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Photo : FootMade0525 ( Shutterstock ) You can get in your head about Thanksgiving in a major way. You can start planning a meticulous schedule weeks out , do a bunch of prep to lessen how much you’ll have to clean afterward, and pore over recipe after recipe after recipe to make sure your meal is perfect . The day could go by more easily, though, if only you brought out a cooler (or two or three). A cooler is not just for chilling the beer and wine for your guests—it will solve more problems than you might imagine. Here’s everything you can use a cooler for to help you tackle the big meal. Brine your turkey The first thing you can do with a designated Thanksgiving cooler is brine your turkey. According to Life Savvy , it may not be cold enough where you are to brine your turkey outside, but this is not a problem! Fill that cooler with ice and grab “a heavy-duty plastic bag to park the turkey and the brine water in; then brine the old bird in the cooler instead of your fridge....

The chef Matty Matheson, who plays a handyman on 'The Bear,' at home in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 24, 2022. Brandon Watson/The New York Times News Service If you’re not watching The Bear , you should be. The series follows a top chef who takes over at his late brother’s failing restaurant in Chicago. And one of the show’s breakout stars isn’t even a professional actor—it’s 40-year-old Canadian celebrity chef Matty Matheson, who rose to foodie fame as the executive chef at Toronto’s Parts & Labour. His empire now includes restaurants, cookbooks, a YouTube channel, cooking tools and a line of workwear. Defy expectations Matheson became a top chef because he was good at it. He became a celebrity chef because he didn’t fit the mould. He’s from New Brunswick. He’s covered in tattoos. He used to work as a death-metal roadie. And he partied hard, which, to be fair, is what most people expect from chefs—except that Matheson gave up both booze and drugs after having a heart...

Elon Musk on Wednesday tweeted that the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from Apple Inc’s AAPL-Q App Store was resolved following his meeting with the iPhone maker’s Chief Executive Tim Cook. “Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so,” the billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla Inc said in a tweet. On Monday, Musk had accused Apple of threatening to block Twitter from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets that also said it had stopped advertising on the social media platform. He had later tagged Cook’s Twitter account in another tweet, asking “what’s going on here?” Twitter and Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Musk’s latest tweet. Apple has not responded publicly to Musk’s earlier tweets. Among the list of grievances tweeted by Musk on Monday was the up to 30 per cent fee Apple charges software developers for in-app purchases, with Musk posting a meme suggesting he was willing to “go to war” with Apple rathe...

Photo : A.A. Newton Tofu scrambles are often the only vegan option on a brunch menu, and to be perfectly honest, they don’t do that much for me. A pile of barely-cooked tofu rubble seasoned with nutritional yeast, turmeric, way too much dried oregano (why is it always oregano?), and nowhere near enough salt may be a nutritionally complete meal—but it’s not good . Vegan food can (should) taste good too. If your experience with tofu scrambles has been underwhelming thus far, you may be under the impression that making your own isn’t worth the effort. It absolutely is: Just like scrambled eggs, an excellent tofu scramble is savory, creamy, and packed with protein, which vegan breakfasts all too often lack. All you need to make your own is a hot pan, the right kind of tofu, and a little help from a flavorful slurry. The first secret to making a good tofu scramble is choosing the right tofu. You want firm or medium, not extra-firm. Extra-firm tofu can be spongy and rubbery; while I’ve...

Photo : A.A. Newton Cranberries are often the only source of precious, richness-cutting acid on the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner tables, which is why I’ve always insisted that they belong on the equally rich dessert table, too. This year, I finally gave in to a recurring pie-based intrusive thought: What if I made lemon meringue pie, but cranberry? If you have a bag of Thanksgiving cranberries taking up freezer space, trust me: Cranberry meringue pie is their highest possible calling. (And if you don’t have leftovers, it’s worth picking up an extra bag just to make it.) Your family and friends will ooh and ahh over the bright magenta filling and pretty swirls of toasted meringue—and they’ll only love it more when they take a bite. The tart, perky cranberry curd perfectly offsets the crisp, buttery crust and marshmallowy Swiss meringue. It’s nothing like any of the usual holiday pies, and that’s exactly why you should make it. Best of all, cranberry meringue pie is not at ...

Photo : Claire Lower I am, as I write this, very cozy. With the weather being what it is (cold), it’s the only way to be. Being cozy is related to being warm, but it’s more about being comforted in a warm way. Soup, for example, is cozy. It warms from the inside out, but it also nurtures, satiates, and fills the home with delicious and inviting aromas. Potatoes are also cozy, and I have been eating a lot of them. I was/am on a big baked Yukon kick, but now I’ve shifted into soup mode with this deeply savory, creamy, and incidentally dairy-free potato and onion soup. (The sour cream on top is not dairy-free, but you can omit it.) This soup has two super- star ingredients: a bag of frozen hash browns, and burnt onions . The hash browns are a time- saver. The potatoes are already peeled and finely shredded, meaning all you have to do is open the bag and dump them in. The little shreds cook quickly and evenly, and puree with almost too much ease. You can use frozen hash browns in a...

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 6, 2022. Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press Apple CEO Tim Cook will take a more than 40 per cent pay cut this year from a year earlier as the company adjusts how it calculates his compensation partly based on a recommendation from Cook himself. Apple Inc. AAPL-Q said in a regulatory filing late Thursday that Cook’s target total compensation is $49-million for 2023, with a $3-million salary, $6-million cash incentive and $40-million in equity awards. Last March the Cupertino, California, company conducted an advisory shareholder vote on executive pay with 6.21 billion shares voting in favor of the executive pay package and 3.44 billion against. There were also abstentions and broker non-votes. Apple said its compensation committee took into account shareholder feedback, the company’s performance and a recommendation from Cook, who was promoted to CEO in 2011, to adjust his compensation in light of the feedback received. Apple sai...