Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Monday, October 16, 2023

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And further down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge? (Or, for a few of you, the comic that predated both.) Green category - Something smells in here....

October 16, 2023 · 3 min · 510 words · Amy Cross

Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, October 15, 2023

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And further down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge? There are some movie references, but youll probably get them even if you dont know the movies....

October 15, 2023 · 3 min · 500 words · Daniel Brewer

Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Saturday, October 14, 2023

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And further down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge? There are also some slang terms for a few other common everyday sights....

October 14, 2023 · 3 min · 427 words · Kelly Holland

Adrian Carton de Wiart: The Most Battle-Scarred Soldier

No one who has been touched by war has emerged from the experience unchanged. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear. These injuries left him blind in one eye and he also lost his left hand. Yet, Wiart had a deep affection for war. He was also utterly, stubbornly unkillable. camp, and a broken back. Portrait of Carton de Wiart by William Orpen. In male company he was “a delightful character and must hold the world record for bad language....

October 13, 2023 · 2 min · 356 words · Amber Clark

Everything You Wanted to Know About Salt but Were Too Afraid to Ask

Im not being hyperbolic when I say salt is the most important seasoning of all time. So while the modern eater may be a little blase about salt, flavor is not trivial. What is salt? Lets start out simple. What we refer to as salt is sodium chloride. (Seasoning a pot of soup with pure sodium would be a disaster; itreacts violently with water.) What is iodized salt? What is sea salt?...

October 13, 2023 · 2 min · 373 words · Thomas Rogers

How to Add Heat to Your Food Without Scorching Your Tastebuds

Spicy food is a lifelong adventure. Fear strikes, but after that moment passes, you kind of dont hate what just happened. Spiciness doesnt always translate to Carolina reaper levels of heat. Here are a few ways to explore spicy food with a heat that works for your palate. Sometimes the finished dish will become spicier as it ages (watch out for those leftovers). To get your feet wet and test the spicy waters, I suggest starting withchili oilor hot sauce....

October 13, 2023 · 2 min · 380 words · Christina Cain

How to Buy, Use, and Care for a Cast Iron Pan

People love to get weird about cast iron pans. Some fear them, some fetishize them, but everyone has an opinion about them. Be not afraid: Cast iron is cheap and hard to permanently damage beyond repair. What is cast iron? This furnace runs over 2,000 degrees F and it can hold 10 metric tons of liquid iron. It takes 45 minutes for a 22,000-pound charge of metal to liquify. The molten level is then cast in molds made of sand, water, and clay....

October 13, 2023 · 3 min · 530 words · Jennifer Hall

How to Choose and Care for a Cutting Board (so It Doesn't Mess up Your Knife)

A knife needs to be maintained with honing and sharpening, but knife care extends to the cutting board. There are the long, smooth sides and the rougher end-sides. You want that rough side. End-grain hardwood usually looks like a chessboard made up of those ends. End-grain cutting boards can be an investment. A thicker board will be more expensive, but less prone to warping. With correct care, they can last decades....

October 13, 2023 · 3 min · 601 words · Kimberly Chen

How to Measure Any Ingredient

Theres nothing wrong with spontaneously exploring flavors and ingredients when whipping up a meal. Thats part of the fun. Heres how to reliably measure every ingredient in your grown-up kitchen. Measuring cups, both wet and dry, are the most common tool for measuring by volume. Numerous recipes, especially in America, list ingredients by volume instead of by mass. If youve baked chocolate chip cookies or simmered up some chicken soup, youve measured by volume....

October 13, 2023 · 2 min · 391 words · Jared Smith

The Eight Basic Baking Tools You Need (Even If You Don't Bake That Much)

(My madeleine pan is currently collecting dust, poor thing). Hardly any of it is needed when youre outfitting your kitchen with the essentials. A proper mixing bowl You got a set of six soup bowls from Ikea. So did I, but youre going to need at least one more bowla mixing bowl. (Steep walls are important.) A bowl like this is a stalwart in the kitchen. It also makes a great popcorn bowl....

October 13, 2023 · 3 min · 458 words · Alexis Davis

The Kitchen Tools That Deserve a Spot in Your Utensil Holder

Heres how to clear out the clutter and stock your utensil holder according to your cooking style and needs. At least 25% of the items were dupes. Literal doubles of the same size, material, even angle in some cases. Luckily, this made decision making easy for methe duplicates were the first to lose holder status. Its possible that a person might need two of the same wooden spoon or two ladles....

October 13, 2023 · 3 min · 453 words · Stephen Wilcox

The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is 'Sticking Out Your Gyat for the Rizzler'?

And the annoyance would make the joke even funnier? But only to you? So youd just say it more? And everyone else was thinking, will youpleaseshut up already? Well, kids still do that, but its actually worse now because they use memes. Here are the lyrics: Sticking out your gyatt for the rizzler. Youre so Fantum tax. I just want to be your sigma. After extensive research, I have deciphered what it all means....

October 13, 2023 · 2 min · 298 words · Rebecca Johnston

Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Friday, October 13, 2023

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And further down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge? There are some musical artists in here, and some place names. Theres also a category that foodies might get more easily than the rest of us....

October 13, 2023 · 3 min · 481 words · Nicole Harris