If you’ve ever tossed and turned in bed because you felt like you were overheating, you might be a “hot sleeper.” These night sweats may have more to do with physiological reasons than environmental ones, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t things that you can change in and around your bed to give you a more comfortable night’s sleep. Here, a few experts share their best tips for getting cool....
“How did you make this taste so good?” For the seasoned chef, cooking with wine is just one of their many flavor-boosting secrets. Although underutilized in home kitchens, adding a little bit of wine to your dinner—both in the dish and glass—can take your meal to the next level. The most intimidating part of cooking with wine is picking the correct bottle (or box!). Before we dive in, the one thing you need to understand is what happens when you cook with wine....
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Depending on your age, you may or may not be familiar with lard. The cooking fat was once a staple ingredient in home kitchens, though over the years, it has become something of a mysterious one. One particular variety known as leaf lard has become trendy once more, particularly favored among so-called modern homesteaders, pastry chefs, cookbook authors, and avid home bakers. It’s prized not only for the qualities that it brings to baked goods, but also for the things that it doesn’t....
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By Adrienne Jordan If you’ve ever had that “just one more glass” moment at your friend’s house party or while on a date, you may have considered how it might affect your sleep at the end of the night. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant and sedative that may initially help you fall asleep. However, once the alcohol is metabolized by the liver, it disrupts the REM stage of sleep and cause you to awaken in the middle of the night....
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If you have carefully maintained your garden over the years, you likely have a slew of tools that take you from the start of the season to its close. We’d also guess that you have had these essentials for quite some time—and for good reason. Most quality garden utensils come with a hefty price tag, so you want to do everything you can to keep them clean, sturdy, and polished. And while giving your shovels, rakes, trowels, and more a daily clean is integral in this effort, so is preventing them from slowly rusting over....
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