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Lees meerIf you’re looking for the Connections answer for Tuesday, September 5, 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 September 5, NYT Connections #86…
Lees meerThis refurbished 2019 Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is on sale for $399.99 right now (reg. $899). It has a 7th Gen Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage, an 8MP rear camera, a 1.2MP front camera, and up to 10.5 hours of battery li…
Lees meerEvery house is a complex system. When all the parts are working correctly you’ll have a dry, warm place in which to weather a storm. When parts of that system stop working correctly, you’ll have a very, very long night instead. Keeping your house in…
Lees meerBirthday parties for kids can get way too expensive. I know this isn’t exactly a hot take—we’ve all been to over-the-top parties with clowns and petting zoos—but I still wince when I think about the Benjamins I dropped this year for pizza and video …
Lees meerA little one doesn’t come when you call them, but they’re probably just distracted, right? You are constantly asking older kids to turn down the volume on the TV, iPad, or Nintendo Switch, but they are just really absorbed in their activity, right? …
Lees meerThis refurbished Macbook Air is on sale for $399.99 right now (reg. $575). It’s originally from 2017, but it has been refurbished with a Grade “B” rating, which means there may be faint scuffs that don’t affect its performance. It has a 13.3-inch di…
Lees meerHaving separate types of paint for indoor versus outdoor use may sound like a marketing ploy to get us to buy more paint—reminiscent of when advertisers a century ago tried to convince women to switch from a single all-purpose skin cream to using se…
Lees meerI have (somewhat infamously) written about recipes you should never make. As I jotted down this recipe for cheese curds, I genuinely assumed no one would follow my lead; it was simply too laborious for such chaotic times. I’ll let you in on a secret…
Lees meerI’m a 70s baby, and the badge of my people is our incredibly strong feelings for fondue. And, you know, talking cars and Care Bears and an unwilling affection for the Bee Gees. But fondue endures in a way K.I.T.T. can’t.Read more...
Lees meerBloomy cheese is the reason to start cheesemaking. It encompasses the best parts of cheesemaking: You get to watch impossible clouds of fluffy curds condense into adorable wheels of cheese with fabulous patterns, and gaze upon the fuzzy mold as it b…
Lees meerCheesemaking can be really labor intensive, with a lot of time spent stirring, standing, and waiting around for milk to fulfill its curdy destiny. But then the workload drops off, and you have to transfer your efforts to a cheese cave and wait while…
Lees meerIt’s hard to talk about cheese without mentioning balls—big, white, wet balls. Mozzarella isn’t the easiest cheese to make, but it’s the one people often start with. In the world of cheese appreciators, there are those who enjoy your hard classics: …
Lees meerRicotta doesn’t get enough airtime. It’s a perfect food, capable of handling both savory and sweet, and it lives in that space between smooth and silky and toothsome. I challenge you to find a cheese with as much potential as ricotta.Read more...
Lees meerHere’s the downer about fresh cheese: It has a shelf life. Sure, you can extend that shelf life in the freezer, but those icicles don’t do our curdy friends any favors. You can have a brief romance with a brie (about a week or two), and a gruyere ca…
Lees meerChèvre is one of those fantastical cheeses that plays both sides of the fence—the sweet and the savory. This flexibility explains why it’s so easy to find in the grocery store deli. Often, you’ll find logs of the goat cheese with some sort of flavor…
Lees meerAs extreme weather is becoming increasingly common, so too are the power outages that often accompany it. From downed power lines following a strong thunderstorm or blizzard, to the grid getting overloaded as people crank the air conditioning to sta…
Lees meerAt some point in your cheesemaking journey, you’ll need a cheese press. But before you run off to the big warehouse in the cloud to get one, you should know a few things about cheese presses, so you buy the right one. (Hint: I couldn’t find one on A…
Lees meerWhile you really don’t need a special location or kitchen to make cheese, you will need some equipment—and, most importantly, a deep appreciation for cleanliness. I thought I knew about sterilization from my many years of canning, preserving, and fe…
Lees meerI engage in a lot of high-risk activities. Not doing drugs or jumping off cliffs so much, but fermentation, pottery, and gardening, the sorts of hobbies that have a high failure rate that you just have to accept as part of the game. Cheesemaking is …
Lees meerYou can get a Premium Plus+ lifetime subscription to Dollar Flight Club on sale for $59.97 right now (reg. $1690) through Labor Day, September 4. The service helps save you from having to scour the web to find cheap flights. You just choose up to fo…
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