more about: advice
Good “Adwice”
My mother pronounces advice “adwice.” I don’t know why or when the V turned into a W. Maybe the change softened it, made it less directive, more of a gentle suggestion. But either way [...]
The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper’s music was so persuasive that it caused a whole village of children to follow the piper out of town and into a cave; thus Hamelin, Germany lost its children. So the [...]
In a Jam? Try to Remember Everyone Else Is, Too
This week’s question, from a reader named Rongrong, is about highway etiquette: If traffic is backed up in an exit lane, is it OK to drive to the front of the line and cut [...]
What I Learned About Lining Baking Pans With Parchment Paper
This weekend, I did something I haven’t done in a long, long time—I baked. Specifically, I baked the Real Simple Raspberry-Walnut Crumble Bars, which I’ve been dying to make ever since our cookie shoot way back in October.
The bars came out well—more on that later—but I did get slightly tripped up on one thing: lining the 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. I’ve run into this issue with recipes before and never knew quite what to do.
