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We bought a huge box of lobster tails at Sam’s at Christmas.  We’re down to the last two tails in the box.  Going to make a nice lobster salad for our dinner this evening.   Neither of us are terribly hungry and we’ve been at doctor’s appointments and physical therapy all day long.  Needless to say I forgot to defrost any meat and can thaw these tails fast. This salad is visually appealing and its flavor matches its attractiveness on the plate.  With avocado added to the plate, it is also extremely filling, so I would definitely call this one a...

Here are all the details on where to stream movies, TV series, sports, and more CR has all the intel, including prices and programming, on the best streaming services from giants like Netflix and Hulu to niche services like BritBox. By James K. Willcox Updated by Daniel Bortz Every year, more people rely on streaming services, even those that still subscribe to a traditional pay TV service. According to CR’s latest American Experiences Survey, Americans typically now subscribe to four streaming services, while almost 1 in 10 subscribe to nine or more. One reason is the exploding number of streaming...

Choosing to read Des Linden’s Memoir Choosing to Run We’ve all read self-centered sports memoirs. Athletes who struggle writing (even with help from their editors), hastily craft stories that read like Wikipedia summaries of their superhuman medal-winning moments. Often the “book’s” purpose is to earn a few extra bucks for the athletes and their sponsors or agents who pushed them into writing it in the first place. If the book didn’t promise profit or gratify the athlete’s own ego, they wouldn’t have published it. For these reasons, many of us get turned off from reading sports biographies. However, when these...

The Mary Lane celebrates market-driven cuisine and transforms clean and seasonal ingredients into exceptional dishes. Locally sourced, market-based fare takes center stage at The Mary Lane, situated on the cobblestone corner of Bank and Greenwich Streets in the West Village. The Atmosphere Stumble into the eatery on an early evening, and you may only see a handful of diners, including solo dates and small family gatherings, seemingly reuniting with children at college. But as the grey skies fade into darkness, The Mary Lane comes to life. Chatters begin drowning the ambient music, and the clangs of cutlery and servers shuffling...

I’m all about household items that can be used in a variety of ways and spaces so you don’t have to ditch them if you move to a new place. Umbra’s “Sinkin” dish rack is a perfect example of this, because you can…   A. Keep it right in your sink if you live somewhere with minimal counter space, or if you have a double sink where one side is for washing and the other for drying.   B. Extend the sides to place it up on the lip of the sink.   C. Just put it on the counter if there’s room...