Month: April 2020

the best comfort food cookbooks for home cooks right now

The Best Cookbooks for Comfort Cooking Right Now

Just about everyone is looking for ways to stay calm and focused right now.. Could there be any better time for some home comfort food cooking? Whether it is your old time favorite or something completely new, grab some pots and pans, and let’s do this! Our correspondent Julie Chang Murphy is sharing a list of 12 favorite cookbooks with some of the best comfort food cooking and best-loved recipes available right now.

merchandise help support restaurants

Shop This Chic Merchandise and Help Support Restaurants

Many of us are wondering right now what we can do to help our most beloved local restaurants and bars stay afloat and keep their staff intact during this COVID-19 crisis. We can contribute to not-for-proft organizations, buy gift certificates for that happy day when we are free to roam again, and order take-out or delivery. And we can also shop this chic merchandise, the proceeds from which will help support local restaurants and bars and their workers nationwide. Here are our picks of some of the best restaurant and bar logo merchandise available right now, including tote bags, hats and tees.

the luxury board game sets perfect for chic home or office decor

The Board Games so Stunning They Double as Home Decor

As the days of #StayHome continue on their meandering path, lots of people are turning to the Old School amusements that our grandparents once loved. Puzzles, coloring, knitting, baking, cross-stitching and more. You can add board games to that list, too. While there are lots of inexpensive and fun family board games from which to choose, we decided instead to dream a little dream. Here’s our curated list of the best luxury board games and board game sets, including chess, checkers, backgammon, poker and dominos – and they’re so beautiful that they can double as stunning home or office decor. Game on!

What to read while waiting for sports to start up again: some of the best books about sports, plus athlete biographies and memoirs.

The Best Books about Sports and Athletes Right Now

Are you among the many millions of fans who are missing the usual daily dose of sports coverage? With the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, golf, tennis and more all on pause at the moment, and the Olympics moved back a year, there’s not a whole lot to do for sports fans to engage in right now. One suggestion: how about a book?  If you’re wondering what to read while waiting for sports to start up again, our ace correspondent Abbie Martin Greenbaum has curated a list of the best books about sports and outstanding athlete biographies and memiors, to read right now.