My favorite thing to do with bacon grease is to use it at the same time as cooking the bacon. Bake the bacon on a cookie sheet laid atop broccoli or cauliflower florets, then season the veggies as desired after the bacon is done. They act like a sponge and a crisping rack at the same time, so you get great bacon and…

I am fully in the camp of food being a key component in planning travel and will do just as much prep work to find places and items to eat as I will to arrange our sightseeing. I will use a combination of reviews, recommendations and tips locals posted online to compile a short list of food options. Next, these…

We have been doing this for a few years now and it really has saved Christmas! We really struggled before with the imbalance of the expense of gifting everyone (not just from yourself and your spouse, but when your kids hit their teens you have to pay for the gifts they give) and having friends who can barely afford…

As a fellow human with a tree nut allergy I am right there with you at this being absurdly frustrating. I am routinely googling random bitters or other cocktail mixers while out at a restaurant to see if it is safe for me to drink. Even then, I often can only find the Wikipedia info for how the item is made…

I can completely identify with your perspective. I just left an extremely stressful job that was so rewarding in many ways, but that ate away my life and health so hardcore I knew it was no longer worth it. Am now back at what can be called “boring” but where I have control over where my stress comes from and how to…