If you're headed to a local farmers market this weekend and dreaming of serving your loved ones the perfect, farm-to-table meal afterward — here's your guide. Salon has plenty of tips for using the market as your cooking muse, including giving yourself ample time to browse the stalls and choosing one main ingredient to build your dinner around.
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From Cheugy to Cool: These Youthful Trends Look Oddly Familiar to Millennials
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Are millennials cool? Depends on who you ask. Whether they're strutting around in ankle boots or insisting on no-show socks, it often feels like this generation is nothing but cheugy in Gen Z's eyes. But fashion is cyclical. Take a closer look at what the kids are wearing these days, and underneath the modern rebrands, you may see some familiar millennial items that have made their way into the zeitgeist again. If you frequented Victoria's Secret in the 2000s, you're no stranger to the infamous yoga pants, featuring flared bottoms (themselves a blast from the more distant past) and thick, stretchy waistbands. Today, you can still find this athletic wear at the retailer and many other stores — only now, the hip-again style goes by the name "flared leggings" and comes in more cuts and with more waistband options. And clothes aren't the only items the youngins are bringing back. For those who never threw away their wired headphones, you're in luck: They're officially considered a "vintage accessory" (and that's a good thing), according to TikToker The Digital Fairy. Why? "My theory is that wearing wireless headphones destroys the aesthetic of listening to music. And listening to music was a literal aesthetic in the 2010s," she said, citing the revival of 2010s Tumblr culture as another possible reason. Dive into more millennial trends on the up and up.
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Construction Is Underway on the First US Coast Guard National Museum
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Right now, the U.S. Coast Guard is the only branch of the military without a national museum — but that's about to change. In a $150 million project, construction on the National Coast Guard Museum is currently underway. The 89,000-square-foot building in New London, Connecticut, is expected to open next year and draw 300,000 visitors annually. Each floor, or "deck," of the museum, will highlight a different concept associated with the Coast Guard, including safety, security, and stewardship. Along with state-of-the-art exhibits featuring over 600 artifacts and 5,000 images and documents, adult visitors will be able to participate in simulated STEM-focused operations like those conducted by Coast Guard members,and kids can get creative at the museum's Innovation Lab. Matthew Pugliese, deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, is excited to see "the history and the service and the sacrifice that is represented here in the museum," he told CTNewsJunkie last October. "Also, the vibrancy that it is going to create when you see these beautiful images of this new facility." Take a peek at renderings of the museum.
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Meet the Latino James Beard Finalists in States With Small Hispanic Populations
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In Wyoming, only 10% of the population is Hispanic, and most people associate the state more with "cowboy country" than chocolate making, resident Oscar Ortega joked to NBC News. But that didn't keep him from learning the craft — and succeeding at it. The pastry chef and owner of Atelier Ortega is now one of nearly 20 Latinos announced as finalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, several of whom live in states where Latinos make up a small minority. Joining his ranks are Salvador Alamilla (pictured), an Idaho restaurateur deploying ancestral Mexican cooking methods at Amano, and José Medina Camacho, an Alabama bar co-owner showcasing Latin American cocktail ingredients at Adiõs. Both are aiming to fill a gap in their communities. "We can be a place that offers a connection to this beautiful culture that exists here because we're here," Alamilla's wife and restaurant manager, Becca, said. "I think it can help carry people back to a place that they had forgotten and then it brings back really special memories." For Medina Camacho, it's about introducing Mexican hospitality to the South. "We want to attract the entire Birmingham community, whether Latin or American, and show them our culture," he said, adding: "Mexican hospitality is on another level, and I wanted to show them that." Hear more from the Latino finalists ahead of the Monday awards ceremony in Chicago.
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All 443 graduating seniors at Texas' Mansfield Summit High School received a special treat along with their diploma: a personal, handwritten note from Principal Jason Mutterer and a $1 bill. Mutterer was inspired to write the letters after receiving a similar one himself in high school, which he still holds dear. "He made every one of us feel seen and loved," graduating senior Eduardo Estrada said. "Hopefully we get to pass it on one day and make other people feel important and appreciated."
Photo of the Day
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This leopard seal in the Antarctic Peninsula looks like it could be auditioning for the starring role in a new Jaws remake. The shot, which nabbed third place in the Big and Small Underwater Faces category in the 2025 U.N. World Oceans Day Photo Competition, was taken at dusk, "resulting in the rather moody atmosphere," photographer Lars von Ritter Zahony said. He added, "Boldly approaching me and baring his teeth, this individual was keen to point out that this part of Antarctica was his territory."
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