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Don’t waste your rotisserie chicken

Have you ever fallen victim to a lone bag of rotisserie chicken, left forgotten for weeks in the very back of your refrigerator? I have. It’s not a pretty sight. Here’s what happens: I pick up a ready-to-eat bird while…
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How “freeze the rent” really works

On Thursday, tenants and organizers gathered outside the theater at the New York City College of Technology for a block party, but not just any block party. This was in preparation for testimony at a bureaucratic meeting that plays an…
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“Princess Mononoke” is a warning we didn’t heed

Throughout July, The Swell is celebrating the lasting cultural inspiration of animator Hayao Miyazaki and the legendary films he created with Studio Ghibli. As part of GKIDS’ annual Studio Ghibli Fest, which kicked off in June, you can enjoy theatrical…
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Tastemade’s “Struggle Meals” grows up

About three years ago, Frankie Celenza says he ran out of ideas. The Emmy Award-winning chef had just completed nine back-to-back seasons of his popular Tastemade show “Struggle Meals” — a concept that was born out of his time as…
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Is Summerween really a thing?

For the creator of the short-lived Disney cartoon “Gravity Falls,” necessity was the mother of invention. The show, which ran from 2012–2016, takes place during summer vacation, when twins Mabel and Dipper travel to a small town in Oregon that,…
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