Recipes

Original, tested recipes with exact quantities. Weeknight dinners, the grill, the slow cooker, Sunday breakfast and the holiday table.

← Newer articlesPage 155 of 179

Getting home for dinner is a logistics problem

Most dads who miss dinner aren't working longer hours than the ones who don't. They've just never done the arithmetic backwards from the plate.

StoryNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20266 min

What the debanking record actually shows

Court rulings, regulator reports and a 40-page bank dossier tell part of the story. The scale of it is still contested — and here's why.

Ask BRO

Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

Ask it

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Friendship after thirty is a logistics problem

Most adult friendships don't end in a falling-out. They end because nobody booked the date. Fix the scheduling and most of it fixes itself.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

PartnerCancerDefying.com

Dads5 min read

Sit on your hands while your teenager learns to drive

The shouting isn't a discipline problem. It's a fear problem, and there are practical ways to keep it out of the car.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to fight a chargeback, and when to let it go

Most merchants contest the disputes they can't win and give up on the ones they can. Fix that with a deadline calendar and one piece of arithmetic.

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

The first year on your own costs more than the rent

The arithmetic, the paperwork and the quiet week six that nobody warns you about when you finally move out.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

PartnerCoconut.com

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The year your son stops telling you things

He's not shutting you out on purpose. But the old ways of getting him to talk have stopped working, and the replacements aren't obvious.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Rolling reserves, chargeback ratios and the numbers that bite

Two thresholds decide whether your processor trusts you, and one of them isn't the one you think. What the merchant agreement doesn't spell out.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your first hunting season will mostly be waiting

License deadlines, access, cold feet, and the hour after the shot. The parts of a first season the gear catalogues leave out.

Ask BRO

What should I wear to this?

Ask it

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Take the pedals off and he'll ride by teatime

A seven-year-old can learn to ride in about ninety minutes, if you start with a spanner instead of a jog behind the saddle.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

PartnerGermProof.com

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Your high-risk processing rate isn't your processing cost

The 4.35% on the quote sheet is the smallest number in the deal. Work out the reserve, the float and the chargeback drag before you sign.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Turning a storage garage into a working shop

Light, power, wall space and one bench you can always get to. The order you do it in decides whether anything ever gets finished.

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What a kid can actually do at five, eight, eleven and fourteen

Handing over chores costs you time for about three weeks. After that, it pays you back for the next decade.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

PartnerShirts.com

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How long a MATCH listing follows you, and how to get off it

Your merchant account got shut down and now nobody will board you. That's a five-year clock, it's tied to your name, and here's how it actually works.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Woodworking6 min

Build the workbench first, and buy only four tools

Dads5 min

The hardest player to coach will be your own kid

Ask BRO

Pressure-test my business idea

Ask it

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Keep a second processor warm before you need one

The day your merchant account goes under review is the wrong day to start underwriting a new one. Here's what warming a backup actually involves.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

PartnerDelicious.com

Cars6 min read

The used car tricks that still work, and how to beat them

Curbstoning, title washing, flood cars and the finance office. What the seller is hoping you won't check, and the ten minutes it takes to check it.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

Older articles

Older Recipes stories