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Ever since I read that Ina Garten puts blue cheese in her coleslaw, I have been obsessed with a concept I’ve decided to call “wedgeslaw,” a coleslaw made with all the usual wedge salad accoutrement. Today I finally made it a reality, and it is all I dreamed it would be (and a little more).Read more...

There are loads of features that help report your screen time, but just like knowing how often you exceed volume recommendations, knowledge isn’t really enough. Here are some tips from Redditors about how to reduce the amount of time you spend on your phone, none of which involve downloading more apps.Read more...

It happens all too often: You do some light renovation or some unexpected repair work that requires you to replace just a section of drywall, or your wall gets stained or scuffed in some way that requires a few coats of paint. You don’t have any paint left from the original job, but maybe you still have a record of…Read more...

Messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp are regularly updated with new features, but Apple’s Messages app gets major updates only once a year, when the new version of iOS comes out. Luckily, this year’s update is a big one: With the launch of iOS 16, we can finally edit and undo sent messages, two features which…Read more...

Even though we’ve made strides in the fight against mental health stigma, it can still be a struggle for people to get the help they need when it comes to depression and anxiety. Part of that is because of the lack of mental health literacy in the U.S. A 2021 study that analyzed this topic during the first year of the…Read more...

Fried foods are comfort foods. But holding onto that just-fried crunch is a precarious dance of wicking off oil and allowing the food to cool on a rack without steaming itself soggy before dinnertime. The conventional method is to use half a roll of paper towels to absorb excess oil, but what if your roll just ran…Read more...

If your patio is looking the worse for wear, or if you just want a new look, you can stain concrete floors to give them new life. Using stain on concrete has the added bonus of allowing the surface to breathe, preventing moisture buildup that can cause cracking and other damage, while still freshening it up. The…Read more...

When it comes to the Apple Watch, “all-day battery life” is Apple’s party line—but what that really means is an 18-hour battery cycle. If you want to push it over a day, you need to stick to light use (and not wear it to bed). But now, with watchOS 9, Apple is introducing a new “Low Power Mode” to the watch for the…Read more...

Born from Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel, Pinocchio is both an easy pop-culture reference point, as well as the star of any number of movies and TV cartoons. The 1940 Disney animated version is certainly the best known and best loved, but the lying little puppet is having quite a year, seeing no fewer than three…Read more...

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One of the most pressing questions when Apple reveals a new iPhone is: What’s the battery like? Apple doesn’t normally share granular battery specs, so it can be hard to judge battery life without hands-on testing, especially since the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max’s new Always-On displays raise even more questions about…Read more...

Brazil is home to many wonderful things, not least of which is the brigadeiro. Constructed almost entirely of sweetened condensed milk, the mixture is cooked until thick, and can easily be portioned into acorn-sized balls and covered with sprinkles. They’re a delicious, sweet treat, and their story could end there.…Read more...

My daughter discovered her love of painting on the first day of kindergarten. She came home with several large masterpieces. She installed them on her bedroom wall using non-paint safe tape and declared the exhibit, “Art-tastic!” We were so proud (and had to later repaint the whole room when we moved). Her love has…Read more...

With cooler weather on its way, harvesting and cleaning up your garden beds should be on your fall agenda. While your garden might not be actively producing over the winter, there’s still plenty to do now to make next season more successful. Taking some time to properly prepare for the garden’s dormant season will…Read more...

When it comes to sweeteners, I like sugar (unless we are talking soda, in which case I like aspartame in Diet Coke and Diet Dr. Pepper only). Something about growing up in the “health” food-obsessed 90s put me off alternative sweeteners, especially honey, but only in sweet applications. I do not like it in baked goods…Read more...

When you’re budgeting in your pre-travel spreadsheet, you probably book flights first. Airline tickets are usually the most expensive aspect of travel, and it’s instinctive to purchase them first and then plan your car rental and hotel from there. However, this order of operations could be costing you. The savviest…Read more...

AirPods are awesome, trendy, and expensive. If you have the option to buy these popular earbuds at a discount, especially a steep discount, you’re obviously going to be interested. However, that enthusiasm is fueling the fake AirPods market, so much so Apple has included an AirPods verification check in iOS 16. So,…Read more...

Duck has a reputation for being fussy, and I blame the French. I am sick of the French (way of preparing and cooking duck). All that talk of separating the breast from the legs, and cooking each one separately, the breast carefully cooked to a perfect medium rare, while the legs are buried and confit’d in even more…Read more...

Renovating your home is exciting, expensive, and stressful. You might think the difficulty is over once the last coat of paint has dried, but there’s almost always one final step: Dealing with the leftover construction materials.

Years ago, the idea that you could run barefoot, instead of in running shoes, shook the running community. (The ultimate result: The market exploded with expensive shoes meant to mimic barefoot running, met by a backlash of expensive shoes with as much cushioning and structure as possible.) A similar debate is now…Read more...

A digital slideshow presentation can be a beautiful, informative thing—if you know what you’re doing and how to use your software to the best of its abilities. You also need some time to get all your information together, decide how you want to present it, and create something visually impressive and useful. But what…Read more...

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If you’re like most people, the thought of dealing with customs and immigration at the airport can be stressful—but it doesn’t have to be as dreadful as it’s often made out to be. The next time you travel abroad and need to fly back into the U.S., here’s how to get through immigration more seamlessly.Read more...

There are plenty of reasons to update your iPhone to iOS 16. You can customize your Lock Screen to be anything you want, edit and undo iMessages, and even see your iPhone’s battery percentage again. While those new features and changes are worth updating for, none are as pressing as the latest security update.

Of all the suspicious ingredients to add to cake batter, mayonnaise is certainly at the top of the list. Known for adorning meat-laden sandwiches and turning everything from eggs to Jell-o into a “salad,” mayo doesn’t seem like a customary ingredient for brownies, yet here we are.

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With iOS 14, Apple brought widgets to your iPhone’s Home Screen—with iOS 16, Apple wants to do the same with your Lock Screen. With this update, you can create multiple Lock Screens that you can cycle through at any time, and each Lock Screen can hold up to five different widgets: There’s a grid of four squares below…Read more...

Many of us instinctually know that talking consistently to a baby or toddler is important for their development. But it may be even more important that we realize: As child development research shows, encouraging a child’s language development isn’t just about the number of words that they hear—it’s also about the…Read more...

Back-to-school season means backpacks are on the brain. I believe having a stocked backpack is an adult thing to do, too, though. Rarely do I leave the house with nothing but my phone, wallet, and keys. I’d rather be prepared with more than the bare minimum when I’m out and about.Read more...

The best fried rice is made with “leftover” rice. Specifically, rice that has already been cooked, then dried, usually in the refrigerator. The best breakfast burritos are, in turn, made with leftover fried rice—or at least, that’s what was inside the best breakfast burrito I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating.Read more...

Time is money, or so they say. But how much is your time actually worth? When you’re deciding what to do with your free time, it can be helpful to put a price tag on it to determine what tradeoffs you’re really making.Read more...

Part of what makes video games so darn fun is the pure exploration. Us 90s gamers remember how huge Ocarina of Time’s Hyrule Field felt for the first time, or how realistic Grand Theft Auto III’s Liberty City seemed. While these games are still just as fun to explore today, modern tech makes it possible to take that…Read more...

It’s a beautiful thing, to reach the point in a relationship when your no-longer-new partner has finally discovered all of the horrible smells your body can produce, and chooses to stick with you nonetheless. The last thing you want, however, is for this smelly point to arrive ahead of schedule—killing the romance…Read more...

Ladies and gentlemen, start your iPhones: iOS 16 is finally here. After three months of software testing, Apple has finally released its big new iPhone update to all compatible devices. With it comes a slew of new and exciting features. Some, you might know already, such as the ability to edit iMessages, but others,…Read more...

Eleven years ago, we published a brief report of a quirky hack: Turning on a kids’ bubble machine is said to keep mosquitoes at bay. And this weekend, I saw the same idea going viral on TikTok. But does it really work?Read more...

Even if your preferred tomato consumption method is “biting into it like an apple,” there will come a time in your life when you will have to peel a tomato. Perhaps you will be processing your summer haul, or simply making a little marinated tomato salad. But you will arrive at a moment when those skins need to come…Read more...

After months of testing, iOS 16 is finally out in the wild today as a stable public release. It’s filled with welcome new (or new to iPhone) features, like a customizable Lock Screen with widgets and the ability to edit and undo iMessages. But not all features are ready for launch day.

There’s an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardahians where Kourtney holds up a donut and says, “I can’t eat this, but how exciting is it to smell it?” That’s how many millennials—and, frankly, people of all ages living during these times—feel about home ownership. Thanks to a combination of economic factors, we can’t…Read more...

There is a lot of confusion around electric bicycles, or e-bikes, and that stems largely from the different laws governing their use around the country. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission regulates e-bikes at the federal level, but focuses on product safety for manufacturing and initial sale, leaving states…Read more...

You probably take screenshots every day, whether it’s a location you want to remember, a picture you want to save, or a text thread you want to share. Your Photos app is likely littered with screenshots from the past several months, if not years, crowding your photo library and taking up storage on your iPhone and…Read more...

When you get the sniffles or a scratchy throat, you might jump to the conclusion you’re sick—and since the pandemic began, there’s plenty of reason to be anxious about that. Fall and winter usually usher in cold and flu season, but something else might be the cause of your symptoms: You might have fall allergies and…Read more...

Grieving is hard and complicated after a loss, but some people may find themselves dealing with anticipatory grief, which is grief that comes before a loss. Anticipatory grief can happen in situations such as when a friend or family member has been diagnosed with a terminal illness—when a loss is known to be coming,…Read more...

Given the health risks associated with mold, it’s not something you want in or near your home. Unfortunately, flooding, humidity, and/or improper storage can result in mold growing on basically anything we own—including our books.Read more...

When you pick up items of clothing from the dry cleaner, they typically come in thin, clear, plastic garment bags. Once you get them home, it would make sense to simply pop them in your closet, in the bag. After all, these are pieces of clothing that you’re paying someone else to clean, so they must be worth the…Read more...

When a window has been closed for years—or even over a long winter—it’s normal for it to stick a bit when you try to open it again. But sometimes it takes more than some extra muscle to let the fresh air in—especially in situations where a window has been painted shut.Read more...

Take a look at the bottom of the faucet on most modern kitchen and bathroom sinks, and you’ll probably see a small, round screen called an aerator. This thin piece of metal helps to control the water as it comes out of the faucet by adding air—which reduces splashing and water usage.Read more...

Outside, the sound of grasshoppers and crickets chirping adds to the ambiance—especially in the summertime. But indoors, that noise can get annoying very quickly. Plus, while some people may not find grasshoppers and crickets as frightening as spiders, coming across one or more of these insects inside your home can be…Read more...

When it comes to updating the interior of your home (especially on a budget), paint is your best friend. A few coats can transform a room or a hallway, and make tired, worn furniture look new.Read more...

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