Ogres have layers. But creatures of the night like onions for a completely different reason. Sure, we are excellent chefs. Onions, shallots, and other pungent vegetables feature regularly in our home recipes and at dinner with friends. They help balance the taste of various meats and work great on the…
You may not know what you’re getting into when you pick up food at a gas station, but you pretty much know what you’re getting into. Dig? Hot dogs are bound to be as tough and leathery as your Great Aunt Ida after a trip to the beach. Coffee will…
Every party has one—the center of attention, the lady killer, the guy who never needs “to sober up so he can drive home soon.” It could be you, you know. I mean, that’s what Lyft is for, right? This Halloween, try these three tips and become the life of the…
Among the many legends about mandrake, cousin to potatoes and member of the nightshade family, are images of fertility, delirium, magic, ritual, pain, sin, and death. So feared were the strangely human-shaped roots, that they featured numerous times throughout Shakespeare’s works. It was said that dogs had to be “sacrificed”…
You’re walking through the produce section of your local grocery chain, making a wide right turn around the garlic cloves. Suddenly, right in front of you: The largest cardboard bin of pumpkins you’ve ever seen! Big ones, small ones, many literally as big as your head. It’s a pumpkin smorgasbord!…
There are movie reviews that help you decide if you want to somehow drop $27 for a matinee showing or wait until it’s streaming for free. And there are movie reviews that help you unpack the cinematographic madness that you just witnessed so your head doesn’t feel like it’s been…
You know the hardest part about haunting a house for a hundred years? Keeping it clean. You pesky kids break my windows to sneak in and do your sordid acts of rebellion. You get candle wax and chalk dust all over my nice hardwood floors. And then some man with…
For someone who has no idea what’s behind that wall, you sure have a strong need to get into that room. But is that wise? Maybe that room was boarded up and sealed behind a pile of garbage for a reason. Did you ever think of that? While we’re being…
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