Harold McGee — Using the Microwave to Make Candy

Harold McGee — Using the Microwave to Make Candy

After four years of trying (and failing) to make the perfect caramel corn, I’m eager to try out some of Harold McGee’s microwave candy recipes, shared in the 12/22/10 issue of The New York Times. McGee is the author of the scientific tome On Food 

The Hated and the Hater, Both Touch by Crime

The Hated and the Hater, Both Touch by Crime

This moving story by Timothy Williams in the 7/19/11 edition of the New York Times is a question and answer with the now late Anthony Stroman, a Dallas stonecutter, who shot people he believed were Arabs following the 9/11 attacks and one of his victims, 

Howard Stein, 84: Helped Teach the Public How to Invest

Howard Stein, 84: Helped Teach the Public How to Invest

Howard Stein obituary from the New York Times, 7/31/11. Stein helped bring stock and bond investing to the general public. Created the first “no load” money market fund. He was an early critic of the Vietnam war.