Hello, and welcome to The Grown-up Kitchen. While Allie and I usually focus on helping people cook better, smarter, and faster through tips, tricks, and (of course) hacks, we’re getting back to basics here, and giving true culinary beginners the att…
Lees meerIf you’re looking for the Connections answer for Friday, October 13, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Beware, there are spoilers below for October 13, NYT Connections #124! …
Lees meerIn this homecoming game, Penn State’s Nittany Lions are hosting Umass’ Minutemen in a cross-conference game. This is only the second time these teams have ever faced each other, and it seems tailor made for returning alumni who want to see Penn dest…
Lees meerThe imaginatively named Utah Utes are hosting the California Golden Bears this weekend at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Both teams are coming from losses last week with scores that highlight each team’s strength—Cal went down 52-40 and Utah…
Lees meerUggs are ubiquitous in the winter, though they cycle from being actually-trendy to ironic-trendy and back again pretty regularly. Regardless, the sheepskin boots and slippers are a staple—albeit one that gets pretty dirty in all the slush and salt. …
Lees meerThere was a time, not long ago, when I thought the concept of a smart diffuser was like giving a fish a bicycle. Why does a diffuser need to be smart? Well, after trying out the Pura 4 Smart Diffuser, now I know. (But if you read this review and sti…
Lees meerThe concept of finding a hack that makes your life easier or cheaper is especially tempting when it comes to cleaning your house—and TikTok is full of such advice. But many of the cleaning “hacks” you find there feature superficial results, basic mi…
Lees meerI can say without fear of contradiction that this Saturday’s game between USC and Notre Dame will be the most dramatic football contest since Knute Rockne’s inspirational “win one for the Gipper” halftime speech in 1928.Read more...
Lees meerWhether you call it stuffing or dressing, the broth-soaked bread dish is a Thanksgiving must-have. Though it’s not advisable to stuff the turkey with anything, it’s commonly agreed upon that “stuffing” is usually made with a white bread of some kind…
Lees meerThe Ohio State Buckeyes travel to West Lafayette, Indiana this Saturday with the intention of thrashing the outmatched Purdue Boilermakers.Read more...
Lees meerEven though the Colorado Buffaloes won their game against ASU last week by three, according to coach Deion Sanders, the team was “playing like hot garbage.”Read more...
Lees meerYouTube is perhaps the best place on the internet to kick back, relax, and watch free long-form videos for hours on end. And whether you’re trying to watch a video during lunch, or stream something before bed, you don’t want your browser coming betw…
Lees meerThe iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Pixel 8 Pro are two of the biggest phones on the market right now, and both offer flagship experiences with impressive displays, solid designs, and fantastic performance. But if you’re trying to choose between two of th…
Lees meerRight now, Woot is selling refurbished Ninja kitchen appliances for more than 50% off their original prices—and some for as little as $36. These deals all expire at 1 a.m. ET on Oct. 14 (if they don’t see out first).Read more...
Lees meerMemory is incredibly complex, which is probably why it’s been studied and researched so much—and why researchers who make big discoveries about how it functions get phenomena named after them. A great example of this: the Von Restorff effect, which …
Lees meerYou can get all kinds of Chrome extensions and add-ons for Gmail that make inbox management and utility easier, but some of them are less useful than others. Before you waste space (and potentially money), let’s go over some cheap ones that are actu…
Lees meerIt happens with every console generation: After the world gets to know a PlayStation for a couple of years, Sony decides to refresh it with something lower profile: a “slim” console, if you will.Read more...
Lees meerInstagram’s rival to X, formerly known as Twitter, is Threads. It’s not quite the same as what Twitter used to be, but it has one thing in common with its biggest rival: You see a lot of nice photos and videos on Threads too. If you use Threads on A…
Lees meerPeople with disordered eating and body image issues can often trace their experience to an early childhood doctor’s appointment when their weight or size was characterized as a problem to solve. And whether you were prescribed diets as a child or no…
Lees meerBack in the day, Mac OS X had a dedicated Dashboard for widgets, where you could add all sorts of nifty little interactive utilities. With the release of macOS Mojave in 2018, Apple finally laid the old system to rest, and did not replace it with an…
Lees meerAmazon has changed the way we live our lives, for better and for worse. Why go to a cellphone store to buy a new phone case when you have thousands of options at your fingertips that can be shipped to your house, often on the same day? Unfortunately…
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