Riddle: This woman was born in 1975

Picture this: you come across this strange phrase while scrolling through the news. “A woman was born in 1975 and died in 1975. He was 22 years old.” It blocks you suddenly. Incomprehensible? Disconcerting? There must be a trap somewhere… But where? Hold on tight, because this riddle tests our logic, our reflexes and requires … Read more

I stirred a full cup of cold canned clam juice into my raw June strawberry shortcake biscuit dough before baking. 22 minutes later, this is what happened

I am the kind of person who will absolutely look at a perfectly normal bowl of strawberry shortcake biscuit dough and think, “But what if I made one deeply questionable decision for the sake of kitchen science?” That is exactly how I ended up pouring a full 1 cup of ice-cold canned clam juice into … Read more

I had no idea

Baking has always been a beloved tradition in our family, especially when it comes to my nana’s delicious cookies. Recently, however, she made a batch that made me raise an eyebrow. During preparations for a party, Nana reached into the cupboard and pulled out a bag of flour that she later mentioned was three years … Read more

I rubbed Icy Hot cream and crushed Flintstones vitamins on my stubborn August bird dropping stains on my vinyl fence posts every evening for 14 days. This is what happened

I’ll admit it: when late-summer bird droppings baked onto my white vinyl fence posts, I got a little irrational. August sun had turned a few chalky splats into beige-gray crusts that laughed at my usual bucket of warm water and dish soap, and after hearing one too many offhand “try this weird trick” suggestions, I … Read more

I switched my refrigerator’s crisper drawer vents to fully closed and lined the bottom with paper towels for 2 weeks this July. This is what happened

In the middle of a sticky July heat wave, I decided to run a very unglamorous kitchen experiment on one of the hardest-working parts of my fridge: the crisper drawer. I closed the crisper vents all the way, lined the bottom with plain white paper towels, and used the drawer that way for 14 days … Read more