Humane? perhaps. Still not a good idea.

Well said.

Never considered Amazon, thanks!

After using Firefox regularly since 2006, I decided to give Chrome a look early last year and enjoyed it for a while. But after spending a bit of time with it, I eventually switched to Vivaldi. Now I’m still using it. I know it’s based on Chrome (it supports Chrome extensions), but Vivaldi’s UI is polished to the…

Did Splinter have an article just yesterday positing a very convincing argument that we’ll see another major recession in the next 2 years? I’m not sure they’re exercising that much foresight by thinking about votes - I think they’re just using their power to safeguard their own fortunes (and that of their corporate…

Aw that’s very sweet.

The “I’m thankful for sea urchins” reminded me of my son. He was given an art project to do in kindergarten and was asked what he was thankful for. He said “I’m thankful for apples.” The teacher asked him if he was sure about that, and if maybe he was more thankful for parents/family/the usual. Nope. Apples. Needless…

Noon for dinner! Yes! Then when evening rolls around, THEN you finally have room for dessert.

This is beautiful. Thank you.

That”s right! Cyprian! I go hard in my house. I play my music, get a glass of wine and make magic. A passionate cook will not settle for less. 😀🔪🍷👏🏼👍 

This! In many families, the person doing the cooking is an adult/older and probably gets up early, meaning having food done by noon is not a big deal. Plus with it at noon you get to take an afternoon nap or socialize like you mention, then wake up or whatever around dinner time to eat awesome turkey sandwiches and…

This man is correct. I anxiously await the author’s next piece telling us that a flat earth is the “only one correct” conclusion, for it is the only conclusion more adventurous than this “4pm” nonsense.

We do it this way for the Jewish holidays in the fall. We eat at like 1/2 p.m. stuff ourselves, sit around until 4, take a long walk (kids to the playground) while others nap, and then have dessert around 6. During the break we do most of the dishes. After dessert some people still hang out and other leave. Then at 8…

Sorry. The correct time to eat Thanksgiving dinner is whenever it works for everyone involved. If that’s 4PM on Thanksgiving, fine. If it’s a huge brunch on Friday, fine. If it’s a midnight supper on Saturday night, that’s fine. If the time people can get together is the first week of December, then there it is. Ours…

About a decade ago, I got in *huge* trouble with my family at Thanksgiving—during my mid-20s. I offered to bring the bread and brought three homemade loaves of bread. Everyone was horrified because they wanted brown-n-serve rolls. Later I got an hour-long lecture from my mother about how Thanksgiving is not the time…

Many thanks !!

I live in MD. Do you? Because I need to know who makes Old Bay pickles and how to get my hands on some.

My spouse went on a tear last year when we were starting to discuss our annual hosting of my family’s Yule potluck dinner. I think it was right after Thanksgiving with his family, so we’d had to eat the same dishes he’s eaten with them every gorram year and detested the idea of people bringing specific dishes simply…

This is beautiful stuff. Mindlessly following tradition for tradition’s sake is no fun at all! I love your Christmas seafood spectacular, and it shows that making your own traditions is the true meaning of the season.

"Stir fry over medium heat" is one of those recipe giveaways that what you're making is going to suck. It's right there with "Heat two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil over high heat."