Say ‘important’ as though it were two words: ‘impor’ and ‘ant’ — and ant pronounced exactly as though it were the insect. With a sort of ‘hiccup’ in the middle. That is the millennial glottal stop. Actual journalists are using it. Nails on a chalkboard.

I have become inured to uptalk. Vocal fry and the millennial glottal stop are still killing me though. I imagine, at some point, these will become default as well.

i found and am pursuing a recipe for crab stuffed morels - it may be the single most decadent thing i ever did eat.

thanks claire! i really want to try my hand at preparing some dishes with these little guys. before reading your article, i was morely ambivalent, but now i’m on board!

http://vitals.lifehacker.com/the-placebo-effect-is-no-reason-to-buy-junk-1774878033

The article is not misleading. The labeling of those remedies as “homeopathic” is what is misleading. People have been associating “homeopathic” with natural or drug-free, and the sellers of those items have taken advantage of that. As an infectious disease epidemiologist and medical technologist, I find nothing…

How many comments will we get that swear about the benefits of homeopathic and alternative medicine!? Stay tuned to find the fuck out.

His drink of choice?

I find that juice heavily diluted with water can be an interesting choice for younger kids. It adds just a little bit of flavor while keeping the amount of actual juice ingested to a minimum level.

because I’m a twee mofo

I remember being sat down, as a kid, and made to write thank-you notes. It was agonizing. What were the right words?? Why couldn’t I just go play?

I’ll add something to this. If you make an offhand remark in your immediate verbal thanks that you plan to do something in return for the consideration, do it. Don’t assume that the other person forgot.

i know it says to send out within 48 hours, but i think it’s also important note that a late thank you is better than not sending one at all.

I can’t get over how big a deal people make out of thank-you notes. How damned hard is it to say “Hey, I appreciate you taking time to help me out when I had a flat tire Monday”? You don’t need humor; you don’t need big words; you just need to show that you appreciate that thing that that person did that time. That.

Have any tips for keeping food on metal skewers? My grill is a graveyard of blackened nugs that fell through the grates.

Ehhh...unpopular opinion, but duck fat fries always felt like doing surgery with a hand grenade to me. They may elevate the humble fry, but there’s a line between “elevate” and “achieve escape velocity” that the dish too often crosses.

Beef fat has its uses. Tallow and French fries go together like guns and ammo.

Grilling Tip: The article picture is a bad way to grill. Your skewers look pretty, but they’re going to cook unevenly because stuff cooks at different rates. Put like things together on skewers (e.g. a skewer of all chicken, a skewer of cucumbers, etc.) so that the cook time on the individual skewer is uniform.