2015 - Better.Cheaper.Slower.

Best & Cheapest Eats of 2015

December 29, 2015

Two of this year's big revelations in my kitchen were: sauces. Sauces that are deeply delicious and highly aromatic. Sauces that elevate simple ingredients to super satisfying main courses. One's cheap and easy. The other's free and easy. Here's to a tasty 2016 in your kitchen.

Your Monday#52: Better Slower Cheapskate

December 28, 2015

I'm delighted to use the year's final Monday to pass on a great idea from a BCS subscriber, the self-described Better Slower Cheapskate. That person who came up with what might be the Better Cheaper Way for you to keep a New Year's resolution in 2016.

Slower Sunday: The Year’s Slowest

December 27, 2015

Slower. Sometimes you just get it. Sometimes you have to learn it. Either Way, it's Better.

The Walk That Ate Bethlehem

December 25, 2015

It always sounded like such a long Way to walk, Jerusalem to Bethlehem. I imagined vast stretches of desert. No roads. No signs. Just the star. No Google Maps to tell them the trek's just seven miles. I could do that on Christmas. You, too.

Slower Sunday: All down here now

December 20, 2015

All of them. Nothing up there. At all. Doesn't matter that the weather's crazy warm for this time of year. Press Play. I think you'll get a kick out of this.

Slower Sunday: For You

December 13, 2015

Take a minute to take a break from ... you. It's refreshing. Relaxing. Rejuvenating. Really. Just a minute. Just Press Play.

The Gift of the Future

December 10, 2015

Totally free, totally clean, totally cool energy. The Little LED Lantern That Could. And the D.Light: a tiny, bright emergency backup system that charges your phone. Both spend the day sunbathing, converting and storing sunlight.

Resources: Thought For Food

December 8, 2015

Eating's better than reading about eating. But you'll always eat good stuff - and never eat bad stuff - if you read and think about what these folks have been writing. My holiday guide to Michael Pollan, M.F.K. Fisher and Wendell Berry.

Slower Sunday: Got a light?

December 6, 2015

If you don't already do this, give it a try. Or borrow mine. Anytime. Yeah, just Press Play. Don't need a match that way.

Things You Don’t Know … You Need The Gift of: Phew – Glad I Got That!

December 4, 2015

The Gift of: Phew - Sure Glad I Got That! Great gifts for the people who think they have everything. Low-cost, high-value, amazingly handy things. Everyone you know could use these. Including you.