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I live in PA, where Yuengling has always been an old standby. It's a nice, mellow brew that always tastes fresh. It's also fairly affordabe (at least here in PA) so you can order a pitcher to share with friends or buy a case for a party without taking out a loan to do so. Enjoy!

Boy, this is a pretty specific "hack" - how about this:

1-1-1, pounds of ground meat to eggs to breadcrumbs.

Add chopped onion, minced garlic, parsley, celery tops, or basil if you'd like. Season to taste.

Also, say what you will about Rachel Ray, but she suggests grating some onion into things like meatballs, hamburgers, meatloaf, etc. to keep them moist. Works like a charm.

Smoked cheese tastes like meat. I don't mind it so much, but I do find myself too distracted by the smoke flavor to enjoy the cheesy goodness.

Actually I saw the magazine this weekend at Barnes & Noble and was able to flip through it. It's priced at $10 and is printed on nice, non-glossy paper, probably recycled, with nice deeply saturated inks.

Unfortunately he is also launching a new product line called "J-me" which includes flatware, plates bowls and cups, serving platters, etc. and the first magazine issue, in addition to including a catalogue for the products, is basically one big marketing campaign. Lots of tight shots of the beautiful wood salad bowl, not a lot of copy telling the reader about the salad. I was drawn in, but I didn't spend the $10 to take the magazine home.

Plus, most of the content is written by staff writers, which is OK but I wanted to hear more from the man himself, especially in his inaugural issue.

Jools (his wife) does write a column in the back about her pregnancy cravings, which I found funny and interesting, but a weird way to "exit" the magazine.