Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are fantastic sources of lean protein you can prepare in a million ways. Yet, there is a definite yuck factor around the long, white, hard bits running along the length of them. That’s the tendon and, technically, you’re supposed to remove it. But most home cooks don’t know how, so we end...

Books are sacred. It’s impossible to throw them out – what if you want to re-read them? What if you want to stare at the cover and remember the feeling it gave you the first time you cracked it open? What if you want to share it with your kids some day? What if you...

Listen, if you’re not someone who loves books and loves to read, you may be fine with what you’re about to see. It may not bother you one bit to see books in states such as these, I don’t know. What I do know, as someone who drinks books like water, is that every last one...

First up, let me say that I am not judging any of these people. I have found ancient food in my fridge, my freezer, and in one unforgettable moment, a potato that had fallen behind a cabinet and was no longer recognizable (except for the stench). That is how I know, with 100% certainty, that...

With so many books, it can be hard to choose a good once. Thankfully Powell’s Books, an Oregon-based book chain, asked some celebrated authors for their suggestions. Here are 15 book recommendations from some brilliant minds. 15. Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life...

English is one of the hardest languages for non-native speakers to learn, and if you don’t believe me, consider how poorly a vast majority of native English speakers understand their own language. There are as many ways to break rules as there are rules, and really, most of them are arbitrary and make little sense...

We all have extra time on our hands these days, and you know, sometimes the mind wanders. We wonder things we might not have paused long enough to wonder when we were busy, and that applies to kids as well as adults. Proof? This 8-year-old girl who wrote an entire (excellent) song musing about what’s...