You've got your costume picked out, candy buckets filled, and party all planned — all that's left to do for the best Halloween ever is put your knowledge to the test. How much do you really know about Halloween? Turns out it's not only about who gets the most chocolate or creates the scariest costume. Over the centuries, the holiday has evolved from a way of begging for food to one of the most commercialized days of the entire year.

Pop bread, bagels, English muffins, or waffles in your toaster every day and your appliance likely gets filled with crumbs and grease fast. Luckily cleaning this kitchen workhorse only takes a few minutes and basic supplies, mainly a sponge and an all-purpose cleaner. If you use your toaster daily, you'll want to empty the crumb tray and give it a once-over at least once a week, says Carolyn Forte, Director of the Home Appliances & Cleaning Products Lab at the Good Housekeeping Institute.

Today we have Thanksgiving on our minds. We know everyone has their own way that they like to cook a turkey for the best-ever Thanksgiving bird. Some people even swear by flipping and cooking turkey upside down. It's actually quite a simple idea: For a juicier bird, roast your turkey breast-side down for the first 30 to 45 minutes of cooking and then flip it back over.

Today we're talking about the Flexitarian diet. Even if you've read up on every last benefit of going vegetarian, the idea of saying good-bye forever to your Grandma's meatballs or your favorite Thai restaurant's chicken satay may seem like too much of a sacrifice. But with the Flexitarian diet it doesn't have to all or nothing. The diet emphasizes plant-based foods most of the time, but also leaves wiggle room for the occasional meaty indulgence.

Whether you have a boring commute, a long car ride, or a tedious chore you just have to finish, some of the best podcasts can be found right on Spotify! Unlike watching TV or a movie or flipping through your preferred reading material, podcasts are totally hands-free entertainment that you can take with you anywhere you can pop on your headphones.

Eastern beauty wisdom first introduced us to the use of sake (and other rice-derived ingredients) for scoring glowing complexions, as beloved luxury lines like SK-II and Tatcha led the way. Now, rice water is having a moment — and the rumor mill is buzzing about the alleged haircare benefits of rice water.

Keurigs mean you no longer have to think about wrangling filters and ground coffee beans every morning. But many of us are probably guilty of not thinking about cleaning it either — and that thing can get dirty. KDKA-TV of Pittsburgh swabbed 28 machines and found more than half contained harmful bacteria. Grossed out? Us too. We asked Carolyn Forte, director of the Good Housekeeping Institute Cleaning Lab, for advice on how to maintain your go-to morning machine.

Today, we're sharing our recipe for the best instant pot butternut squash soup. Before we get started, here's what you'll need: 1 medium butternut squash (about 2 3/4 lbs), peeled and thinly sliced 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, pressed 1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced Kosher salt and pepper 6 sprigs fresh thyme 4 sprigs fresh sage, plus 15 sage leaves 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth 3 tbsp.

Yep, it’s sneeze season. Each year Americans could be hit with an estimated 1 billion colds and 8% of us will get slammed with the flu. That’s a whole lot of cough drops, tissues and sick days.

Fall is filled with some of our favorite annual rituals, like apple picking, pumpkin decorating and leaf peeping. But no autumn is complete without the most sacred of traditions: a viewing of It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. The Peanuts gang has filled our hearts and minds with some of the best holiday quotes around — from Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas; we will never tire of the jokes and important lessons tucked into the special episodes.