Category: cooking

A field of Russian phloxes. Christian Kress, Sarastro-Stauden photo. Just off our front porch, a Phlox of sentimental interest didn’t flinch during heavy storms a week and a half ago. But what about spies? During the storm, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 “psychological fable” North By Northwest played on TV. Our power flickered as foreign spies mistakenly identified...

Everyone’s favorite Mexican elote is made into the BEST nachos! Loaded with roasted corn, lime, chili powder and Mexican crema! These nachos have given me life this summer. It’s so hot outside that Butters and I have been waking up at 5am every single morning to go for a hike before it’s too hot for...

We collected lots of great insights in the last four weeks on people’s mark-as-read workflows. In Experience 04, we are adding to the lab application five different ways to mark articles as read. Option 1. Tap on the check button on the top right of the page to mark the content of the page a...

Merlin and Sirius Black in their catio Backstory: As some readers will remember, I’ve posted before about free-roaming and feral cats and the dangerous lives they lead—dangerous to both them and their songbird prey. Studies vary, but it’s safe, even conservative, to assume that a billion or so birds and an even larger number of...

​ Made with the most perfectly tender, juicy, chicken meatballs! So hearty and flavorful. Not to mention, it’s simple, quick and easy! I know. I really need to stop eating soup when it’s 100+ degrees outside. But I can’t help it. I can’t. I love soup 365 degrees out of the year, but I particularly...