Can You Make Cheap Vodka Taste Better by Filtering It?
What a simple pleasure it is to have a drink at the end of the day while the stress of work recedes like the tide. But alcohol—especially good liquor—is expensive. Some claim there are simple tricks that can elevate cheap booze to the top of the shelf, so today we’re testing a few ways to improve mediocre liquor.
Can You Clean a Slow Cooker With a Dryer Sheet?
Sometimes you need any help you can get when the remnants of last night’s dinner refuse to part with the dirty dishes. But rest easy, weary scrubber: your cleaning methods can find a little extra oomph in unexpected places. Today we’re trying out a few cleaning tips that might save you time, if not sanity.
Can You Do All Your Cooking in a Microwave Oven?
The humble microwave is like an Atomic Age dream that actually came true: In the kitchen of the future, you’ll make fully cooked meals in minutes! And the versatile device can do more than just heat your leftovers. Today we’re testing some cooking tips that can put your microwave to use beyond reheating last night’s…
FKA twigs Writhes Around In Bed For Gorgeous New Single 'Good to Love'
One tool that fka twigs has always used effectively in her (usually self-directed) music videos is the concept of autonomy. Barring a few clips, like the powerfully choreographed “Glass & Patron,” she is often the only focal point in her videos, which invokes a multitude of themes that also seem to reflect in her…
Here's Why Hollywood's Drunkest Award Show Will Probably Be Pretty Exciting This Year
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has a history of choosing Golden Globe nominees for reasons as simple as, “Uh, we’ve heard of it?” but this year’s lineup is filled with some delightful surprises that will probably make the ceremony the most entertaining of the year—despite Ricky Gervais.
How to Cook a Faster, Juicy Turkey with a Salt Crust
Don’t have all day to waste cooking a turkey this Thanksgiving? Try this trick from Chef Matt Griffin at Fedora: cook the turkey in a salt crust for a quick, juicy bird.
I'm a Golden Girls Superfan, and You Should Be, Too
The Golden Girls, a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1992, is currently on American television—specifically the cable channel Hallmark—three hours every weekday. At six episodes a day, you could watch the entire series in about six weeks, at which point Hallmark would pop in the disc one of their complete series…
People Reveal The First Email They Ever Sent and It's a Total Cringefest
My first email address was ernest1960@aol.com. It was my dad’s account and I spent a great deal of my time at 13 looking at gay pornography and then chatting with teenage girls to make up for it. The first email I sent was likely to a girl who went by JessyM13 and it was “this is my email address. Do you have an email…
Get Down With Sharkmuffin's Minimal Punk Anthem, 'Tampons Are For Sluts'
Badass New York punks Sharkmuffin know how to throw a karaoke party, as evidenced in this new video for their thrashing new single, “Tampons Are For Sluts,” airing for the first time here at Jezebel. Shot by Caroline Yoder, it’s got all the attributes of a must-attend slumber party—costumes, balloons, bubbles,…

