Tom Harte
featuresApril 25
Einstein in the kitchen“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” So said the great American inventor Thomas Edison. Having tried nearly 3,000 filaments before landing on a successful one for his light bulb, he obviously knew what he was talking about. Similarly, when it comes to i...
featuresMarch 28
Don't wrinkle your nose at prunes"They're still rather badly wrinkled, you know." That's the punch line in a classic commercial created back in the 1960s by Stan Freeberg. It featured a man who complained that he did not like prunes because they had pits and were wrinkled. He's urged to try one of...
featuresFebruary 29
Whether you say tomato or tomahto, say San MarzanoYears ago, when I first visited the city of Pompeii, famously preserved in volcanic ash in 79 B.C. by the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius, I could not help but be impressed by two things: the sophistication of the ancient Roman city which had been frozen in time ...
featuresFebruary 1
The pastrycook's dark secret revealedYou might think of the Kit Kat bar as a simple chocolate treat to give out on Halloween. But in Japan it's far more than that. Considered a cultural touchstone there, more than 400 distinct flavors like melon, purple sweet potato, and matcha green tea are available...
featuresJanuary 6
Five faves that brought raves in 2023The year just gone by had more than its share of tragedy and sadness, much of it promising to continue into the year just started. And yet, despite the afflictions of 2023, in many ways it was not unlike other years. People got married. Children were born. Seniors ...
featuresDecember 7
Put some extra magic in your holiday"She looks like an overgrown kewpie. She sings like a mood-mad hillbilly. Her dancing is crazily comic." That's how Life magazine described the legendary star, the late Carol Channing. A Tony Award winner, the first celebrity to perform at a Super Bowl halftime sho...LOAD MORE
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