ANN ARBOR, MI – Welcome to the last week of 2022. With New Year’s resolutions coming down the pipeline, let me suggest one way to precede those good habits with some indulgent ones.

HOMES Brewery, known for its Korean pub fare and host of draft beers, does French fries five ways — bulgogi, kimchi, Thai chicken, toga and plain. Each have their salty, sweet and spicy advantages.

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The 2une In team is trying non-traditional king cakes this year.

If you caught the taste test this morning, here are all the king cakes the team tasted.

BOUDIN

The boudin king cake comes from City Pork in Baton Rouge. It is available today through Feb. 21 and it costs $45.

How it’s made:

Pastry Dough stuffed with City Pork House Made Boudin, Baked to Perfection, Topped with Pepper Jelly, City Pork Bacon and Cracklins + Squeaky Pig

You can find out more about the cake and ordering here.

HEALTHY

The healthy king cake is call…….

One beloved breakfast treat — rich and tender yellow cake with layers of spice notes from cinnamon crumbles and streusel — is ready to soak up the spotlight as the top recipe of the new year.

King Arthur Baking Company

The cross-section of a slice of coffee cake.

The company’s “perfected version” of the tried and true confection updates the mixing method to call for reverse creaming, which the recipe editors called “a foolproof way to prevent overmixing and ensure a tender cake.”

Coffee cake is also a hit on social media, with the search term reaching over 83 million view…….

The diet may also have profound health benefits during pregnancy, said Dr. Anum Sohail Minhas, an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine. In a recent study of nearly 7,800 women published in December, researchers found that those who followed the Mediterranean diet most closely around the time they conceived and during early pregnancy had about a 21 percent reduced risk of any pregnancy complications, such as pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes or preterm birth.

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One beloved breakfast treat — rich and tender yellow cake with layers of spice notes from cinnamon crumbles and streusel — is ready to soak up the spotlight as the top recipe of the new year.

King Arthur Baking Company

The cross-section of a slice of coffee cake.

The company’s “perfected version” of the tried and true confection updates the mixing method to call for reverse creaming, which the recipe editors called “a foolproof way to prevent overmixing and ensure a tender cake.”

Coffee cake is also a hit on social media, with the search term reaching over 83 million view…….

Corn takes between 5 to 10 minutes to boil or 15 to 20 minutes on the grill. Read on for delicious corn recipes and more cooking tips.

Corn is a delicious and nutritious starchy vegetable that works well in many tasty dishes. But it’s also darn good on its own. Here are the deets on how long you should boil and cook corn, plus some dope corn-on-the-cob recipes.

The answer depends on the size and freshness of your corn. The older and tougher the corn and the larger the cob, the longer it’ll take. You may also need a minute or so longer if using frozen cobs……..

IT’S EASY TO SEE why Isaac Mizrahi’s Instagram feed is everyone’s favorite cooking show right now. The renowned fashion designer/actor/singer/producer’s videos, shot in his Bridgehampton, N.Y., and Manhattan kitchens, showcase his warm personality as well as his sporadic screw-ups. “This is exactly how cooking shows should be!” one commenter gushed. “They are always too perfect and intimidating!”

On any given “episode” of his highly entertaining one-man show, Mr. Mizrahi (@imisaacmizrahi) might welcome his “darlings” to cook along, or to pee…….