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After her mother died in 1909, the teenage girl was adopted by a wealthy and respectable Christian family. She fled to a forest and spent the night sleeping on a haystack. I’ll see what an ordinary English girl, without credentials or money can accomplish, she thought. Back in Paris, Dorothy met two British soldiers and coaxed them to smuggle her with a khaki uniform. Dorothy used bandages to flatten her bosom and cotton-wool to bulk out her shoulders....

Perhaps animpossiblywide range of restaurants in your area. (Full disclosure: Dave Dietz is my dad, and I grew upworking in the restaurant. What are ghost kitchens? This makes them invisible compared to traditional restaurants. So are they spooky because of haunted spirits? Are they spooky because of the threat they pose to the future of your restaurant experience? Although ghost kitchens existed pre-pandemic, COVID accelerated their rise. Last yearHospitality Technologypredicted that the ghost kitchen industry will be worth $71....

The most obvious advice for avoiding kitchen fires is dont ever use your kitchen for anything. But should taht tip prove unworkable, a good starting point is never leaving a lit stove unattended. Even if youre slow-cooking soup over a low heat, keep an eye on it. Keep flammable thingsdishtowels, decorations, etc.away from heating elements. Keep appliances clean so built up grease or crumbs dont cause a sudden flare up....

One of my favorite types of dinner is snack-feast dinner. My boyfriend and I will make two or three piles of different small snacks. The lineup might include gyoza,baba ganoushand bread, ormini meatballand lettuce wraps. Thats why were happy to announce a new member of our snack-feast family: air fryer spanakopita triangles. (I say medium because making them is a bit more involved than steaming frozen dumplings.) The phyllo layers are brushed with butter or oil and bake up browned, crisp, delicate and flaky....

Baked oatsare the breakfast cake you didnt know you needed. Finally, oatmeal that doesnt totally suck. But theres also a baked oat for those with a higher standard than doesnt totally suck. Level-up your baked oats and make PB&J bars. There are no tricks to baked oats. The mixing method is straightforward and you dont need any special equipment. These peanut butter and jelly bars can be shaped and cut to a size that fits your preference....

I was oncethis closeto buying an entirely new refrigerator when ours stopped working. We couldnt find anything obviously wrong with the fridge or with the electrical panel in the basement. The thing just didnt workdamaged by a surge in the storm, perhaps. What is a GFCI? The GFCI, or ground fault circuit interrupter, is a clever little machine. GFCIs mainly exist to keep you from getting shocked to death. Think about those two flat prongs on a plug, say the plug of your hair dryer....

How do you begin your work emails? Do you go with a simple Hey? Or are you into formal greetings like Good afternoon? or Salutation, right, trusty, and well-beloved friend? Or are you one of those absolute animals that juststartswith no foreplay at all? How about the closing? Are you one of those annoying, Thank you in advance people? Or are you more like, Byeeeeee? Back in the pre-computer days, this wouldnt be a question....

The answer: It depends. Even if youre a decent home-gardener, mushrooms present unique challenges. For online research, you’re free to start at theNorth American Mycological Associations resource list. The easiest way to grow your own mushrooms: Buy a kit. You might want to start out with a mushroom-growing kit. These come with everything you oughta grow your first mushroom crop, as well as detailed instructions. Theres no need to start withan expensive kit, though....

The latter was theLimes Arabicus, a chain of forts that protected the Roman territory from desert tribes. Ruins of the castellum of Qasr Bashir. King’s Highway (in red), and other ancient Levantine trade routes, c. 1300 BCE. To the north was the province of Syria and to the west were Judea and Egypt. The Fortress of Qasr Bshir. Roman fortress of Qasr Azraq. The Fortress of Qasr Bshir. During the first half of the 6th century, Justinian I reinforced the limes....

I was once a vegetable-hater, so I totally get this. But you might learn to like veggies, even if you despised them as a kid. There are two important things to remember. The other is that our tastes really do change over time. We also tend totaste bitter flavors less strongly as we age. Thats good news if you always felt Brussels sprouts or broccoli tasted too bitter to you....

To start with: No. You should not have (or perform) a lobotomy. What is a lobotomy? An eddy that jams the higher circuits? Sounds like legitimate neuroscience to me; lets cut up some brains! People wracked with anxiety became carefree. Violent patients became docile. Once severely depressed people smiled all day long. Its the source of personality expression, decision making, and moderating social behavior. Freeman called the post-lobotomy state surgically induced childhood, but that doesnt do it justice....

Black and white cookies are soft, cake-like vanilla cookies that are flavored with the barest hint of lemon. The cookies are flipped and the flat side gets a coating of icingone half vanilla and one half chocolate. The icing has a very specific texture, firm with a subtle fudgy chew. There are many ways to eat one of these cookies, all of them correct. Before you think to yourself, Why not just use a box of cake mix if theyre so cakey?...

Something wonderful happened recently: My teenage son stole some of my food. He is ravenous, but also considerate. And thus he began to prep (some of) his own meals. I usually make myself a bunch of lunches over the weekend to eat throughout the week. So when he wanted a bowl of my chili and rice, I taught him to make his own. Meal prepping is great for the hungry teen....