It’s basic cooking knowledge that herbs impart flavor onto food. But one lesser-known fact is that herbs also have the capacity to make food healthier. “Herbs have more antioxidants per weight than most fruits and veggies,” says nutritionist David Friedman, author of Food Sanity: How to Eat in a World...
Parenting a pet, no matter what kind, can be a frustrating and bewildering experience. Animals can’t tell you what they want and need (directly, at least), so we’re here to help you answer any questions you have about your favorite companion — whether they be furry, slimy,...
Nowadays, most companies are more casual than ever before, which for the topic at hand, means maintaining a strictly professional relationship with the higher-ups is more difficult than ever. When the average workday involves happy-hour cocktails and late-night shop talk/gossip on Slack, forming a bond of some sort with...
We tend to assume that fresh food is always better than frozen food, and when it comes to comparing pre-packaged frozen meals to their homemade counterparts, yeah, that’s a pretty safe bet. But fortunately for anyone who has trouble using produce before it inevitably becomes all green and fuzzy...
Alas, shirt shopping. You might find one that pleasantly hugs your shoulders, but also awkwardly puts an emphasis on your (ever-burgeoning) belly. Or maybe you find one that makes you look slimmer, but inevitably hangs all the way down to your knees. In fact, shirts being too...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....
If you’re like me and your knowledge of science fiction far outweighs your knowledge of actual science, when you hear the word “xenotransplantation,” what comes to mind first is the deadly xenomorph from the Alien movies. In reality, though, it’s more closely connected to another, far less acclaimed movie. Who...
Pregaming is almost always a precarious venture. The goal is to get perfectly tipsy before heading out so you show up to the party feeling frisky and only having to buy one or two drinks. The problem is, pregaming can easily (and I mean easily) spiral out...
It’s that time of year when people everywhere, after months of long, dark winter, are ready to fry themselves like a Scottish Mars Bar. To help you avoid that fate, take a look at the horror stories of three unfortunate souls who eschewed sun protection — and...
In another exceptionally unsurprising turn of events, a new study found that one in five American children and teenagers drink literally zero water on any given day — and compared to water drinkers, those in this hydro-hating cohort consume about 200 more calories a day imbibing sugary beverages instead. This is, needless to...
Eating the hottest chili peppers until you scream, puke and then hyperventilate while wishing the sweet release of death would come now, right this second, please, has become a popular YouTube challenge. But while this might seem both reckless and idiotic (which, yeah), one thing that might...
This one’s for the procrastinators out there. The ones who knew this summer vacation was coming up, who knew months ago that winter flab needed to be shed, but kept putting it off until it was too late. Because now, you’re just about out of time, and...
