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In these polarizing times, we've decided to lean into the most controversial ingredient in Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish: the two tablespoons of horseradish. Tom Kelley/Getty Images hide caption

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Susan Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Tradition

We Trace Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Back To Its Horseradishy Roots

This pandemic year, we need traditions more than ever, so we travel back to 1961, when Susan Stamberg first tasted her mother-in-law's now (in)famous, Pepto Bismol pink cranberry relish.

In these polarizing times, we've decided to lean into the most controversial ingredient in Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish: the two tablespoons of horseradish. Tom Kelley/Getty Images hide caption

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We Trace Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Back To Its Horseradishy Roots

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Anya Taylor-Joy plays a swaggering chess prodigy in the new Netflix hit, The Queen's Gambit. It's success may lead to a shortage of chess sets this holiday season. Phil Bray/Netflix hide caption

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Can't Find A Chess Set? You Can Thank 'The Queen's Gambit' For That

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Anthony Fauci and his wife, Christine Grady, spoke for a StoryCorps interview in Maryland on Nov. 17. He says he'll miss seeing their daughters this Thanksgiving, but he's proud of their decision to not join them. Courtesy of Anthony Fauci hide caption

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In Running, Work And Parenting, Fauci Paces Himself For The 'Marathon'

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Foreign threats to the 2020 election looked a lot like Y2K from two decades ago: With high levels of alarm and preparation, the system held off foreign disinformation and cyberattacks. Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images hide caption

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How The U.S. Fended Off Serious Foreign Election Day Cyberattacks

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Scientists have used the New Horizons spacecraft, billions of miles from Earth, to measure the darkness of space. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute hide caption

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Scientists Discover Outer Space Isn't Pitch-Black After All

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Tina Miller, owner of Walkabout Outfitter, says keeping her business afloat in the pandemic has been beyond challenging. At one point, business was down 90%. Kirk Miller hide caption

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Florida Just Passed A $15 Minimum Wage. Is The Time Right For A Big Nationwide Hike?

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