Who says NASA scientists and engineers don’t know how to have fun?! Every year the fiendishly clever folks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California hold their annual pumpkin carving ...

No fussy rolling or dough cutting required: Just scrape the soft batter into boiling, salted water with a spoon for perfect, pillowy free-form dumplings. By Mia Leimkuhler Sometimes I bring home a ...

As someone who bookends most days with a pot of tea, I’m surprised at how frequently people who can rattle off the differences between light- and dark-roast coffee or Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon ...

Whether you’re hosting a tea party or simply want to serve yourself a glass of English Breakfast, there are plenty of ways to elevate the experience. One of the most impressive ways of doing so is by ...

So they end up in landfills, which were designed to store material — not allow them to break down. The lack of oxygen in landfills means organic matter like pumpkins produce methane gas, a greenhouse ...

I never realized it as a kid, but drinking tea was a ritual in my family. We drank a variety of teas, each made in its own precise way. Every tea has an optimal steep time and ideal water temperature, ...

We've all got some legendary family recipes that have been handed down over the generations. But those "old" recipes seem rather new when compared to the ones Max Miller turns up on his YouTube show ...

Sarah Kieffer’s gently spiced pumpkin bars are the perfect segue-into-autumn treats. The cream cheese enhances the pumpkin filling without making everything too sweet. As Kieffer writes, “I like ...

A floating light. A ghost named Jack. An angry devil. And… a pumpkin? Though jack-o’-lanterns are now an American cultural icon of Halloween, their symbolism is quite recent — and the story of how ...

What says “October” more than the sight of a beautiful orange pumpkin? A central element in many fall festivals, the pumpkin is a beloved symbol of autumn. Fittingly then, National Pumpkin Day is ...