Новости за 06.03.2023

Eating spicy food can be exhilarating and fun, but when you get a surprise, half-inch hunk of pure, fiery chili pepper, well that’s when the dish can become a terrifying fight for survival. For a dish that uses chili to build powerful, flavorful heat instead of jump-scares, finely grate frozen chiles directly into…

Rinsing a glass with a strongly-flavored spirit before you pour your drink gives the cocktail a whisper of flavor without obscuring the star ingredients. Absinthe, Scotch, and herbal liqueurs like Campari and either color of Chartreuse are all good rinsers but, as Food52 points out, the act of rinsing is just a tad…

Every year, the ratings for the Academy Awards dip and a bunch of entertainment journalists try to figure out what can be done to “fix” the Oscars. While that’s actually a problem without a solution—it’s hard get an increasing number of people to care about a movie awards show when, outside of a few mega-blockbusters, …

The best alarm clock is the one on your wrist. Smartwatches can wake you with gentle taps, rather than blaring alarms, resulting in a more peaceful morning for you and anyone else your traditional alarm might otherwise awaken. But whatever device you use for your alarm clock, you expect it to go off at the exact time…

The only difference between meal prepping and regular cooking is the size of the batches involved. Technically, it’s all the same work, but high-volume cooking requires a slightly different approach than smaller portions do—especially when you have to store and transport a week’s worth of meals.

The pandemic proved that remote work can work—and while companies are increasingly requiring a return to office, nearly 17 million Americans in 2022 considered themselves “digital nomads” who work and travel at the same time. That’s a 131% increase over the pre-COVID era.

Baking is meditative. It’s methodical, deliberate, and rewards you positively at the end. Plus, there’s periodic cracking, kneading, punching, and beating involved. If you’re baking a cake or pan of brownies, there’s also smacking. The quickest way to evenly spread thick batter in a pan is not with a spoon or spatula,…

As of November 2022, nearly 92 million people were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, the highest number on record and a nearly 30% increase over February 2020 enrollment numbers. This is largely thanks to the fact that, during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), state Medicaid agencies could get extra federal…

Whether it’s the medical community changing the consensus on the most effective way to save someone’s life, or just bad ideas that have been passed down for generations, a lot of what we think we know about providing first aid is either outdated or flat-out wrong. The following seven emergency first aid mistakes cover…

High school is supposed to be the place where we get the fundamental skills we’re going to need in life. It’s also supposed to be the place where we begin to find ourselves and figure out what we want to do with the next 50 years or so. And in some areas most high school curricula does a decent job—basic math and…

Teachers get to know our children pretty well by spending several hours a day with them, but we can’t expect them to intuit the fine details of what’s going on outside of school for a whole classroom of children. Open communication between parents and teachers is essential, but how much do you share? And how do you…

President Biden’s sweeping plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of Americans is currently at the Supreme Court. Student loan payments are expected to resume either 60 days after the Supreme Court’s decision or 60 days after June 30—whichever comes first. That means that whatever the ruling, repayment is…

If winter is still around and wearing you down, maybe now is the time to plan (or at least dream about) a beach vacation. Consider taking inspiration from Tripadvisor’s recently announced Best Beaches of 2023, which is based on traveler reviews—specifically, the “quality and quantity of ratings” for each destination.

Robot vacuums are handy and practical: With the right maintenance and care, they save you precious time, they’re easy to store and charge, and they’re much more practical than big push vacuums for people with limited storage space. For as great as they are, though, there are some flaws with robot vacuums too. For…