This weekend, my boyfriend and I made crab sauce—a red sauce full of delicious crab. There were huge pieces of Dungeness meat, yes, but the true hero of the sauce were the crab shells, which we mashed and simmered with onion and fennel to make an i…
Lees meerWe’ve been on quite the home improvement kick, as tends to happen when you’ve been stuck inside for months. Today we’re cleaning our trusty cooking friend, the microwave!Read more...
Lees meerWhen my city first started to close up back in March, I went to the restaurant supply store and loaded up on pasta, canned tomatoes, eggs, onions, several non-perishable staples and lots of hot sauce. I thought we were looking at a month or so of st…
Lees meerOne of my favorite tiny features from Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 operating system is a big one for privacy and security—a rare two-fer. Whenever an app accesses your camera or microphone, you’ll see a tiny colored dot in the upper-right corner of your …
Lees meerEvery parent of a child with a dearly beloved “lovey” lives in fear. Lovies—a favorite blanket, stuffed animal or other soft toy—tend to go everywhere their toddling owner goes. Which means they have a way of getting lost in the most inconvenient of…
Lees meerThere’s no doubt about it—the lengthy pandemic has put a strain on marriages. While some folks are grappling with job loss and making ends meet, others are trying to juggle the demands of working from home, childcare, and homeschooling—often in tigh…
Lees meerA great deal on a year of PlayStation Plus, a low-price Insignia Fire TV, 3 for $100 chinos, monster energy drinks, and more are some of Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
Lees meerOne of the strangest parts about lockdown has been the lack of interaction with your town or neighborhood. Regardless of whether you live in Manhattan or rural Ohio, when you’re really only staying in, our homes turn into our entire world. Maybe you…
Lees meerA refurbished Ninja Blender for $50, a discount on The Witcher 3: Complete Edition, RWBY manga, The Hateful Eight on Blu-Ray and digital, and more are only some of Saturday’s best deals.Read more...
Lees meerIt’s apparently the “summer of the road trip,” because that’s our only travel option. And for a lot of people, this means driving somewhere (likely remote) and renting a house or apartment from Airbnb, VRBO or another home-share app. Ideally, you’d …
Lees meerThe yoga pose known as downward dog is, I’ve always thought, one of the weirdest moves that’s considered relatively easy for beginners. Any intro yoga course is going to have a ton of them. But you’re upside down, you’re stretching parts of you that…
Lees meerAs Congress hashes out details for the next stimulus package, one piece has already been confirmed—another round of stimulus checks. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Congress still needs to approve the second payment, decide on the details and ge…
Lees meerDid your Garmin watch suddenly stop working on Thursday? You’re not alone. The company suffered a suspected ransomware attack that disabled all of its online services.Read more...
Lees meerEvery summer, people lose their shit over frosé, a pink wine slushy that—to me—is perfectly fine. I’ve ordered a few at various establishments with outdoor seating, but I’ve never been inspired to make one at home—understandable when you consider ho…
Lees meerLots of people are homeschooling their kids right now, or trying to learn a new competency while spending most of their time at home, or both. However, the most important skills you can learn in life don’t come out of a book or online certification …
Lees meerThis story was written well before the pandemic—but now here we are, hoarding toilet paper and fearing the next shortage, and Nick Douglas’ message feels even more timely, even urgent. So we present this to you as a reminder that cloth toilet paper …
Lees meerBoosting your credit score often feels like a game—and you may not learn the rules until after you have broken one of them. One big rule—a rule that impacts 30% of your credit score—is the percentage of credit you are using, or your credit utilizati…
Lees meerIf you’re an Instacart shopper, hackers may be selling your data online. According to a recent Buzzfeed report, 278,531 Instacart accounts are on sale on at least two hacker communities for just $2 a pop. Each account includes full names, the last f…
Lees meerMany parents have gotten lax with screen time during the pandemic, and understandably so. Most experts agree that some extra screen time right now isn’t going to do permanent damage to our kids—as long as we dial it back again when normal life resum…
Lees meerIn-person conferences and conventions obviously aren’t happening this year, but San Diego Comic-Con International, which generally takes place in mid-July in San Diego, has taken its whole slate of events virtual—and you can attend from the comfort …
Lees meerWhen you think of “dipping” foods you probably imagine dunking them into a bowl of creamy, often umami-forward dip. This is usually done to make chips even more indulgent and vegetables more exciting, but you don’t necessarily need a sour cream base…
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