How to Save Money on Disney Plus, Hulu, Netflix and Other Streaming Subscriptions

While it’s worth your time, streaming TV can sometimes take a toll on your wallet, right? It’s no wonder, with the never-ending selection of TV shows and movies right at our fingertips. Your monthly streaming expenses could easily reach $100 or more, especially with Netflix’s extra member fees and rising prices for Peacock, Disney Plus, Hulu and other […]

How to Manage Streaming Subscriptions As Service Prices Rise

The dream of streaming — watch what you want, whenever you want, for a sliver of the price of cable! — is coming to an end. With all the price increases for video streaming apps like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Hulu, the average household that subscribes to four streaming apps may now end up […]

How to make macaroni cheese – recipe | Pasta

Before we had mac and cheese, voluptuous and gooey and gilded with bacon, lobster and/or truffle, there was plain old “macaroni cheese”, which has been enjoyed in the UK since at least the 14th century. Nineteenth -and 20th-century versions tend towards the mild and creamy, and it’s perfect comfort food … though, of course, there’s […]

How to Use Gold in Your Portfolio

Gold is one of the oldest forms of money; gold coins were first used in the Kingdom of Lydia (now part of Turkey) in about 550 B.C. Gold has also long been used as a store of value as well as an investment asset. In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the […]

How to Make Small Talk with Anyone from Anywhere

Meet-and-greet conversations can be uncomfortable. And they can feel especially daunting when you’re paired with strangers from different cultures, like when networking in a global business context. In this setting, light and introductory-style conversations (what some of us know as “small talk”) can be very helpful, and even necessary. Small talk is a quasi-universal tool […]

Google Podcasts Is Going Away. Here’s How to Transfer Your Subscriptions

Steve McLendon, a product manager at Google, admits he’s sad to see Google Podcasts head toward the software graveyard. He suggests that the app’s simplicity, one of its core strengths, is what led to its downfall: “Podcast experiences can be improved for users in a way that I think Google Podcasts would never really be […]

How to Host a Winter Grilling Party

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist. Photo: Kristin Teig. Reprinted from Company by Amy Thielen Hosting can be a lot, especially when part of the game is having the soirée you put together look effortless. In this series, veteran party-throwers tell us how they pull off their highly specific, flawlessly executed gatherings. This installment comes from Amy Thielen, […]