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2 weeks ago | 
startupxs.com | Jane Black
Small businesses can reduce their debt by an average of 75% through business restructuring, which makes it a powerful financial recovery tool. The timing of restructuring plays a crucial role between success or failure. The restructuring process works best with early action from companies. For example, a short-term rental business in Australia demonstrated this by adapting its restructuring plan quickly after experiencing a 30% drop in holiday guests.
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1 month ago | 
kanebridgenews.com | Jane Black
With the debut of DeepSeek’s buzzy chatbot and updates to others, we tried applying the technology—and a little human common sense—to the most mind-melting aspect of home cooking: weekly meal planning.
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1 month ago | 
wsj.com | Jane Black
March 14, 2025 7:00 pm ETRead the news and it won’t take long to find a story about the latest feat of artificial intelligence. AI passed the bar exam! It can help diagnose cancer! It “painted” a portrait that sold at Sotheby’s for $1 million! My own great hope for AI: that it might simplify the everyday problem of meal planning. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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1 month ago | 
thefern.org | Jane Black
The average American gets nearly two-thirds of his or her calories from foods that are considered “ultraprocessed.” These products — which have come to dominate the national conversation on nutrition — are typically loaded with sugar, salt, and saturated fats, and often use flavor, color, and textural additives that make them nearly irresistible.
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2 months ago | 
thedoubleshift.substack.com | Katherine Goldstein |Jane Black
The Double Shift is a newsletter, podcast and community created by Katherine Goldstein. Expect big ideas + solutions to challenge the status quo of work and care. Join us to find community around motherhood, equal partnership, and building a world that cares. Starting in 2024, we'll be releasing weekly audio versions of our newsletter and extended interviews for our paying member community on Substack. Join us! https://thedoubleshift.substack.com/.
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2 months ago | 
thedoubleshift.substack.com | Jane Black |Katherine Goldstein
A few weeks ago, I decided to run this newsletter crosspost today in the interest of my own self-preservation and mental health. It is frivolous and has absolutely nothing to do with the election. (There’s no dearth of commentary on that topic for anyone who wants to dig in!) I’ve never been a hot-take person, and when I have something meaningful to say on that topic, I’ll share it with you. In the meantime, I recommend this article from Vox News called How to Get Through This.
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2 months ago | 
thespread.media | Rachel Baker |Catherine Newman |Jane Black |Liz Dunn
We’re here to reclaim the “women’s magazine.” Every week, two veteran editors read it ALL to bring you everything we believe women’s media should be: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, hot goss, and the odd shopping tip—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
seattletimes.com | Jane Black
Tara and Chad Philipp had never tasted saffron until they took a camping trip with a family they’d recently met. Around the campfire, their new friends cooked a big pan of paella. The Philipps fell for the sweet, musky flavor of saffron — and were intrigued to learn it was the world’s most expensive spice. On the way home, Chad Philipp was already researching how to grow saffron on their three-acre plot in the Mojave Desert, east of Los Angeles.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
myheraldreview.com | Jane Black
Tara and Chad Philipp had never tasted saffron until they took a camping trip with a family they’d recently met. Around the campfire, their new friends cooked a big pan of paella. The Philipps fell for the sweet, musky flavor of saffron — and were intrigued to learn it was the world’s most expensive spice. On the way home, Chad Philipp was already researching how to grow saffron on their three-acre plot in the Mojave Desert, east of Los Angeles.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
ledger-enquirer.com | Jane Black
Saffron-infused honey, a top seller at Peace and Plenty Farm stand in Kelseyville, Calif., on Dec. 23, 2024. It's hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or simply pleasure. NYT Tara and Chad Philipp had never tasted saffron until they took a camping trip with a family they'd recently met. Around the campfire, their new friends cooked a big pan of paella.
