Articles filed under Washington Post
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How to use gluten-free flour blends in your everyday bakingFeb 26, 2020 5:00 am - I realize that not every recipe is for every person. Interest, diet, skill, equipment: They're all variables that make it impossible to please everyone all the time. One...
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Beans are good for the planet, for you and for your dinner table. Here's how to cook them right.Feb 26, 2020 5:00 am - The following is an edited excerpt from "Cool Beans" by Joe Yonan (Ten Speed Press, 2020). "We're just here for the beans." That's what we told the waiter at Máximo Bist...
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Potatoes, beans and salsa add up to an easy riff on chili friesFeb 26, 2020 5:00 am - Here's another way to cook up the protein-on-starch marriage that's so popular the world over. You know, the one that produced black beans and rice in Cuba, pasta with l...
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Mustard, cream and lemon make for fast and flavor-packed pork chopsFeb 25, 2020 5:00 am - Pull out your large skillet tonight if you're up for a pork dish that comes together in minutes but has a surprisingly complex-tasting sauce. Too often, fast-cooking rec...
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A 62-year-old Naperville man planked for more than 8 hours to break a Guinness world recordFeb 25, 2020 12:00 am - Only George Hood's forearms and toes were touching the platform, as he held the rest of his body in midair: an exercise, known as planking, for his core but also for his...
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Dow drops 1,031 amid 'economic pandemic' of China virusFeb 24, 2020 12:00 am - Financial markets sounded the alarm Monday about the relentless spread and widening economic impact of the coronavirus, which after ravaging China now threatens havoc on...
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Laziness, or invisible labor? Workers, managers weigh inFeb 23, 2020 5:13 am - A recent column on lazy co-workers struck a chord with workers and managers alike. (Responses edited for length and clarity.) Personal business on business time: "S...
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Analysis: Why it's important to remember what we don't know about stocksFeb 23, 2020 5:07 am - The nosebleed heights of today's stock prices have me, like many other investors, a bit on edge. Have equities become too risky? How much longer will the decadelong bull...
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Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleepFeb 23, 2020 5:00 am - New Balance, the Boston-based athletic shoe company, wanted to help its employees sleep better. So in October, it rolled out Dayzz, a mobile app that offers personal rec...
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How Ring and Nest helped normalize American surveillanceFeb 22, 2020 5:24 am - Margaret Cudia thought her Ring doorbell camera was "the best thing since sliced bread." She loved watching the world pass by through her suburban New Jersey neighborhoo...