Removing
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we show the proper way to dispose of a trashcan, then explain how to remove food smells that repel your significant other. Also: the problem with toaster ovens.
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25 June 2004
New York's currently: wondering how long the media would chat if Britney and Madonna were both murdered within six months Iran breaks agreement with France, U.K., and Germany, plans to resume building equipment for nuclear weapons program. 105 killed, 321 injured in yesterday's coordinated attacks
Return to Sender
In the final installment of her letters from Scotland, our writer returns home with a heart full of remembrance for the experiences she’s had, as well as for friends she’s made in her time abroad.
Michael Lewis
Author Michael Lewis talks about his wave-making book “Moneyball” and the current state of baseball, plus what’s good and bad with journalism today, Red Sox paranoia, and the joys of screenwriting.
23 June 2004
New York's currently: a pygmalion of pigeons White House claims no part in 2002 Justice Department memo defending torture. And: Though Rumsfeld initially approved harsher interrogation techniques, he stepped them down six weeks later. Iran to release captured British sailors. U.S. plans to offer North Korea incentives
The Thermals, Fuckin A
Punk rock, though its definitions vary, can be seen wherever a message determines its music. If that’s true, then the Thermals are very, very punk rock—which is hardly to say the tunes themselves suffer for it. In fact, the guitar-bass-drums-voice instrumentation is as gorgeous and
The Art of the Cure
Using salt to preserve meat goes back to the Egyptians, but curing pork in a small New York apartment? A guide to making guanciale—including, do not plan to hang your jowls at your mother-in-law’s—with recipes for the finished product.
22 June 2004
New York's currently: open-mindedly miserable Russian troops pursue Chechen rebels who killed 48, including three regional officials, overnight. Iran to prosecute eight U.K. sailors who crossed its border. The happier your mood, the more liable you are to make bigoted judgments. Happy people are nasty, deluded
We Will Eat This Every Night and We Will Be Happy
I’ve eaten this salad (recipe below) twice in the last week, and to call it one of the best salads I’ve ever had would be like calling Vice President Cheney a big fat liar; it’s that good. I was inspired by a salad I had once at
The LiveJournal of Zachary Marsh
An awfully different young man graduates from high school and quickly learns more than he bargained about snack foods, ducks, and a secret family history.