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Ten meals every adult should cook, and the one list that covers them

Ten dishes that teach every technique you'll need, all built from one grocery run. Learn them and nobody in your house goes hungry.

GuideFoodWes DunbarOct 5, 20267 min

The hand without the knife is the one that cuts you

Pinch the blade, claw the food, and learn five cuts slowly. Speed takes care of itself once your other hand knows its job.

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GuideOld SchoolNina CastellanOct 5, 20266 min

Grandma's recipe isn't on the card. It's in her hands.

The index card says "flour enough." Here's how to stand in her kitchen and find out exactly how much enough is, before nobody can tell you.

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Moms6 min read

Teach Them on Saturday So They Can Cook on Tuesday

What a five, eight and twelve-year-old can really handle in the kitchen, and the timing trick that keeps you from giving up on it.

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GuideMeal PlansNina CastellanOct 5, 20266 min

Ten Freezer Dinners From Four Pots in One Afternoon

Stop cooking ten recipes. Cook four big batches, split them ten ways, and don't ask what's for dinner again until next month.

GuideFoodDean ShawOct 5, 20266 min

Your cast iron is sticky because you used too much oil

Gummy, blotchy, flaking skillet? It's almost never the pan. It's the oil, the heat, or the soak. Fix all three.

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarOct 5, 20267 min

A Sunday Roast Beef Dinner Timed for One Oven

Low oven for the beef, hot oven for the potatoes, gravy from the pan in between. Get the schedule right and the rest falls into place.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideMeal PlansNina CastellanOct 5, 20266 min

Feeding Six on a Budget Starts With Tomorrow's Lunch

Dinner isn't what breaks a big family's grocery budget. Lunch and snacks are. This full week is built so every supper pays for the next day.

GuideFoodNina CastellanOct 5, 20266 min

Your pie crust is tough because you were stingy with the water

Flaky, tender pie crust comes down to cold butter, enough water and less handling. Here's why dough cracks and how to fix it at the counter.

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Rewrite my résumé so it actually gets read

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GuideWoodworkingDean ShawOct 5, 20267 min

Build a pair of sawhorses you're allowed to cut into

Five two-by-fours, one afternoon, and a design that expects you to saw through it. The best first shop project there is.

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GuideDadsSam OrtizOct 5, 20266 min

Give your kid one tomato plant and keep your hands off it

The plant teaches patience. You just have to stop rescuing it. A season-long plan with buckets, radishes and one warm tomato.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarOct 5, 20266 min

Bake your first sandwich loaf by the dough, not the clock

A soft, sliceable sandwich loaf takes flour, yeast and a free afternoon. The trick is knowing when the dough is ready, whatever the recipe says.

GuideBRO SeniorsCal BrennanOct 5, 20266 min

Grow vegetables at counter height and leave your knees out of it

A patio garden that never asks you to kneel, lift a full pot, or haul a watering can. Start with the height, and the rest gets easy.

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GuideGarden & YardWes DunbarOct 5, 20267 min

Build the Chicken Coop for the Raccoon, Not the Hen

A small backyard flock is a great idea. Just check your city code, wire the coop against what's hungry, and do the honest egg math first.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Cars6 min

Detroit's best idea was a big engine in a cheap car

Sports6 min

Thanksgiving Football Began With College Kids and a Radio Man

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GuideGarden & YardWes DunbarOct 5, 20266 min

Buy the Skinny Fruit Tree and Pick Off the First Apples

The bare-root stick beats the big potted tree with fruit on it. Here's how to choose, space and raise fruit trees through the first three years.

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Military & Vets6 min read

Read the Medal of Honor citation before you watch the movie

World War II's Medal of Honor citations are free to read and written in flat Army prose. That plainness is exactly why they hit so hard.

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