Sandra Lee hosted the World's Largest Bake Sale at Grand Central Station in New York City on Wednesday, May 1st. Popular bakeries, celebrities, and chefs came out to donate baked goods to the bake sale, which benefitted the Share Our Strength No Kid Hungry Campaign, and the Food Bank for New York City. There were over 50,000 baked goods for sale at five dollars a piece in classic bake sale style. Some notable guests were Ty Pennington, Mario Batali, Wendy Williams, Buddy Valastro, and Dylan Lauren.

Allison eating the cupcake of the year by Sandra Lee.

We sampled some delicious baked goods, and in doing so, came up with some amazing tips for you to try at your next bake sale.

It has to look good. Remember, kids eat with their eyes. When their parent gives them a dollar or two to buy something at the bake sale, they are going to go for the item that looks the best. So if you are making cupcakes, Dylan Lauren of Dylan's Candy Bar recommends trying a bright colored frosting, or adding candy to the top to make it pop.

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McDonald's
Looks like McDonald's isn't losing its reign anytime soon; a new study found that McDonald's was the leading business in the United States in March, and no one is surprised.

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A new study from Placed, a location analytics company, crunched the numbers and found that McDonald's, Walmart, and Subway are the three most-visited businesses in the United States for Americans 14 or older.

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McDonald's received 49 percent of visitors, Walmart received 38.8 percent of the visitors polled, and Subway got 37.8 percent. Burger King only had 24.3 percent, Starbucks 23.9 percent, and Wendy's 22.8 percent. Surprisingly, this was all higher than any pharmacy; Walgreens and CVS ranked seven and eight, respectively, on the list.

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When it comes to food trends, the sales of pizza and fried chicken decreased in March as football season ended,

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Credit: QuirkyLet's face it - the kitchen can be an expensive place. With cookware, knife sets, and everything in between, stocking a kitchen can add up to a lot of money. Because it can be challenging to discern the difference between something you need and something you want, we often see experts in the industry doling out advice with lists of what's worth splurging on and what you really don't need in order to relieve you of stress and keep your kitchen as budget-friendly as it can be.

Best Infomercial Kitchen Products

This is not one of those lists. This list is a collection of kitchen tools and gadgets that aren't necessary for you to have - and in some cases are just absurd - but we secretly really want them, and that's why we're telling you about them today.

15 Best Cooking Apps for Your Smartphone

From grill gadgets and egg molds to cookie cutters and corn kernelers, these gadgets are what we would classify as ridiculous, but if money was no object in this world, we'd recommend that you

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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Pretzel BitesGet twisted with this delicious pretzel treat! I tend to steer clear of food that requires a lot of assembly or repetition. Also, I'm not a big pretzel fan. But when you combine salty little pretzels with my two all-time favorite foods - chocolate and peanut butter - I'm pretty much helpless. And these turned out to be very quick and easy to assemble (and even quicker and easier to eat).

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Pretzel Bites

Ingredients:
80-100 mini pretzels
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 Tablespoon butter, room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
12-ounce bag chocolate chips
1 Tablespoon coconut oil

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Notes:
Yields about 40-50 pretzels

Directions:
1. In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter and butter until smooth. Whisk in the sugars and vanilla (depending on the consistency of your peanut butter, you may need to add a bit more powdered sugar to get

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My after-school snack was a sacred ritual. I sat on the soft carpet in my parents' bedroom at a low table, the television turned to "I Dream of Jeannie," and ate a peanut butter and honey sandwich cut into neat squares. I wasn't fussy about crusts. I just loved the sticky pairing of creamy peanut butter with syrupy golden sweetness drizzled from a honey bear in diagonals across the bread. Nothing else––save for maybe apples and peanut butter in a pinch––could have made for as sweet an afternoon, with Nickelodeon reruns stretching into the distance.

This month, the Shine Supper Club is celebrating our nostalgic childhood favorites. Were you crazy for popsicles on hot afternoons? Mad for mac and cheese? Join us by revisiting a classic in your kitchen, and sharing a recipe, photo and a story about just how good it was back then. Here's how it works:

1. Write a blog post telling us about your favorite childhood recipe by Monday 11:59PM PST, May 27th. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.

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Every week, Food52's Senior Editor, Kristen Miglore, unearths recipes that are nothing short of genius.

Today: 40-second scrambled eggs, and the perfect Mother's Day bonding experience.

You may think there are a finite number -- say, 6 -- ways to take your eggs. Breakfast is a multiple choice test, and diner waitresses and short order cooks aren't about to allow a write-in (not to mention busy moms and dads).

Sure, over time we've learned to improve upon the fundamentals, by frying eggs in olive oil or hard-cooking them judiciously rather than boiling their yolks out. But rarely has a new technique been rolled out, especially one that doesn't take 40 minutes. This one takes 40 seconds, give or take.

It's all thanks to an off-duty chef who got bored, started tinkering, and reinvented breakfast -- with the quickest and fluffiest scrambled eggs imaginable.

Adding to their mystique, they're also made without any fat at all, and there's no crusty pan

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By Emily McKenna, Recipe Developer & Tester for EatingWell Magazine

Banana bread is a great solution for using overripe bananas. To lighten up your favorite recipe, use all whole-grain flour or whole-grain flour mixed with white all-purpose flour, and rely as much as you can on the natural sweetness of the bananas to cut the total amount of granulated sugar called for in the recipe. If you roughly mash or chop your bananas, there are big chunks of fruit to bite into. Consider a handful of toasted chopped walnuts or a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg and a handful of dark chocolate chips for a flavor boost.

Don't Miss: Watch our food editor make healthy banana chocolate chip bread

Want to lighten up your favorite banana bread recipe? Here are 4 of our best tricks you can use to make your banana bread recipe healthier and delicious, and a recipe for EatingWell's healthy Banana-Blueberry Buttermilk Bread.

1. Use Less Sugar
This is really a two-part tip. I try to add as

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A New York City public elementary school may be the first to offer an all-vegetarian lunch menu every day for students, AP reports.

America's Best School Lunches

New York City Public School 244, which opened in 2008 and teaches 400 students, pre-kindergarten through third grade, has reportedly made the switch to completely vegetarian meals.

Best Lunch Recipes

The school, which started serving vegetarian meals three times a week to provide healthy food options, increased vegetarian meals to four times a week, and now five, thanks to students' popular demand. "We discovered early on that our kids were gravitating toward our vegetarian offerings, and we kept expanding the program to meet the demand," principal Robert Groff said.

Best Vegetarian Recipes

Duran's guacamole mantras are similar to ones of past experts that we've spoken with, but he also has some additional tips to share. Like knowing how to spot the perfect ripened avocado and how to make your guacamole your own, whether

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