life, you can now get them Celebrity Chef Barbie.

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