{"id":1675744,"date":"2021-07-02T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/how-to-keep-food-cold-outside-video\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T16:58:02","slug":"how-to-keep-food-cold-outside-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/how-to-keep-food-cold-outside-video\/","title":{"rendered":"This Viral Hack Shows You How to Keep Food Cold Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"There's so much we love about summer\u2014the sunshine, the water and all these delicious barbecue recipes. But in the hot sun, how do you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/how-to-keep-food-cold\/\">keep cold food cold<\/a>? 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