Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Your 12 hourly digest for Lifestyle: Food, Style, Travel, Advice, Home, Garden & More - The Washington Post

Lifestyle: Food, Style, Travel, Advice, Home, Garden & More - The Washington Post
Washington Post Lifestyle gives you the latest fashion and beauty trends, home décor pointers, food and recipe ideas and reviews, relationship advice, travel ideas, wellness tips and much more.
Twitter rumor of flooded stock-exchange among a surge of fake storm reports
Oct 30th 2012, 23:24

In the Twitter age, bad news travels fast. Even when the bad news isn't really news at all.

Such was the case at the peak of the storm's wrath Monday night as rumor and fallacy swirled like autumn leaves. Around 8 p.m., as Sandy was belting New Jersey and New York City, a tweet appeared: "BREAKING: Confirmed flooding on NYSE. The trading floor is flooded under more than 3 feet of water."

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The bird that goes around, stays around
Oct 30th 2012, 17:09

In 1985, a fledgling shop with Boston in its name skewered and roasted its birds in rotating rows, so they basted each other with seasoned drippings until firm flesh morphed into Sunday dinner succulence. Since then, Americans have made takeout rotisserie chicken as much of a weeknight staple as a box of macaroni in the cupboard.

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Caution, these peppers bite
Oct 30th 2012, 16:32

The bright red pepper has a shriveled appearance, as if a bulbous clown nose had somehow wilted into a long, twisted witch's beak. Between its wrinkly complexion and its nasty reputation, the Bhut Jolokia, better known as the ghost pepper, generates fear and fascination. YouTube is littered with videos of bros pumped up enough to eat a whole one — only to crumple to the floor, pounding down milk.

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With wine, age has its rewards
Oct 30th 2012, 14:00

Most of us have given up on the idea of cellaring wine. We might have a few bottles tucked away to last until our next visit to the wine store, but marketing surveys have shown that most wine purchased in the United States is consumed within days.

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