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While Texas Roadhouse’s signature cinnamon butter rolls, juicy steaks, and peanut-covered floors aren’t exactly easy to replicate at home, the chain’s gigantic cocktails sure are. While Americans continue to hunker down amid the coronavirus pandemic, Texas Roadhouse has gifted us with the ability to recreate one half of the experience at home: the drinks. The restaurant recently launched a portion of its website called Texas Roadhouse In The House, where you can find a wide variety of fun things like Zoom backgrounds, a line dance tutorial, and the recipes for five of its signature drinks… the iconic Hurricane Margarita included....

From cornbread to makeshift Pirates of the Caribbean rides, Americans are determined to create their own Disney moments at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. With their attractions closed for the foreseeable future, Disney Parks leaned into the homegrown trend over the weekend by sharing the recipe for one of their most popular desserts: churro bites. The recipe, which serves four people, is “inspired by the delicious snack that can be found at all of our parks across the globe,” Alex Dunlap, Food & Beverage Communications Coordinator for Disney Parks explained in a blog post....

The idea of fluffy little cottontails frolicking around in the yard sounds appealing, until it’s not. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, landscaped yards are the ideal habitat for rabbits, which is why they’re so prevalent in urban and suburban areas. This can lead to issues with homeowners (looking at you, Mr. McGregor), run-ins with pets, and more. So how do you know when your cute little rabbits have become a problem?...

Best part? There’s no math involved! While we’ll always love the sight of a tall frosted layer cake sitting on a cake stand, layer cakes come with some challenges. They require more than one round cake pan, for starters. Then there is the question of baking and frosting the layers (don’t forget the crumb coat!), and transporting the cake, if necessary. A layer cake isn’t the easiest thing to bring to a party, unlike a practical (and practically foolproof) sheet cake....

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Weddings are the single trickiest parcel of etiquette territory to navigate, but luckily for you, we’re here to be your good-manners guide. Below, we’re tackling all of your questions about wedding gift etiquette, from how much you should spend to buying something that’s not on the registry. Start taking notes. How Long Do I Have to Send a Gift? While tradition once suggested you could send gifts within a year following the wedding, the age of free two-day shipping has pretty much killed this rule....

As much as we love jazzy new kitchen tools and a complicated cooking project—only when it’s worth it, like say, our latticed triple-berry cobbler—we will never retire the basics that got us there, like a slow cooker and an easy dump recipe. The humble kitchen appliance makes it so you don’t have to worry, stress, simmer, or stir. You merely set it and forget it, until a slow cooker superstar is made in just four to eight hours....

You’ve seen them at just about every Southern gathering, from bridesmaids’ luncheons to baby showers: sugar cookies flooded with royal icing and intricately decorated to reflect the celebration of the day. Sometimes served as the event’s main dessert and other times gifted as a party favor, these cookies make any day feel like just that—an occasion. That’s the sweetness of them, says Reggie Beuttenmuller, better known in Dallas as the Highland Park Pie Lady, who also happens to make festively piped cookies by the dozen....

From cooking tips to love advice, we’d trust Ina Garten with pretty much anything. She’s taught us how to master a perfect roast chicken, revealed the secret to a satisfying salad, and recommended wallet-friendly kitchen tools that we can’t live without. We’ve collected 13 of our all-time favorite Ina Garten recipes to pay homage to the Barefoot Contessa. Generations of fans love the Barefoot Contessa’s recipes for their confident simplicity and focus on flavor....

When it comes to steering us in the right direction, Daddy might not be as vocal as Mama, but he’s still got plenty to say. We reached out to our Facebook Brain Trust to see who had memories of their dads’ observations and advice—classic dad quotes and funny Southern sayings. Here’s what they said—how about you? “If the refrigerator had a tanning bulb, you boys would be sunburned all the time....

As her wedding day to fiancé Mauricio Scott approaches, Alex Drummond is sharing more details about their upcoming May nuptials. Ree Drummond’s oldest daughter, who announced her engagement over the summer, recently spoke with The Pioneer Woman website about what she and her intended have planned for the big day, including the fact that they’re have not one but two, cakes. “We’re doing a big wedding cake and a groom’s cake, and so the wedding cake is just going to be a tall white cake with flowers down it and it’s going to be half vanilla, half strawberry,” Alex, 23, revealed....

I inherited many attributes from my mama: her blue eyes, her love of running, and her beaming Southern smile. Growing up in Virginia, my mama learned that a smile is the best accessory to any outfit. She made sure to polish her pearly whites before horseback riding and playing croquet. This fourth-generation Virginian passed on her Southern beauty tips to me, including her secret to a brighter smile. The strips are designed to provide a professional-level teeth whitening treatment by using the same enamel-safe whitening ingredient found at the dentist’s office....

If you live in the Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland or Virginia, you may want to keep an eye to the sky over the next few weeks. Bald eagles are pairing up to begin laying their eggs by the beginning of March, which means there will be plenty to spot over the next three weeks. This season is especially exciting because bald eagles were once endangered in Maryland and the surrounding region....

Truffles, fudge, buckeyes… I have tried them all. I am a sucker for a bite-sized piece of chocolate, or three. It was this drive for finger-food confections that led me to the brigadeiro. What Is a Brigadeiro? In 1945, Eduardo Gomes, a Brigadeiro ran for president in Brazil. His campaign slogan “Vote for Brigadeiro, he is handsome and single” was the siren call among Brazilian women who campaigned for Gomes in the first Brazilian national election after they won the right to vote....

Your pup is lying beside you asleep—his eyes are darting behind his lids and his limbs are twitching. It looks like he’s almost trying to run. He may even let out a soft whimper now and again. Is he dreaming, and just what is he dreaming of? For animals that spend up to half their day sleeping, it’s presumptuous to think dogs don’t dream. Of course, they do. “Dog brains are very similar to human brains on a structural level so their brainwaves and brain activity while sleeping are similar to humans,” says Dr....

Vocal powerhouses Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson have teamed up to revamp Parton’s classic song, “9 to 5.” According to Entertainment Weekly, the legendary songstresses recorded the duet for Still Working 9 to 5, a documentary exploring the lasting cultural impact of the 1980 workplace comedy 9 to 5, which starred Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin. The new documentary is set to premiere at SXSW Film Festival on March 13....

pinterest If you’ve ever wished you could live in a famous painting, here’s your chance! The Four Gables (pictured above) looks like it came straight from Grant Wood’s American Gothic – you know the picture with the couple (and their pitchfork) standing in front of their farmhouse. We’re charmed by the idea to live in such a quintessentially American cottage. The Plan: Four Gables, Plan 1832The Details: 2,341 square feet; 3 to 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathsThe Price: from $1,100The Architect: L....

In a bright corner of every plant lover’s house is a Monstera deliciosa — its long stems and glossy, hole-filled leaves proudly on display. Many houseplant collectors agree there is nothing better than a freshly-watered and shined Monstera — nothing except a smaller, more adorable version of the beloved plant. The mini Monstera, a tropical houseplant that looks like a toy-sized twin of the Monstera deliciosa, is popping up all over social media as houseplant enthusiasts joyously share pictures and videos of their pint-sized plant....

So you found the perfect new mirror. It’s one-of-a-kind, with a burnished gold frame and an immaculately shiny surface; you can already picture it adorning your mantle. Best of all, it’s on sale! You swaddle the mirror in blankets, lay it across the back seat, and drive it home. You think your excitement knows no bounds—until you realize that the little orange sticker, brazenly advertising the reduced price, was placed directly on the mirrored surface....

There is no denying the fact that we all love Easter candy. Peeps, chocolate bunnies, crème-filled eggs–the list is endless, and so are the tummy and tooth aches that accompany the baskets crammed with candy. Try something different this year, and fill Easter baskets with something that will provide long-term satisfaction. If you start seeds in eggshells now, you will have herb or flower seedlings to share in time for Easter....

How you know someone is “the one” is no easy thing to answer. Perhaps it’s worth invoking the Ernest Hemingway Law from his 1926 book The Sun Also Rises and applying it to romance: “‘How did you go bankrupt?’ Bill asked. ‘Two ways,’ Mike said. ‘Gradually and then suddenly.’” Or maybe, for some, it’s easy to pinpoint the exact moment. For others, it’s simply more of a gut feeling that trebles into your limbs, permeates your brain, and then slides into this beautiful humdrum we call partnership, we call life....