I don’t know that there’s a kitchen task less glamorous than peeling potatoes. Peeling potatoes is dull, monotonous work, and the humble y-peeler (as opposed to a fancier swivel peeler) may seem like dull tool by association. Nothing could be further from the truth, however, as this so-simple vegetable peeler can do so much more than peel potatoes.

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There are plenty of options for saving money on lodging . If you want top notch service, though, you can often get it at an affordable price by staying at a newly launched hotel.

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Meetings where decisions are made but no one wants to be accountable for them, are the worst meetings. Keep that “action to decision” ratio low by ending every meeting with an “accountability summary” everyone gets afterward, so everyone knows what they’re responsible for.

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Garlic is an ingredient I could never give up, and I’ve resigned myself to living with the smelly reality of it. I’ve tried the lemon-salt-scrubbing trick. I’ve tried baking soda. Neither totally eliminate the pungent aroma garlic leaves in its wake. But Cook’s Illustrated has a new trick for me to try, and it involves a potato.

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