When it comes to chocolate chip cookies, my love knows no bounds. I’m game for any variation: Earthy, nutty buckwheat cookies with pools of bittersweet chocolate; chewy and almost wholesome with oats, coconut, and seeds; or classic, dunk-into-milk worthy cookies—I will happily partake. With a name like Caramel Crunch-Chocolate Chunklet Cookies, the latest take on the…Continue Reading
This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to what people in the food industry are obsessed with eating, drinking, and buying right now.Before I discovered the flessenlikker, I spent hours with my hand in a jar. Compelled by my inner thriftiness, I would maneuver knives and long-handled spoons in a futile attempt to scrape out…Continue Reading
Return skillet to medium heat and pour in deglazing liquid, which works to dislodge any browned bits—a.k.a. flavor bombs—stuck to the bottom of the skillet and brings much-needed brightness. Add about ½ cup of dry sherry, vinegar (like apple cider, sherry, or red wine), or dry white wine and cook, scraping the bottom of the…Continue Reading
A 16-year-old high school student was shot Tuesday morning at a school bus stop in Georgia, according to local police.Police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the shooting in Lawrenceville, a city about 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.In a letter to the Central Gwinnett High School community, Principal Shane Orr said that both of…Continue Reading
Virginia county vote breakdown The first column in the table will show how many total people voted in each county, broken down by their method of casting a ballot — voting on Election Day, voting early by mail, or voting early in person. Subsequent columns will show the type of vote — Election Day, early…Continue Reading
Two weeks after 28-year-old North Carolina woman Shameka Johnston went missing, one of the men she was last seen with led police to the location of her body.Troy Police Chief James Atkins told Dateline that Shameka’s body was found on October 28 about 20 yards off Horne Road in Troy.Shameka Johnston“It’s very tragic,” Chief Atkins…Continue Reading
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States. They also make up the fastest-growing ethnic voting bloc. We saw in the 2020 presidential election that AAPI voters are a formidable force in our politics, with a 47 percent increase in voter turnout compared to 2016. During Virginia’s election, we may see a repeat of…Continue Reading
Netflix announced on Tuesday that its first collection of games are now available for subscribers to play.The games available to play include: “Stranger Things: 1984,” “Stranger Things 3: The Game,” “Shooting Hoops,” “Card Blast,” and “Teeter Up.” Members with Android phones can access the games when logged into their Netflix profiles, the company said. They are not…Continue Reading
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $2.5 million settlement Tuesday in a lawsuit over leaked photos brought by families who lost relatives in the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe and Gianna Bryant.The Mauser and Altobelli families filed the lawsuit against the county, alleging employees “showed off” photos of the deadly…Continue Reading
John Lee couldn’t believe his luck. The $1,000 investment he made in Squid, a new cryptocurrency project inspired by the dystopian Netflix drama “Squid Game,” had skyrocketed in price.But within five minutes Monday, his money disappeared.“I watched Squid fall down in a matter of minutes,” Lee, 30, from Manila in the Philippines, told NBC News.…Continue Reading