Dried egg whites work best for this. You can buy them in a can in any reasonably well-stocked grocery store. In a real pinch you can use meringue powder, which is dried egg white and sugar, available in the cake decorating section of a craft store near you. That tends to be sweeter than I like, though. But you will…

You didn’t know it until now, but you need this brush. You want this brush!

You didn’t know it until now, but you need this brush. You want this brush!

For one of the two reasons Claire said, yes, even the liquid. It’s already dissolved, but you’d have to be pretty careful adding it or it will disrupt the pretty latte art. Also (and I don’t know about this because I’ve never used the liquid) depending on the carrier liquid, the Splenda might “melt” the foam in the…

Seriously?! Have you been on Twitter in the last few days? There are people there -- far too many people -- who are absolutely giddy at the idea of going to war with Iran. The number of tweets gleefully advocating dropping a nuke on Iran, or even the whole Middle East, is astounding. We’re bloodthirsty warmongering…

Playing with fire before I’ve had caffeine? What a fabulous idea!

The advice still stands if you use Splenda, Equal, stevia, etc.

Waves from Texas.

1. Kill my brother.

Was he gonna demonstrate? I mean, I assume since he’s recommending/requesting that he knows how.

...and, drink!

I’m waiting for Kid No Moe.

My older brother was the first to have kids. We had a, um, complicated relationship so I gave his firstborn every noisy or noise-making toy I could find for his first Christmas. In return, he gave my firstborn kid absolutely nothing. (I said it was complicated, right?) I think we’re about even.

That’s pretty much the opposite of what this article is recommending.

A local place we eat at often has the same sale every December: $30 for 3-$15 gift cards. We used to buy about 4 sets, giving us $60 in free food through the year. And, in a pinch, we had a gift card if we needed an unexpected smallish gift.

A lot of their later tours were to keep Entwistle solvent. He had an annoying tendency to put his cash up his nose and was broke a lot of the time.

Bless you! My son is entering a cookie contest at work and has come up with a pretty good recipe on his own, but I told him what it really needed was browned butter to up the flavor. I didn’t think to check Bon Appetit.

You want to listen to Rosalia? Or BTS? Or Burna Boy?

That’s the one I’ve been using for awhile but it’s not the one I’ve been searching for. We’re big ATK/CI fans at my house. Thanks!

For anything that just needs a bit of smashing and not actual grinding, a big spoon and a bowl will do the job, too. I’m glad I don’t have to make-do anymore like this, but it’s handy to have options just in case. Like when you don’t want to schlep your entire kitchen to your mother’s house when it’s your turn to cook.

Care to share that recipe? I used to have one but lost it in a move and haven’t been able to replace it. I thought this one might be a possible replacement, with the addition of espresso.