You can get it on the computer now. Read more

My mom told me to take the clothes out of the dryer before they’re completely dry and hang them up to prevent wrinkles. Read more

I found a stand up steamer at a garage sale for $20.00 and that thing has done wonders for my life. Put in a shirt and pants for the next day, press start, and by morning I have some smooth, wrinkle free clothing. Read more

My ninja-like skill at ironing a dress shirt is a skill I’m very proud of. It takes dozens of shirts to get good at it but it will serve you well if you have a job that requires a dress shirt and/or youlike to look nice on special occasions. And it’s the type of thing you can knock out assembly line style. I iron 5… Read more

Fold your clothes right when you take them out of the dryer. If you have a lot of dress shirts in the load, bring hangers to the laundry room or laundromat so you can hang them right up. Read more

If you learn nothing else, learn this: Read more

Right now, we’re trying to decide who is Katy Perry and who is Taylor Swift. Read more

Dunkin Donuts, at least the ones I visited, were pretty consistently decent. I was happy to accept the occasional free coffee and donut/bagel even after looking around their kitchens. And actually I remember being surprised at how many Taco Bells I saw that were really quite good (though I also saw a couple that were… Read more

most fast food places are pretty good because bad pr can KILL THEM. Read more

In high school a friend of mine got a job at a local Barbeque place that was pretty popular. They had great food but we soon found out from my friend that sometimes the large wooden spoon they used to stir the baked beans would go missing. When it was missing you still had to stir the beans and the size of the vat… Read more

Tara Jacoby and Lebron James should trade salaries. Read more

something ive done recently with my tomato sauces is toss in the rind of the parmasean...it adds a cream, cheesy flavor without being overpowering.
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The cleanest restaurant I ever worked at was a chain. Everything got cleaned every day, big stuff was cleaned weekly. The standards were just more strict across the board. I remember moving ovens and cold tables, sweeping and mopping meticulously. Up until that point at any restaurant I worked at I had never… Read more

During grad school, I worked for a company that did financial and tax consulting for large commercial property holding companies, and often did on-site inspections and verifications. Among our clients were large malls and restaurant franchises and whatnot. I saw more commercial kitchens than I ever want to see. Read more

I’ve worked in a few restaurants, (like 4) One Chain, and 3 family/privately owned. the chain and 2 of the family owned were pretty clean. Not perfect, but pretty decent (I’ve had a bunch of friends in the business who’ve worked all over, and from what I know, they are not all that clean on average). But 1 of the… Read more

I worked in a restaurant kitchen for about 6 months last year and was part of the opening team. Our owners bought the space from a failed Chinese restaurant that was neglected by its multi-millionaire owner (who had plenty of other restaurants and income in the city). As such, there was a lot of construction,… Read more

I know that Ms. Jolie Kerr has become an important person in my life when I see comments that seem critical of her and I want to beat the author up like someone that has attacked my little sister. Read more

For pit stains a 50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and dishsoap (I use blue dawn). I keep a small squirt bottle of the stuff on hand it’s color safe from my testing and it’s magic on even old pit stains. Read more

You’ve said it other places, but it’s worth repeating that clothesline drying in the sun works really well. The UV in sunshine supposedly kills germs, but probably a bigger deal is that a long time on the line gets clothes really dry. Also, you’re getting a constant supply of fresh air flowing over them — no stewing… Read more