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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
It was halfway through my time of living the life of Quince that my reality began to crumble.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
All I’ve ever wanted is a poop bag that works each and every time—one that’s easy to open, holds everything it needs to, ties easily, and keeps smells contained. It’s not too much to ask, but so many inferior poop bags can’t seem to manage it. I’d found everything I wanted in our previous pick, the Amazon Basics Dog Poop Bags, and I was so thrilled that I wrote a love letter to them.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
Welcome to Ask Wirecutter, where deputy editor Annemarie Conte helps you figure out how to make the most of your stuff in real life. If you have a shopping conundrum for our advice columnist, submit it using this form. Dear Wirecutter:My husband and I do not agree on when it’s time to throw out a sponge. While he likes to hang on to them until they’re practically disintegrated, I want to replace them frequently. In fact, I hate sponges so much that I’d rather just replace them entirely.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
I am the daughter of a home economics teacher. I learned to consult volume-based price comparisons before I memorized my times tables. I’ve been doing the Wirecutter calculus of value for quality and cost since before Wirecutter existed. I’m cheap, but not at the expense of efficacy. I just truly love a good deal. I also hate to rewash a dish.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
Welcome to Ask Wirecutter, where deputy editor Annemarie Conte helps you figure out how to make the most of your stuff in real life. If you have a shopping conundrum for our advice columnist, submit it using this form. Dear Wirecutter:Why can’t I find a pan that is nonstick every time? In short: I have yet to find a coating that I am happy with. I’ve spent a lot of time developing the nonstick coating on our carbon steel pan, and things are still sticking. My wife’s patience is running out.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
Welcome to Ask Wirecutter, where deputy editor Annemarie Conte helps you figure out how to make the most of your stuff in real life. If you have a shopping conundrum for our advice columnist, submit it using this form. Dear Wirecutter,My partner is a reckless spice purchaser. We live in a house built in the 1950s with the original kitchen. It’s small, not a ton of storage or counter space available. Our spices are piled into an overflowing basket in one of our cabinets.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
A ground-floor bathroom is a unicorn in my neighborhood, where such a thing is rare among the early-1900s housing stock. After a long, arduous home search, we finally found one. However, the powder room had its quirks: In the 1990s, it had been converted from part of an existing porch, and it even had radiant-heat flooring—the luxury!Well, that powder room—which was really a poorly insulated box on stilts—broke a year after we moved in (frozen pipe).
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
We independently review everything we recommend. We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more›Photo illustration by Dana Davis/NYT Wirecutter; source photos by Netflix, Adobe StockBy Annemarie ConteAnnemarie Conte is an editor who writes the Ask Wirecutter column and trending-product reviews. She’d love to make you a friendship bracelet.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
Dana Davis/NYT Wirecutter and Connie Park/NYT WirecutterBy Annemarie ConteAnnemarie Conte is an editor who writes the Ask Wirecutter column and trending-product reviews. She’d love to make you a friendship bracelet. Welcome to Ask Wirecutter, where deputy editor Annemarie Conte helps you figure out how to make the most of your stuff in real life. If you have a shopping conundrum for our advice columnist, submit it using this form.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Annemarie Conte
Dylan Bachelet, the 20-year-old finalist on "The Great British Baking Show," generated plenty of buzz for the season with his good looks and his baking talent. He drew comparisons to all sorts of fictional characters: Captain Jack Sparrow of "Pirates of the Caribbean," anime characters, cartoon cats.
