There’s a LOT of good information in here for those of us pursuing the best chocolate chip cookie we can get.  Well worth a read. Sadly, this reporter also fell victim to the “begs the question” misuse (one of those things that just crawls under my skin, like “irregardless” does to others). Even so, the rest of the article is great. Thank you to listener Chris for sharing! via Quest for the Perfect Chocolate Chip...

For a few weeks I’ve been bugged about an advice columnist’s response to a plea and while whining to my husband he looked at me and said over the top of his glasses, “This, *ahem* sounds like a blog post.” So I bring my issue to you to ask for advice. I trust you more. The basic question is this: if you have dietary restrictions—especially ones that are medical—how does one gently and helpfully get that information...

It’s catching. If you have a tweenage boy in your household, please feel free to share Total Randomness—the new blog by my older son. Goofy art and text and weekly IT (Insane, but True).

My younger son has found himself enamored of Shakespeare (Midsummer is a fave, followed closely by Branaugh’s Henry V). A high point of his ninth birthday was meeting Ehren Ziegler of ChopBard podcast during the Birthday Weekend Trip To NYC Blowout. But last week he woke up, looked out the window at the fresh (surprise!) snow and said, “It makes me feel all Shakespeare-y.” Well what else is a former English teacher to do? I...

I know it must seem odd to have me post my reactions to  the most recent Atlantic Monthly’s article about the oddities of anesthesia, but most of my readers are women and we often get a smile and a nod at doctor’s offices. I have on this topic, anyway. I thought forewarned=armed=safe, so… here. Enjoy.  * * * When I was younger (and my hair was less inclined toward greying), if I were to go out into the sun for any length of...

Having spent every day since December 18th, 2012 on my back in bed (at least for some significant portion of each day) due to flu–>pneumonia, I thought it might be prudent of me to share what I learned with you since the flu seems to be doing the tango with the Eastern Seaboard. Please feel free–feel encouraged, actually—to share your own insights, tips, and tricks below. The more useful this page becomes… well… the...