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So you went out and bought a dedicated coffee grinder to blitz up custom spice blends at a moment's notice (or even just grind pepper en masse), but now what? Sure, the prep work itself was easy (a mere push of a button) and your meal is undeniably more flavorful, but the residual scuzzy bits of spices aren't exactly the most intuitive to clean up as few grinders are dishwasher safe. Thankfully, only about a tablespoon of uncooked rice and 15 seconds separate you from cleaning bliss.

To clean your spice grinder:

• Tap out any loose bits of spices still in the grinder, then add about 1 tablespoon uncooked rice to the grinder and process until powdery. The ground rice is abrasive and will loosen up the stuck-on spices and absorb undesirable odors.
• Put the lid in the dishwasher (if dishwasher safe) and tap out the rice powder from the grinder body, then wipe out anything left over with a damp paper towel.

That's it! Do you have a dedicated grinder for spices?

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When Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert joined with Éclat Chocolate to create the Good & Evil 72 Percent Dark Chocolate Bar ($18), the question on everyone's mind was this: what could possibly cause such a skinny chocolate bar to have such an astronomical price tag? Is it embellished in gold? Do half the proceeds go toward a respectable charity? Does the bar contain youth-restoring properties?

The high expense is due to the fact that the bars are made using pure Nacional, a single-origin Peruvian cacao bean, which the bar claims to be the rarest variety in existence. In addition, the chocolate travels to three different countries before it makes its way to your doorstep: the beans are hand-selected in Peru, then shipped to Switzerland, where they roast in a 135-year-old Swiss conching machine. The chocolate is blended with cacao nibs made from the same Peruvian beans, then molded into Good & Evil chocolate bars in the United States. While it's more common to dole out more dollars for a Premier Cru wine, splurging on chocolate is a lesser-known phenomenon. We sought to find out if the chocolate bar is worth its steep price tag. Our conclusion, when you keep reading.

Need a break from holiday eating? This salad from GraceDickinson will leave you feeling satisfied and healthy.

Lighten up in between the holidays.

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