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Back to BCS Basics: Cornbread & Pork

November 13, 2024

Because they're so thoroughly satisfying. Because they make your home smell great while they cook. 10 minutes or less of actual preparation for each. 24 hours in the slow cooker for the pork, 20 minutes in the oven for the bread. Beyond great for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Mash Note: Turnips at Horn & Hardart

November 12, 2024

One of my earliest food-flavor memories is mashed turnips. Slightly sweet, a little earthy, soft and warm. But the real attraction was the way the dish was served. Behind glass. Convenient and automatic. Very sci-fi.

Your Monday #42: No-Rope Jump-Rope

November 11, 2024

A 3-minute exercise to strengthen the muscles you use to balance yourself and stay on your feet - while you strengthen all your leg muscles. Pretty great for just three minutes.

Slower Sunday: Appalachian Time Machine

November 10, 2024

The trail that transports you to ... now. Right now. Right here. Too beautiful to let you think about what you didn't do yesterday. Or what you have to do tomorrow. Just Press Play.

3-Layer Pancake with Apples and Pears

November 9, 2024

Is this a party or is this breakfast? Or dessert? Whichever Way you serve it, it tastes even Better than it looks. Looks like a luscious calorie bomb - but it could help you lose weight. Click and read the magic.

Appalachian Trail, Autumn Foliage. Wow!

November 8, 2024

Take a walk in the woods right now and exercise your eyeballs. Underfoot and overhead, it’s Fall Foliage time. Screaming bright colors in and around New York City, so I just hit a nearby section of the Appalachian Trail. Right now, it'll transport you in Ways that are beyond the geographic.

Sweet, Stuffed and All Dressed Up

November 7, 2024

A festive sweet potato course with enough flavor for an entire meal. And enough Vitamin A to get you through 4 days. If the Thanksgiving turkey's on the bland side, this is the sweet potato dish you want right alongside it.

Chicken Milanese

November 6, 2024

Three things to know about this classic Italian dish. It's incredibly easy to make. A little goes a long Way. It's a perfect example of eat-more-vegetables-and-less meat. A Wow of a meal for less than $5 and less than 10 minutes of preparation.

Cauliflower: Try A Little Tenderness

November 5, 2024

A little steam + a little surface heat = sweet, earthy, tender and juicy with a fine layer of almost caramelized crispness. If you were a head of cauliflower, this is the Way you'd want to be treated.

Your Monday #41: Your Day Moves

November 4, 2024

Practice one of these 1-minute Moves every hour or two and you'll be and feel Way Better for it. Because even if you exercise vigorously for an hour five times a week, too much sitting still significantly increases your risk of all those things you exercise to avoid. C'mon, take a minute.