Most people assume that they can tell if a food is vegetarian or not just by looking at it. As long as you can’t see any meat, you’re fine to include it on your menu as a vegetarian option. Right? Wrong! Contrary to popular belief, many classic dishes that seem vegetarian actually contain fish or animal products. Some of the sneakiest faux-vegetarian dishes include: French onion soup. French onion soup is traditionally made with beef broth, which obviously contains meat. While it’s possible to substitute vegetable broth when cooking at home, most versions you’ll find in restaurants and when ordering…

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Contrary to popular belief, you are allowed to bring food from outside of your local airport onto the plane. Most snacks have been deemed okay to fly; you can bring sandwiches, small containers of hummus, pizza, pasta, almonds, and even live lobsters in your carry-on so long as they are carried in a sealed leak-proof container. If you’ve got a long flight coming up, skip the fast food line and pack one of these five TSA-approved snacks. Sliced up fruit. A fruit salad packed with watermelon chunks, sliced strawberries, and blueberries doesn’t just taste great—it can also help keep you…

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We’ve all heard the old adage: your wedding needs “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue!” But your “something borrowed” shouldn’t just be anything—it should be something special and significant for you or your spouse. No ideas on what to borrow? Consider these five unique options! A first dance. Do you have a couple that inspires you? Consider “borrowing” the song they used for their first dance. If they will be in attendance, your first dance will be a beautiful blast from the past while helping them build even more memories! Your grandmother’s fine china. Nothing says “refinement”…

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You want a quiet ceremony, there’s going to be drinking at the reception, and your budget for catering in Philadelphia, PA, covers just enough for the adults to eat. There are an endless number of reasons why you might not want to have children at your wedding and “hating kids” probably isn’t on the list. While the children in your life probably won’t be offended by the lack of an invite (a night in pajamas watching Paw Patrol beats stuffy church clothes any day), many couples worry about offending the parents on their list by excluding the little ones from…

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