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A lobster fisherman off Wales’s Gower Peninsula found something unfamiliar in his gear this year: octopus. The catch had already been showing up along England’s south coast for months, but it had never reached this far north before.

The final backyard dinner of the season is easier when the main dish can be carried outside in one pan instead of cooked in batches at the grill. These 21 casseroles cover beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, shrimp, pasta, rice, enchiladas, and slow-cooked options, with most feeding six or more people. Several bring cookout-friendly flavors such as baked beans, sloppy joe sauce, piz...

A good college care package feels packed for one person, not pulled from a generic student checklist. The useful stuff matters, but the details matter more: the snack they miss from home, the drink mix they actually use, the note written in handwriting they know. These 11 ideas keep the box practical, personal and easy to use.

When the week is packed, ground beef is one of those ingredients that can keep dinner from becoming another complicated decision. These 19 recipes turn it into tacos, sliders, casseroles, burgers, soup, pasta, quesadillas, and full sheet pan dinners, with several options ready in 30 to 40 minutes. Others take longer but give you enough servings for a family table or lefto...

After a workout, takeout can be tempting mostly because deciding what to cook is one more thing to do. These 21 recipes keep the focus on substantial protein sources such as chicken, beef, pork, salmon, turkey, and cheese, while ranging from 15-minute sandwiches to slow-cooked beef and smoked chicken. The lineup covers skillets, casseroles, air fryer dinners, braises, pasta b...