There are few things Hollywood loves more than a movie about the craft of movie-making, which is hardly surprising: Film is rarely a part-time job, and doubtless for many, it feels like the entire world. From the industry’s early days, Hollywood has…
Lees meerIf you are a clean-as-you-go type of cook, or you simply cannot handle mess in the kitchen, you may be in the habit of wiping up spills on your stove as soon as they happen. While that may seem like the best move to prevent food from drying (and the…
Lees meerIn an era when the odds are good that you personally know multiple people who host their own podcast, it can be hard to remember those hazy days when it seemed like there weren’t actually that many podcasts to listen to at all. So we all flocked to…
Lees meerI love chicken. I’ve even found a way to enjoy a chicken breast (beat it into submission). When prepared and cooked correctly, chicken can be just as juicy and flavorful as any other bird. A good marinade always helps, and I think I’ve found my new …
Lees meerI’m good at cooking meals, but bad at eating them. My preferred method of food consumption is snacking, also known as “luxurious grazing.” I like to lay out an array of little treats, with varying flavors and textures to create a wide variety of wha…
Lees meerDuring the pandemic, the rise of remote work visas—also called digital nomad visas—allowed anyone with a flexible remote job to not just work from home, but work from anywhere. A digital nomad is someone who travels outside their and their employer’…
Lees meerHave you ever tried your best to clean something and ended up feeling like you only made it worse? Same. Whenever you’re feeling out of your depth, it’s almost always worth calling a professional. They’re efficient and incredibly effective—and if yo…
Lees meer“Everyone makes mistakes,” your mom told you. “That’s why pencils have erasers.” But did she ever tell you how many different kinds of erasers there are? If you think there’s just the one—the pink guys found at the end of a pencil or in a wedge shap…
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Lees meerThe camera is one of the iPhone’s best features. It takes great photos, and shoots some of the best video on any smartphone. That’s why, when my iPhone’s camera broke, I was pretty bummed, yet hopefully the Apple Store could fix me right up. Unfortu…
Lees meerWendy’s New Year’s resolution, if we had to guess, is to get everyone to download their app—and their determination to accomplish this goal has brought us free Wendy’s fries with any purchase (today is the last day) and $1 BOGO Chicken Sandwiches un…
Lees meerIt would be unusual for most of us to ever have a chance to cook in a top chef’s kitchen with all of it’s fancy, gleaming equipment as far as the eye can see—but settling for buying hugely discounted All-Clad cookware might be the best possible cons…
Lees meerAll the tech we know and love will, one day, be obsolete. In the meantime, it would be nice if the gadgets we use every day were designed to last longer and longer rather than shorter and shorter. Unfortunately, tech companies usually adopt the stra…
Lees meerDip is one of the pillar food groups in my diet. It’s versatile, and it significantly improves the eating experience of anything from omelettes to raw vegetables. Heck, sometimes it’s even made of vegetables. Here at Skillet we’ve thoughtfully devel…
Lees meerMaker spaces are becoming a popular alternative for DIY enthusiasts who don’t have the space to set up their own shop or studio at home. They can be a way to get projects done in a more well-designed space than an individual maker could afford, and …
Lees meerCinnamon buns are one of those desserts where there’s not much of an intermediate level. Either you enjoy making a brioche-like dough from scratch and spend hours nurturing it, or you slap a can of Pillsbury onto the cashier conveyor belt and crack …
Lees meerThe 2023 Sundance Film Festival returns to Park City, Utah this week, but you don’t have to travel to enjoy a packed schedule of movie screenings. After several years of partly virtual (or virtual-only) programming, it seems like online showings are…
Lees meerWhen it comes to creamed vegetables, spinach and corn get most of the glory. Unless you’re something of a steak dinner obsessive, you probably don’t think about creamed veggies all that much, and you certainly aren’t thinking of other, additional ve…
Lees meerThe second king of Israel, Solomon is sometimes called the“wisest man who ever lived.” Those who sought his counsel left with perfect answers to even the stickiest problems, even if he had to threatened to cut a baby in half. But Solomon’s own life …
Lees meerGas stoves are the latest innocuous item to turn into a culture war symbol, due to rumors that they might, at some point in the future, be banned. But are gas stoves really that bad for us? Are government agents going to come and take them away? And…
Lees meerMaybe you already realize this, but puberty is wild. From the ages of about 9 to 12, tweens are trying to figure out how to function in the world even while everything about them changes. So who can blame them for zoning out to TikTok and maybe pick…
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