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Want to make a difference for food banks? Cash, not Kraft, may be your answer

Before you go through your own pantry or head to the store to pick up food to donate, Soundside called up some experts to help you make more impactful donations.
- Libby Denkmann
First time cooking a Thanksgiving turkey? Here's how to crush the assignment

Don't be nervous — we got you! This guide explains how pick the right turkey, when to buy it, how to prep it and when to start cooking. It also comes with a foolproof recipe.
- Marielle Segarra
Stop what you're doing, this is important: Cup Noodles can soon be safely microwaved

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jon Kung, author of Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen, about the evolution of instant ramen noodles.
- Kathryn Fox
Following near disaster for Alaska Airlines, concern over 'magic mushrooms' grows

After passing over Astoria, OR earlier this month, passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Everett to San Francisco were told their flight was being diverted. According to court documents, an off-duty pilot attempted to pull a fire suppression lever, which would have effectively turned the plane into a glider. He later told police that his mental health had been declining for months, he was dehydrated and sleep-deprived. He also said he’d taken psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours prior to the flight.
- Libby Denkmann
Seattle restaurants want you back

It’s time for Seattle Restaurant Week. The culinary festival runs from now until early November. Restaurants are facing a lot of issues right now. Food prices have increased, and fewer people are eating out. This year, Seattle’s eateries are hoping to reverse that trend and get people to come out again. Seattle Times Food Writer Jackie Varriano is here to give us a rundown of what to expect for restaurant week.
- Vaughan Jones
This 'cider donuteur' has made a map to help you find the best cider donuts

The New England Cider Donut Map is exactly what it sounds like, a resource to help you get access to the fall confection.
- Manuela López Restrepo
The new world's hottest pepper, Pepper X, is 3 times spicier than its predecessor

Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina said his team stabilized Pepper X about a decade ago, but only released it now because no one had been able to beat his previous record.
- Joe Hernandez
There's a new hottest pepper in the world and it's called Pepper X

It was grown by the maker of the former hottest pepper in the world. The Scoville Scale, which measures heat, indicates a regular jalapeno is usually up to 8,000. Pepper X is rated nearly 2.7 million.
Inflation has a new victim: Girl Scout cookies

Many Girl Scout councils are raising the price of their popular cookies from $5 to $6 a box. The increase offers Girl Scouts and their customers a bittersweet lesson in inflation.
- Scott Horsley
The journey of 'seemingly ranch,' from meme to top of the Empire State Building

Heinz and Primal Kitchen are selling limited-edition bottles of "Seemingly Ranch" dressing. The Empire State Building lit up in red and white. It all started, as so many trends do, with Taylor Swift.
- Rachel Treisman

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