I’ve noticed my taste in cookbooks change over the past few years, moving away from fancy, fussy fare, and straight toward flavor and technique. This year—good God, this year!—when we’re all cooking all the time, that feeling holds fast. Our cookbooks need to help us make it through. If I am going to experiment, I […]
Nearly eight months after testing a new MacBook Air, I’m reviewing another one (insert DJ Khaled meme here). A surging pandemic hasn’t stopped Apple from churning out devices—in fact, it feels like Apple’s vying for the Most Products Launched in a Single Year award. On the surface, the new MacBook Air is identical to its […]
The Sami, the legendary reindeer herders who live in the northernmost regions of Russia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, have 180 words for snow and ice. That could also be said for cyclists who ride through the winter months in any northern climate. Because of seasonal changes in light, temperature, and precipitation, compounded by the increasing […]
Photograph: Joe Ray It’s worth noting at this point that I’ve cooked on this stovetop for three years, shaking such behemoths as my 7-pound cast-iron skillet and a 13-pound-plus Dutch oven on the cooktop’s glass-ceramic surface with abandon. That three-year streak of looking perfect ended with the 3-pound Always Pan. As the stove owner, I […]
The social features are also intuitive. If you have a friend who owns a Backbone and starts a game, you’ll get a push notification. If you want to join up, tap the push notification, press A, and you’ll join their party. You can speak and hear responses clearly, with minimal noise from buttons or joysticks […]
It would’ve been nice to see a screen refresh rate faster than 60 Hz, especially since 90 or 120 Hz has become the norm on flagship Android phones. These higher rates make everything on the screen look and feel more responsive, because the screen is displaying more images per second. Heck, Apple was among the […]
I love my rice cooker. It cooks quickly and expertly and holds my rice, warm and ready to eat, for days. At home, we almost always have a pot ready on the counter ready to serve with dinner or fortify a lunchtime salad. The rice is excellent, and the cooking process rivals toast-making in its […]
Later, I made eggplant in a mix of mirin, soy, and ginger. After that, I tried leeks barigoule, an Acheson riff on a classic Provençal dish usually made by braising artichokes. I also tried an acorn squash dish with pumpkin seeds, chocolate, and queso fresco, something that Acheson classifies as “wackier than it is.” I […]
A dizzying amount of gear flows in and out of my home every year, but Gocycle’s GXI is the one that’s brought me the most joy during this pandemic. With the help of this electric bike, I saw my family for the first time in months. I also managed to go all the way from […]
Once you succeed at breathing through the device two to three times this way, the app gives you a score of 1 to 5, which tells you if you’re burning mostly fat (1-2) or mostly carbs (4-5); level 3 means you’re in the middle. Levels 1 and 2—burning mostly fat—are ideal for the morning. But […]