Arun Kristian Das

Yes, New York is expensive but that old cliché “the best things in life are free” is also true about this beautiful and exciting city — bird-watching in Central Park, strolling across the Brooklyn Bridge, and riding the Staten Island Ferry are just three examples.

Today, a mostly sunny and mild day in May, I’m posting this review of a deck of recipe cards for tequila cocktails—the day before Cinco de Mayo. Truth is, tequila doesn’t need a holiday to be celebrated. (Especially when a lot of Americans not of Mexican heritage [myself included] probably don’t know the full history and significance of Cinco de Mayo.)

If our doctors had their way, we would go to sleep every day well before midnight — our phones, tablets, and TVs nowhere in sight — and we’d wake up the next morning from the sunshine streaming through our windows. But, of course, many of us don’t have that luxury because of one or more reasons, such as our work schedule, our bedroom’s layout, or even our latitude on the globe.
This is where waking up with a so-called sunrise alarm clock — which mimics sunrise through the gradual brightening ...

When celebrity chef, longtime Food Network personality, and grilling god Bobby Flay wants to enjoy a good steak in New York City (assuming he doesn't decide to just cook a perfectly juicy steak himself), he brings his appetite to Wolfgang's Steakhouse on Park Avenue in Manhattan.
Flay and his daughter, Sophie, showcased Wolfgang's on an episode of their Food Network show "The Flay List." In the episode, Flay tells Sophie he doesn't bother with the menu because he knows what to order: chopped ...

Food Food History
That clichéd expression "As American as apple pie" could very well be replaced with "As American as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich" given how the snack is one of many under-the-radar dishes that define American cuisine.
But the first known published recipe for a peanut butter and jelly, from the Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics in 1901, looks a bit different from what, say, Ina Garten considers the jam in a PB&J today (via the Int...

Cook Kitchen Tools Appliances and Gadgets
Whether you've leveled up your homemade rotisserie chicken game or simply bought your favorite brand, you know how delicious and versatile the golden-brown birds are. But shredding a rotisserie chicken with your fingers or a fork can be a tedious, juicy mess. Instead, use a kitchen appliance you may not have thought of for this purpose: your stand mixer or hand mixer. You'll still need your fingers for part of the process, but the results will be so m...

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I was invited to the awesome launch party at the Civilian Hotel in Manhattan for Limestone Branch Distillery’s bourbon finished with toasted oak staves. The product is officially called Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection Toasted Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

I got a chance to look forward to summer by perusing Summer Sips: Fun and Refreshing Cocktail and Drink Recipes, which I received from Adams Media for review. First off: Summer Sips is not a book; it’s a deck of 75 beautifully designed cards each of which features a full-color photograph of a cocktail on one side and its recipe on the flip.

Hitting the trails can be so fulfilling and rewarding. But it can be daunting and dangerous, too. If you’re just getting started, I encourage you to start small and local: Find a trail near you, pack smartly, take a buddy or three, and plan to be out for only a few hours at a stretch. Here's what else you should abide.

The National Park Service, or NPS, is the federal agency that oversees hundreds of national parks, historical parks, historical sites, monuments, memorials, military sites, battlefield sites, recreation areas, lakeshores, seashores, preserves, parkways and more, all of which are open to the public for exploration, appreciation and recreation.

Despite being a geek who likes interesting equipment, shiny objects, and cool gear, I've never been a fan of gyms. So I set out to create my al fresco gym, with a bit of creativity, a tolerance for the lack of right angles, and a mix of gear I already owned and some versatile new stuff I bought. Here's how you can, too.

Even basic exercises that trainers or coaches think should be easy to master can be really, really hard and possibly risky because of the size of my body, my weight, and even my flexibility. And I don't think I'm alone.

A frustrating fact of life is that as one ages, one tends to lose hair from on top of the head but gain it in places one would rather not have it. I agreed to evaluate The Weed Whacker, however, because it claims to solve a problem that, sadly, I actually have.