• Food & Flavor - Inspiration

    10 Of The Most Delightful Doughnuts

    The secret to doughnuts at home is in the dough: Retarding the shaped doughnuts allows a more complex, yeasty flavor to develop. These delicious doughnut recipes range from fluffy yeast doughnuts to spiced cake doughnuts, featuring irresistible Italian bomboloni and Moroccan sfinj with sweet syrup. Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Doughnuts The first bite of one…

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    Elevate Your Workspace: The Power of Desk Mats

    Best Overall Grovemade Wool Felt Desk Pad The medium version of this desk mat ($70) offers ample space for accommodating a keyboard, mouse, notebook, and coffee mug. It has a tactile feel that’s pleasing to the touch, along with a sleek appearance. The mat is easy to clean, making accidental…

  • Culture

    How an Iowa School District Used ChatGPT to Ban Books

    For bookworms, reading a headline like “School District Uses ChatGPT to Help Remove Library Books” can be blood boiling. As Vulture put it earlier this week, it creates the sense that the artificial intelligence tool is once again “[taking] out its No. 1 enemy: original work.” And it is. Using…

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    8 Essential Dessert Sauces

      Traditional Butterscotch Sauce This sticky and deeply flavorful sauce serves as the ideal accompaniment to your favorite ice cream. Strawberry Infusion Embrace the brightness of fresh strawberries, complemented by hints of orange zest, white wine, and a touch of anise in this delightful sauce. Decadent Hot Fudge Sauce Indulge…

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    The Best Way to Caramelize Onions

    A step-by-step guide for perfect caramelized onions, every time. Sweet and umami-packed, caramelized onions make dishes of all kinds better. Sad soup? Give your mirepoix a boost by caramelizing the onions before adding the other ingredients. Casserole lacks oomph, and you dare not rely on that can of cream-of-something soup? Caramelized onions are here for…