“Splitting the bill depends on who you are dining with. We have different ways of doing this with different friends. For some of our friends, we take turns paying. One couple we’re friends with, we ALWAYS split the bill down the middle. Even if it’s a little uneven — it evens out in the end. […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The cost of an average Christmas meal is a fifth higher than before the pandemic, spurred by a surge in the price of mince pies, parsnips and turkey. A basket of 10 items, including potatoes, carrots […]
Plus, it’s got PFOA-free nonstick coating, makes up to two cups of rice, and includes a rice measuring cup, serving spatula, and recipe book. Promising reviews: “I love this rice cooker. I’ve used it a dozen times. It cooks rice so fast. I use the small cup they provide, fill the rice to the top, […]
Melania Trump spent almost no time on the 2024 campaign trail, attending just a smattering of events in the effort to get her husband reelected. But she’s willing to show up for a dinner with the president-elect and his supporters before the 2025 inauguration—if attendees donate $1 million for the honor. The New York Times […]
The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it, all manner of uncomfortable conversations with relatives who think they know a lot about a lot but are in fact just walking examples of Dunning-Kruger in action. Not going home is always an option—there’s no reason you should spend your free time with people you can’t […]
The flirtatious banter between Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody) during Ashley’s (Sherry Cola) dinner party in episode one of Nobody Wants This immediately sets the tone for the will-they-won’t-they romance that ensues between the agnostic podcaster and the hot rabbi over the 10-episode Netflix series. It turns out a key piece of what […]
This Bartesian cocktail machine is going to be the best halftime show your guests have ever seen. View Entire Post ›
Tired of being saddled with “dud” husbands when their more exciting wives bow out of plans, a reader wonders if there’s a way to delicately insist that both members of a couple attend.
Martin Short and Meryl Streep are at the center of more than one unsolved mystery. There’s the one on season four of Only Murders In the Buildingthe Hulu show on which they co-star as love interests, but there’s also the haze of ambiguity around Short and Streep’s relationship in real life, fueled most recently by […]
On Friday morning, Trump’s campaign emailed reporters a recap of his speech, declaring that it was a “knockout roast” that was a “master class in humor, delivery, and tact.” “Donald Trump struggled to read scripted notes written by his handlers, repeatedly complaining that he couldn’t use a teleprompter,” Ammar Moussa, the Harris campaign’s rapid response […]
