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This essential guide will help you stay cool (with a fabulous cocktail!) when hosting your next summer barbecue. Barbecue Food Calculator Nothing says “party” like math, right? Allow us to help you calculate exactly what you need. Here’s an easy way to add up how much to buy and make. Don’t leave food out all day. In 85-degree weather, about two hours is the maximum for everything except the chips, says Faith Critzer, an assistant professor of food science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville....

LAUREN IANNOTTI: During your first 18 months as First Lady, you traveled to roughly 40 states, 75 cities, and 10 countries. You’ve crisscrossed the U.S., rallying support for the administration’s priorities, and visited an active war zone. As the first First Lady to keep a job outside the East Wing, you maintained a full teaching schedule and “showed up,” as you put it, for your family. So I guess my question is: Do you sleep?...

Though the market appears to be normalizing somewhat as more listings become available, 2022 is poised to have some unique issues and challenges of its own when it comes to real estate sales. Two factors in particular are likely to impact the market in the year ahead: The Federal Reserve’s decision in November to scale back its pandemic-era economic stimulus efforts. Foreign investment returning to the U.S. real estate market as American borders open....

The grated egg trend seemingly took off last month, when a TikToker named Sarah Thomas-Drawbaugh, who goes by @healthyishfoods on the app, grated a hard boiled egg over a piece of toast. Thomas-Drawbaugh then posted the below avocado toast video with a grated egg, which has been viewed more than 3.5 million times in less than a month. Since Thomas-Drawbaugh’s initial TikTok, thousands of “#gratedegg” videos have been shared on the platform and have garnered nearly 15 million views....

1 loaf ciabatta bread ½ cup olive oil 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 2 limes) 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1 English cucumber, coarsely chopped ½ medium honeydew melon, chopped (about 3 cups) 2 cups seedless green grapes 1 bunch scallions, coarsely chopped 1 teaspoon kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper, for serving Relish ½ cup finely chopped English cucumber ½ cup finely chopped honeydew melon ½ cup finely chopped green grapes 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill 1 tablespoon chopped chives ¼ teaspoon kosher salt...

Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seed Oil In addition to being a heart-healthy oil that is rich in fatty acids, pumpkin seed oil also contains high levels of phytosterols, a plant-based structure similar to the body’s cholesterol. These compounds can help to reduce bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol in the body by “improving the health and movement of the blood vessels,” says Doerfler. While one previous study touted that pumpkin seed oil can delay or prevent hair loss, Doerfler notes that additional research is needed to understand the role of this oil as a treatment for alopecia....

Before you send off your vial of saliva, you should decide what you’ll do with the information (what if it’s bad news?) and what the privacy implications are. Granted, your genetic risk isn’t your health destiny—your age, gender, family history, and lifestyle all play roles too. “Genetics can’t tell you whether you will or won’t get a disease,” says Mary Freivogel, a genetic counselor at Invitae and past president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors....

Instagram-favorite leisurewear brand Hill House Home, known for its iconic Nap Dress styles, offers a solution: a rare “buy one, gift one” sale on its website that invites you to treat others and yourself with one click of your add to cart button. After all, what’s cuter than matching jammies to ring in the season, whether together or far away? To buy: $90; hillhousehome.com. Many families and couples deck themselves out in identical sleepwear on Christmas Eve, but the Hill House Home sale doesn’t restrict your choices by only providing holiday-focused styles....

Good staging highlights a home’s best features—but it can also hide potential problems. This doesn’t necessarily mean that sellers are being deceptive. They’re just trying to be sure that you don’t focus on any imperfections in the home. These imperfections can be pretty minor and may not be deal breakers, but it’s good to know exactly what you’re getting into before you sign on the dotted line. Here are some common home staging tricks that you should be aware of....

How to Boil an Egg For such an easy cooking venture, there are way too many options and opinions out there on the best way to boil an egg. Keep it simple and follow this straightforward method whether you’re after a hard-boiled, medium, or soft-boiled egg. The technique I learned in culinary school, and have since stuck to and used in test kitchens, is cooking the eggs in boiling water. That means, bringing a pot of water to a boil on the stovetop, lowering the eggs very carefully into the boiling water, and starting the timer from that very moment....

Of course, serious habitual behaviors (deeply rooted and/or particularly harmful habits) might require a few years, and even some bona fide therapy sessions with a mental health professional, to break. But it absolutely can be done—and psychiatrists, psychologists, and cognitive therapists agree that recognition is the first step toward breaking any bad habit. So if you’ve noticed and acknowledged a certain behavior you’d like to change, you’re already on the road to developing better habits—and a lifetime of good posture (instead of slouching), manicures (in place of nail-biting), and trusting friendships (free of petty gossip)....