I’m sure thousands of bottles of Budweiser will be raised tonight in those white, working-class neighborhoods of the upper Midwest that put Donald Trump over the top in the electoral college. You folks should enjoy your moment and don’t trouble yourselves with the thought that plenty of celebratory…

I’ve told people for years that I’m a Cubs fan because I’m a Christian. (Or is it the other way around?) I always thought I was kidding until this year. Now I might actually mean it. I grew up in Central Illinois, right along the Illinois Central Railroad, where the train called “The City of New…

In This Recipe Allowing for a choice between meats means home cooks can have this classic any way they like it; the recipe works no matter what. Rinsing the potatoes before and after cooking removes s

Yield: Serves 4, with leftovers Time: 35 minutes cooking The browned butter and roasted vegetables make this special, but roasting everything in the oven at once makes it easy to prepare. 1 small butternut squash, (1 to 1 1/2 pounds) seeded, peeled, and cut into 1-inch cubes 1 medium onion, cut into…

Yield: Serves 2, or 4 with eggs This all happens in half an hour in the pan. It’s also a great way to use up leftover, cooked root vegetables, which would make it even quicker. If you are vegan, skip the cheese and eggs and use 3 1/2 ounces/100 g of soaked cashews blended with 1/3 cup/100 ml of cold…

A balanced mix of vinegar and water gives you pickles that are sharp and fresh, but not overwhelmingly tart.Heating the brine before pouring it over the cucumbers speeds up the flavoring process.Covering the cucumbers with a paper towel ensures that they stay submerged. I know that making real-deal,…

What are the most influential writings in Christian history? Last fall the magazine Christian History tackled that question, surveying church historians to come up with a list of the top 25 Christian “writings that changed the church and the world.” I enjoy Christian History; in fact, I’m in the…

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Cherry tomatoes are ideal for sauces due to their sweet, pectin-rich composition, which enhances the sauce's texture and flavor.As the tomatoes burst and release their juices, they emulsify with the olive oil and pectin, creating a naturally creamy sauce in minutes.Adding the high-starch pasta water…

Thrillist Video ‌Teriyaki, the dish that the New York Times called Seattle’s version of the Chicago dog, is fading from the collective food brain of the city, as the residents who remember its heyday get priced out of their neighborhoods -- along with the restaurants that served it. For the newly…

In This Recipe Using a mortar and pestle gets more flavor out of the fresh marinade ingredients.Making the marinade slightly salty and letting the chicken rest in it helps keep the meat juicy.The tamarind-peanut dipping sauce complements the smoky char of the chicken. My wife, Adri, and I have been…

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“Heenkhahooghooghenk... Sniff… Sob.” Like all comics connoisseurs, I’m mourning the loss of Richard Thompson, creator of Cul de Sac. But the first three words of this article are not mine. They belong to Thompson’s characters: Petey Otterloop, his younger sister Alice, and her friend Dill Wedekind.…

I wrote last week about the new nonfiction book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance, the Yale Law School graduate who grew up in the poverty and chaos of an Appalachian clan. The book is an American classic, an extraordinary testimony to the brokenness of the…

In This Recipe Cutting the fatty pork shoulder into small pieces makes for tender meat that is plenty juicy.A single pounded spice blend forms a marinade and flavors two separate sauces.Fanning the flames continuously while cooking prevents flare-ups and keeps the fire burning hotter. When my wife,…

In This Recipe A dual covered/uncovered cooking method gives you relatively fast results, with less moisture loss and a crisp crust.Combining pork drippings with reserved mojo marinade and fresh mint makes a delicious sauce and allows the marinade to perform double duty.Pork shoulder is inexpensive…

Evaluating Employees in Product Design & Development Roles Results. Metrics. Impact. When deciding how to evaluate employees, these are often the things companies land on. It makes sense on its face. If a company’s goal is to, say, grow its customer base from X to Y in 12 months, what better way to…

Every time I walked by my videotapes drawer, I heard their silent screams. “Why did you record us if you’re never going to look at us?” they seemed to cry out. “Don’t you know we’re magnetic tapes? Don’t you know we have about a 10-year shelf life? Even now, as you ignore us, we’re degrading!…

Beaujolais Chorizo Bread Joann Pai Not long ago I found myself sitting in a neon-lit bus shelter at 3:30 a.m. The sidewalks of Paris were black and shiny after a hard rain on a winter's night. I passed the time waiting for the bus, half reading a magazine and eavesdropping on a pretty African woman…

Vice President Joe Biden stunned CBS This Morning anchor Nora O’Donnell with a poignant, heartfelt letter to his 12-year-old self. From telling his stuttering, bullied 12-year-old self to stand strong to losing his wife and daughter in a car accident to two terms as the Vice President of the United…

I can make a mean pizza, but it took me a while to learn how. Exceptional pizza starts with great dough and for the better part of the past decade my pizza dough approach stuck close to Peter Reinhart’s Napoletana pizza dough recipe. It makes a beautiful, flavorful crust using a delayed fermentation…

Imagine a spring roll without the wrapper and you've got this salad. A familiar chorus of flavors - sweet, sour, tangy, hot, and nutty all projected onto a mound of serpentine rice noodles and seasonal vegetables with a peanut dressing and lime splash. A spring roll salad is for the times you crave…

There are some life experiences that I put myself through just so that I have a frame of reference for the general cultural zeitgeist. I don't always enjoy the experiences, but I'm pretty much always happy I went through with them so that I could express an informed opinion one way or the other. It…

The best founder/CEOs want to build long-lasting, strong companies. But this isn’t just a want, it’s a need — especially today as companies stay private longer. CEOs who expect their companies to be acquired as a “quick exit” aren’t going to have it easy. It’s especially hard for those CEOs and…

Recipe Details Prep 10 mins Cook 25 mins Active 40 mins Total 35 mins Serves 4 servings Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 2 tablespoons (30 ml) extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing ramekins and drizzling 1/2 medium onion (5 ounces; 150 g), thinly sliced (about 1 cup) 1 medium clove…

In This Recipe All-purpose flour makes for light and tender buns.Thick Greek yogurt keeps the dough soft and moist, but easy to handle.Longer kneading on lower speeds develops gluten without overtaxing the dough, allowing it to stretch and expand with each rise, then again in the oven.Visual and…

How to comfortably live out of a 26 litre backpack indefinitely James Turner 15 min read· Nov 16, 2014 -- “And that’s all you own? In that bag?”. “Yes”, I answered. It was for the third time that an inquisitive friend had asked the same question. I’d just arrived back in London for a 7 day pit-stop…

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"I'll have a glass of the grappa, please," I said to the bartender at the Italian restaurant down the street from my house. Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt "You are the first person I have ever seen order that," she exclaimed in response. I asked her how long she'd been working there, figuring it…

A video documenting the process of building a wooden kayak. Nick Schade makes a custom built microBootlegger, starting from raw lumber through completion. Nick Schade from Guillemot Kayaks http://WoodenKayaks.com specializes in designing and building bespoke small wooden boats. Drawing from years of…

What is the IEET? The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies is a nonprofit think tank which promotes ideas about how technological progress can increase freedom, happiness, and human flourishing in democratic societies. We believe that technological progress can be a catalyst for positive…

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Bill Murray is the Charleston RiverDogs' co-owner and, most importantly, their Director of Fun. He was inducted into the Class A South Atlantic League Hall of Fame on Monday, and Amy K. Nelson was there to document his love of baseball, his love of Charleston and his overall badassness. Bill…

It’s funny. I stutter but I make a living speaking at conferences. A stutterer isn’t supposed to get up in front of people and talk. Yet, that’s what I do. One of the most rewarding experiences I have is when someone from the audience comes up to me afterwards and tells me their story about…

Here is the story of The Day Jacques Pépin Saved My Life. That’s how I tell it, anyway —at parties, over dinner, on those occasions when a friend finds himself drowning in his own life and I’m cast as an unlikely dispenser of wisdom. That’s when I try to assure him that salvation can come in the…

Yield: Serves 4 to 6 French Lentil Salad with Goat Cheese and Walnuts Salade de Lentilles au Chèvre et Aux Noix Some people only know lentils as brownish-gray disks that got boiled to a mush in those soups everyone ate during the hippy-dippy 1970s. But their reputation has suffered enough indignity,…

Assessment How Washington Is Using OERs to Support Common Core By 06/18/15 Karl Nelson is the director of the Digital Learning Department for the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). In this Q&A, he talks about how his state is using open educational resources to…