Talk about dust bunnies you can’t get rid of. A new study may finally confirm the reality of dust clouds that have circled the Earth, after scientists have had heated debates over their existence for more than 50 years. The clouds were first spotted by … Discuss

This past Saturday, we hosted our second Friendsgiving, stuffing 17 people in an apartment that has no business holding 17 people, but it&rsquo;s okay, there&rsquo;s wine for that. Our first one was in 2016; <a href="https://smittenkitchen.com/2016/11/brussels-sprouts-apple-and-pomegranate-salad/">you can read about it here</a>. I took 2017 off because I was a teensy bit busy book touring for...

Snickerdoodles are also called Snipdoodles or Cinnamon Sugar Cookies. Recipes for this cookie started to appear in the late 1800s, and most agree they probably originated in New England and are of either German or Dutch descent. This crinkly topped cookie with its coating of cinnamon sugar is often overlooked. Maybe it is because they...

Fall color along the Niagara Gorge Polarized is a word I’d never thought I’d hear as much as I’ve heard it over the past two years. “Fake news” is a term I’d never heard before 2017. (I prefer the terms “disinformation” and “propaganda.”) That was then; this is now. Seeing issues in black and white...

In their latest feat of engineering, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have taken an ordinary white button mushroom from a grocery store and made it bionic, supercharging it with 3-D-printed clusters of cyanobacteria that generate … Discuss