How to waste less food (the guilt-free way)

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Michael Murtaugh

Food waste has a massive environmental impact—it creates more carbon emissions than the entire airline industry. But reducing food waste doesn’t have to be a guilt trip. Instead, it can be a holistic approach to cooking that saves you money, improves the taste of your dishes, and helps the planet.

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These practical tips and gear recommendations will help you to avoid throwing away excess ingredients or leftovers—and to best use what you have to nourish yourself and others.

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We also offer tips on freezing food and how to keep your produce fresh for weeks (hint—it’s not always in the fridge!).

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New picks

The best laptops for video and photo editing

An editing laptop is essential for many videographers and photographers. It needs to be powerful enough to support your biggest projects and portable enough to take anywhere.

When it comes to editing video on a laptop, there’s no competition for the MacBook Pro 16”—unless you want to pay thousands more. Apple’s latest release was up to twice as fast as any Windows laptop we tested for editing, rendering, and exporting video.

But for students, occasional video editors, or those tasked with creating images and video for social media, the MacBook Air is a great, less expensive option.

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10 things Wirecutter moms love

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What a theme-park journalist brings to Disney

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This week’s best deals

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It might not be too late to get flowers delivered to your mom! For flowers in a hurry, consider Teleflora, one of our favorite online flower delivery services. Teleflora uses local florists to fulfill orders, so they can often hand-deliver arrangements the same day you order them—something very few other companies can do. The Teleflora site isn’t as streamlined or sophisticated as those of competitors, but it’s easy to navigate and allows you to search by occasion, color, or flower type.

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ThermoWorks Dot Probe Thermometer

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The ThermoWorks Dot Probe is the best leave-in style probe thermometer. Simply stick it inside a roast or attach it to your grill to keep an eye on meat as it cooks. It has a wide temperature range and one of the longest probe cables of any thermometers we considered. The digital display on the ThermoWorks Dot is easy to read, and you can quickly set an alarm to go off when your meat reaches a certain temperature. We also like the backlit screen, which is handy for outdoor grilling at night.

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Echo Show 8 Smart Display (2nd Gen)

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Think of a smart display as a mashup of a smart speaker and a tablet—one that can play music, read recipe instructions out loud, or stream video. Existing or new Alexa users will like the feature-packed Echo Show 8. Its 13-megapixel camera and crisp screen make it a particularly excellent choice for video calls. And the powerful speaker produces audio that’s loud enough to fill a room. Like other Alexa devices, the Show 8 has the broadest smart-home-device compatibility of any smart display.

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