Author: Grace Thompson

Try these banchan, or Korean side dishes, for Thanksgiving instead of the typical stuffing and cranberries. In her new cookbook, Banchan: 60 Korean American Recipes for Delicious, Shareable Sides, Korean American chef Caroline Choe offers suggestions for incorporating Korean flavors into a Thanksgiving dinner. The chef from New York City claimed that when her parents first immigrated to the US in 1973, they had no idea how to prepare a turkey. However, she added, they wanted their children to eat it so they could boast to their schoolmates that they had turkey as well. Her family gradually learned how to use whatever ingredients they could get to make a Korean American Thanksgiving meal. They really enjoy Choe's kimchi mac & cheese and kimchi mashed potatoes. "There is a lot of Korea...

A piece of art that was overtly titled "Comedian" didn't appeal to the majority of art buyers. It should come as no surprise that the comedian is merely a banana duct taped to a wall. Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist, created the piece, which made a big impression at the 2019 Art Basel fair in Miami but also drew as many laughs as praise from critics. However, Comedian sold for $6.24 million on Wednesday, including $1 million in fees, giving Cattelan the last laugh. Justin Sun, a 34-year-old Chinese cryptocurrency platform founder who is headquartered in Switzerland, was quickly identified as the buyer. On his X feed, Sunconfirmed the purchase, stating that it was a cultural phenomena that connects the Bitcoin community, memes, and the realm of art. I think this work will become part o...

It's funny in life. When we are children, we look forward to the day when we will be able to make our own decisions without any help from our parents. When we come to terms with the fact that adulthood isn't what it seems, we long for the times when we were younger and had to choose between Taco Bell and Arby's. Being a grownup comes with a cost, and it's not always inexpensive. For the majority of us, the stress of our jobs, monthly payments, and major expenses like college or home ownership are all commonplace. All of these are a little more difficult than choosing between a Taco Supreme and a Gordita Crunch. Is everything bad? Obviously not. We can now make our own decisions and choose a route that is specific to our goals in life since we are no longer constrained by our parents. We mu...

Following days of fighting that have left at least 68 people dead and numerous others injured, government representatives met with tribal chiefs in northwest Pakistan on Sunday in an attempt to mediate a ceasefire between warring sectarian factions. At least 40 people, primarily Shiite Muslims, were killed when gunmen assaulted convoys of civilian vehicles on Thursday, sparking the fighting. Retaliatory attacks against Sunni citizens followed, and armed groups from both sides engaged in fierce combat. A land dispute in Kurram district, close to the Afghan border, has led to decades of tribal and sectarian conflict between armed Shiite and Sunni Muslims. According to Muhammad Ali Saif, the communications minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which includes Kurram, a government delegatio...

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., made the suggestion on Sunday that firing any Justice Department employees who worked on cases including accusations against Trump should be one of President-elect Donald Trump's top objectives in his new administration. During an appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Press," Schmitt stated, "First and foremost, the people involved with this should be fired immediately." "And anybody part of this, this effort to keep President Trump off the ballot and to throw him in jail for the rest of his life because they didn't like his politics, and who continue to cast him as a quote, unquote threat to democracy, was wrong, and so we'll see where that goes," Schmitt continued. His comments coincide with special counsel Jack Smith's plans to wind down the cases against Trump and...

According to recent Department of Labor data, many families have been essentially paying a second rent check to send their children to day care. Although it is well known that child care prices have severely strained households nationwide, the federal data demonstrates how sharply these costs increased from county to county during the greatest inflation in four decades. In 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, families' average spending for full-day care for each child ranged from $6,552 to as high as $15,600. According to the organization, the maximum level is several hundred dollars higher than the typical yearly rent for that year. Although incomes vary greatly across the nation, households generally spend between 9% and 16% of their yearly income on day care for each ...

Thanksgiving dinner is more reasonably priced than it has been in years, even though you might not notice it by looking at the sticker pricing in the grocery aisles. According to a statewide poll of supermarket prices conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation, which represents millions of U.S. farmers, the expected cost of this year's holiday feast is $58.08 for a 10-person gathering, or $5.81 per head. This is the lowest amount since 2021 and a 5% decrease from last year. However, when inflation is taken into account, the situation gets much better. With the exception of the 2020 outlier, the authors stated that this would be the least expensive Thanksgiving meal in the 39-year history of the AFBF Thanksgiving survey if your dollar had the same total purchasing power as a customer ...

A teenage sensation from India will face a taciturn assassin from China in one of the largest sports events in the world, but the greatest of all time from Norway will not be present. This week marks the beginning of the 2024 World Chess Championship, which will pit the current champion Ding Liren of China against 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India. Even while it is still regarded as the game's main event, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the five-time champion who chose not to defend his title in 2022, is conspicuously absent. Grandmaster David Howell, Carlsen's close friend and one of the official match commentators in Singapore, said this year's world championship is remarkable but still has a special place in the chess world. According to Howell, it has long been the only element that dist...