Rachel Sugar
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Here’s What You Can Drink While Doing Whole30
Just because you’re on Whole30 does not mean you are doomed to a month of tap water. → Read More
10 Hostess Gifts You Can Overnight from Amazon for $15 or Less
Someday, may we all have well-stocked gift cabinets full of objects just waiting to be presented to our many beautiful friends. Until then, there’s Amazon. → Read More
7 Whole30 Snacks to Keep in Your Office Drawer
Desk snacks are difficult even if you are not on the Whole30. Luckily, there are a few on-plan options! Here are seven snacks to keep you feeling sated. → Read More
10 Surprising Grocery Store Finds That Are Whole30-Approved
Some conveniently packaged, easily accessible grocery store foods do in fact make the Whole30 cut, despite all odds to the contrary. → Read More
7 Ways to Eat Better at a Hotel Breakfast Buffet
The free breakfast buffet is one of the purest pleasures of the hotel experience. Here's how you can make it all even better. → Read More
5 Things You Should Know About Soy Milk
Soy milk, like all milks, comes with some persuasive pros. Also, some drawbacks. → Read More
10 Hostess Gifts You Can Overnight from Amazon for $15 or Less
Someday, may we all have well-stocked gift cabinets; wonderlands of beautiful objects just waiting to be presented to our many beautiful friends. Until then, there's Amazon. → Read More
5 Things You Should Know About Almond Milk
Before you buy almond milk, here are 5 things you should know about this non-dairy alternative. → Read More
Thanksgiving Foods You Can and Can't Bring on a Plane
Yes, you can bring your turkey (although we wouldn't necessarily advise it.) Also a go? Stuffing, pies, and tiny bottles of booze. → Read More
Does Milk Really Do a Body Good?
If the advertising of the very early '90s taught us anything, it is that milk does a body good. But does it really? → Read More
5 Things to Leave Until Monday So You Can Enjoy the Weekend
Weekends are not spare weekdays. The point of a weekend is to refresh and relax and restore. → Read More
6 Dinnerware Sets That Will Outlast Your Design Whims
When it comes to dinnerware, basic is always best. These options will simply outlast all your design whims. → Read More
7 Ways to Make the Most of Your Hotel's Breakfast Buffet
The free breakfast buffet is one of the purest pleasures of the hotel experience. Here's how you can make it all even better. → Read More
Great Debate: Is Greek Yogurt Really Better than Regular Yogurt?
Greek yogurt and regular yogurt are made more or less the same way. But which yogurt should you eat? Does it matter? → Read More
How Much Protein Do You Need If You're Working Out?
Whether you're a moderate exerciser or a triathlete, you need a little more protein than someone who is sedentary. → Read More
In Defense of Keeping Stuff You Never Use
Here's why having extra kitchen clutter (like gadgets, appliances, and more) can actually be a good thing. → Read More
6 Tiny Ways to Be Thoughtful at Work
You do not have to bake cupcakes (although, of course, your coworkers would probably be thrilled if you did). → Read More
All The Cool Adults Are Taking Classes
Classes are the solution to most problems, existential and logistical. “But anything I need to learn, I can learn on the internet,” the less enlightened might argue. Yeah, yeah, it’s true, sort of—the internet is indeed a treasure trove of YouTube knowledge, MOOCs are the future, and soon we will all live in pods. The same mindset that leads people to the internet to learn a skill is the one… → Read More
How To Complain Without Sounding Like A Brat
Let us begin with the obvious: Complaining is great. It is the backbone of human civilization, complaining. “To exchange dissatisfactions is to acknowledge another person’s existence, and to share rueful mutual sympathy at the sometimes tremendously irritating predicament of having been born,” wrote the Guardian’s Oliver Burkeman on the subject. Yes. Do not be fooled by the cult of positivity. A… → Read More
The Surprising Danger of Being Good at Your Job
Getty Images Being reliable can be draining Science confirms what high performers have known for years: It’s not easy being so competent. A study from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business suggests that people with high self-control — the kind of people who remember birthdays, choose the salad instead of the fries, take on extra projects at work, and resolve conflicts easily — might actually pay a… → Read More