Today I Learned

A few weeks ago, I was looking up waffles for dinner for some reason (maybe a formal justification of one of my…

I love mysteries. I like to sit on my little couch with my little dogs and pretend I’m a little investigator…

Lake Retba in Senegal is one of the saltiest lakes in the world. Compared to the Dead Sea, which contains 260 grams…

I’m currently midway through an ambitious chocolate chip cookie experiment that involves lots and lots of chocolate…

A few weeks ago, my friend Lucy tweeted about a breast-milk-sharing Facebook group called “Human Milk For Human…

When it comes to homemade salsas, I let the experts do the work, and I just eat them. I assumed, up until now, that…

Back in college, I was more of a Keystone gal myself, but plenty of my friends spent their pocket change on massive…

Creamy, zesty, and pleasantly herbaceous, ranch dressing unites hungry Little Leaguers and reluctant veggie eaters…

I had tenth-grade English with a kid named Grant. Grant fancied himself an amateur bodybuilder, and he was…

Growing up in a century-old house teaches you to tread lightly. There’s the loose banister to avoid, the one door…

I love a handicraft, which is why I found myself cramming a penny into a lemon on New Year’s Eve last year. I was…

About a week and a half ago, Dunkin’ announced the debut of its Sugarplum Macchiato. Normally I wouldn’t really…

I’m awful at making fried rice. I’ve only attempted it a few times, but it always turns out wet, gloppy, and…

I was an ’80s baby, so this was well before my time. But apparently in the wacky culinary headspace of the 1960s,…

When you’re a candy person, your text messages are frequently punctuated with delightful confectionery news: the…

If you’ve gotta shed this mortal coil, you should go in an honorable fashion. With that in mind, I like to imagine a…

There is no heirloom or artifact quite like a church cookbook. Unlike a family photo album or hand-me-down china,…

As a lapsed Catholic in her thirties, I understand that even with my constant feelings of guilt and shame, I got off…

I grew up in New York City, where there is nary a Waffle House to be found. In fact, I’d never even heard of Waffle…

Bombay duck is a misleading name in many ways. Bombay is now known as Mumbai, and the animal that is called Bombay…