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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Skillet Chicken and Rice That Gets Asked For By Name

Bone-in thighs, one pan, and rice that soaks up every bit of the fond. Dinner on the table in about an hour, with one thing to wash.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Beef and Broccoli That Beats Your Takeout Order

Thirty-five minutes, one skillet, and beef so tender people will ask what you did to it. The answer is three quarters of a teaspoon of baking soda.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Thirty-Minute Lemon Garlic Skillet Chicken With Green Beans

One pan, four servings, and a garlic-butter sauce built from the browned bits the chicken leaves behind.

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Meatloaf With a Brown Sugar Glaze That Doesn't Slide Off

Free-form on a sheet pan, cooked to 160°F, glazed twice, with mashed potatoes that never turn to glue.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Sunday Meatballs and Marinara for a Full Table

Three cans of tomatoes, two kinds of ground meat, and a pot that feeds ten with leftovers for Tuesday. Here's how to get it right the first time.

The house has a map, and it lives in my wife's head

A popped sink line, one calm woman with a towel, and the nine things in our house she can find in the dark.

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GuideDogs & PetsRay Okonkwo7 Oct 20265 min

The free puppy costs more than the one with a price tag

The cardboard box said FREE. The vet, the pet store and a chewed TV remote had other ideas. Run the real year-one numbers before you say yes.

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StoryCan You Fix ItNina Castellan7 Oct 20265 min

Every Wrong Gray Starts at the Paint Counter

Twelve lines heard over the shaker machine, and the paint lessons that'll save your walls, your weekend and your trim.

GuideHomeRay Okonkwo7 Oct 20265 min

The forty-eight rolls were a bargain. The rest of the cart wasn't.

Bulk paper towels look like free money until you count the sheets, the miles, the closet space and everything that rode home next to them.

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GuideGarden & YardWes Dunbar6 Oct 20265 min

Your Mower Sat All Winter and Now It Has Opinions

The box says pull the cord. The box hasn't met your shed. How to wake a hibernating mower without wrecking your Saturday or your shoulder.

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar6 Oct 20266 min

The Doorknob Hole in the Hallway, Fixed the Way It Really Goes

A patch nobody can find later takes three coats, two days and one door stop you should've installed in April. Every step, honestly.

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GuideHomeRay Okonkwo7 Oct 20266 min

Why the 45-minute faucet job takes an afternoon

The plumber's quote looks like robbery until you add up the three hardware store trips, the seized valve and the wrench you'll use twice in a decade.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

The hand without the knife is the one that cuts you

Pinch the blade, claw the food, and learn five cuts slowly. Speed takes care of itself once your other hand knows its job.

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar6 Oct 20265 min

Replacing a Toilet Flapper Takes Ten Minutes and Two Trips

The cheapest plumbing fix in the house, written the way it really goes, including the second trip to the store nobody plans for.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

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Nobody walks into the plumbing aisle on purpose

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Ten Freezer Dinners From Four Pots in One Afternoon

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar6 Oct 20266 min

The Bathroom Sink Clog Is Always Hair, and It's Always Gross

Skip the bottle of drain cleaner. A plastic strip, a bucket and twenty patient minutes clear almost every slow bathroom sink in the house.

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Getting the lights on the roof and yourself back off it

Every step is correct. The asides are what really happens. Holiday lights on the roofline, done safely, with only one trip back to the store.

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