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Best Bites: Stuffed Puffs

When I opened a bag of Stuffed Puffs' new Chocolate on Chocolate version, my kids devoured a few immediately as snacks. "Good," they said. Not blown away. Then we tried them on the campfire. "Amazing," said one. "Good mix of chocolate to marshmallow," said the other. I loved that they…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2020

Daniel Neman: The coronavirus is changing the way we shop for groceries

It started the first day of the lockdown. Americans raced to the stores and bought every single roll of toilet paper on the planet.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2020

Beyond the McMuffin: Make these 6 breakfast sandwiches at home

When anthropologists of the future look back at the last half of the 20th century, they may give credit to McDonald's for one thing above all else: inventing the breakfast sandwich.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2020

Benjamin Hochman: For two St. Louisans, being a minor-league umpire means unemployment and uncertainty

You know that feeling _ which probably takes a half-second, but seems like a half-hour _ when you're waiting for an umpire to make a call?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 25, 2020

Ben Frederickson: Pandemic pressure should force college sports world to rethink spending habits

Brian Smith saw the takedown coming, but few listened.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 24, 2020

Missouri among states overcounting coronavirus testing, blurring picture of virus' spread

ST. LOUIS _ Missouri overcounted the number of people it claimed have been tested for COVID-19 by at least 17,000, state health officials said Saturday, raising the percentage infection rate and muddying the state's assessment of the viral spread even as regional officials ease restrictions.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 24, 2020

Yard-sign companies hustle to keep up with deluge of stay-at-home milestones

ST. LOUIS _ The coronavirus shutdown scrubbed Tom St. John's blowout birthday party _ and the surprise visit from his son, flying in from Korea _ weeks before April 8, when St. John turned 80. So daughter Gina Woodard, still hoping for a small surprise instead of a big one,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 22, 2020

Benjamin Hochman: As Cardinals and MLB look toward possible season, questions linger � small and big

There will be spit.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 20, 2020

Ben Frederickson: Hey Commissioner Goodell, what happened to that hard line on NFL stadium funding?

Sometimes, while daydreaming about the trial scheduled to begin in St. Louis Circuit Court in 524 days _ not that anyone is counting or anything _ I like to think about the specific examples lawyers will point to as they attempt to show a jury just how much the NFL…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 19, 2020

After losing loved ones to virus, woman makes her yard a lifeline for others

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. _ On a recent afternoon, Shana Poole-Jones set up her tables full of food in her yard, like she's done almost every day for more than a month.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 18, 2020