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I’m obsessed with Cindy Crawford’s real estate, and if you’re not sure what I’m talking about, allow me to now make you feel poor. Hobbyist real estate Zillowers can do worse than Google “cindy crawford houses.” She seems to buy and sell totally magnificent homes like a Gen Z with used clothes on Depop. Even fashion newspaper Women’s Wear Daily also seems mesmerized by Crawford’s Love It or List It-flavored life, posting a totally unnecessary slideshow of one of her Malibu “investment properties” back in 2017.

Hello new faces! Dear old faces, thank you for your patience and support. I took a little hiatus during December to relax, plan, and experiment. Now I am going to start sharing those experiments more with you, here! Starting with a pared down, easier version of my babka recipe that is staggeringly not chocolate and unsurprisingly cinnamon. Chocolate is tricky and unpredictable. Cinnamon is nurturing and kind, an easy bedfellow. Cinnamon babka comes out cleaner and is easier to predict cooking times.

INGREDIENTS: Pancakes: (makes ~8) 1 egg 1+1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup oil 1+1/2 cup flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp sugar Cinnamon sugar: 4 tbsp butter (softened) 1/4 cup sugar 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp of pancake batter Icing: 2 cups powdered sugar 1 tbsp milk DIRECTIONS: 1. Whisk the egg until it becomes slightly lighter in color, then add in the oil and milk and mix until eve…

The American gaming market, as of December 2023, grew by 4% and reached $7.9 billion compared to December 2022. The total volume of the American gaming market in 2023 amounted to $57.2 billion, which is 1% more than in 2022. In 2023, users in the USA spent $6.6 billion on gaming hardware, the same amount as in 2022. The sales growth of PlayStation 5 offset the decline of Xbox Series S|X and Nintendo Switch.

Let me start by saying, I am a huge fan of citric acid. I’m a sour sweets girl through and through, so it’s only natural that something so eye-wateringly sour would appeal to me. But it’s not just the fact that it reminds me of a bag of Tangfastics that makes me a fan, it’s the versatility, the convenience and, let’s be honest, the price. Who can afford to be buying endless lemons in this economy?

The Citron, also known as the Citrus Medica, is one of the oldest citrus in the world. I mean unsurprising, come on, just look at those wrinkles and weird bumps! Don’t judge a book by its cover though, the citron is magical. As the first citrus to arrive in Europe, the citrus medica even gave us the word citrus. Because of its age, this jumbo-lemon-looking citrus has been not only used in food and as an aromatic but it is also has tremendous symbolic importance in difference cultures.

FULL CITRUS SALAD VIDEO Citrus season is upon us, so today I’m sharing a delicious way to make the most of it. We have a beautiful array of citrus, from blood oranges to zesty grapefruit, sliced and salted for maximal flavor. The citrus platter gets drowned in a pleasantly sharp, ginger honey dressing emulsified with good-quality olive oil and the juice from the leftover citrus peels. We’ll wrap up the dish with a generous sprinkle of salty, creamy feta and crunchy pistachios for some extra color and texture.

Cassidy Steele Dale writes to equip you with the forecasts, foresight skills and perspectives, and tools you may need to create a better, kinder world. And one of those ways is to review a movie that matters. I saw Alex Garland’s new movie Civil War this past Sunday evening. Go see it. It’s terrifying and great and great and terrifying. If you don’t like political movies, go see it.

I really hope Civil War can be a cautionary tale. The movie is full of really good filmmaking: taut storytelling, tense action sequences that depend not on CGI but on skillful direction and suspense, an Oscar-worthy performance from Kirsten Dunst, and if the characters are a little cliched, well, it’s a genre film so that’s part of the package. So it will probably get a wide audience, which is good, because its message is important.