If you've ever wondered why your perennial plants appear leggy, droopy, tatty, or worse, bloom poorly, you may be making the mistake of not pinching them. Unless you live in the South, where the ...

There are some things most parents teach their children to do—eat their vegetables, say “please” and “thank you,” and, for many Filipinos, pinch their nose. “My grandmother and mother [pinched] my ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Much like chemistry, getting “good” at cooking ...