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Oct 14
Gourmia’s New Double Decker Air Fryer: The Ultimate Kitchen Hack for Busy Families

If your family’s dinner routine feels like a race against the clock, Gourmia just dropped a game-changer: the 11-QT Double Decker Dual-Basket Air Fryer with Smart Finish, now exclusive to Costco members. Why It’s a Big Deal This isn’t just another air fryer. Gourmia’s stacked, space-saving design packs a full 11-quart capacity into a vertical footprint, […]

Oct 13
We’re All In This Together, Right?

From the archives, 2018: My great-grandmother came to the United States from Hungary as a toddler three generations ago. She was woken up in the middle of the night, as the story has been told to me, and taken over the mountains to board ships that were headed for the USA. She and her family were fleeing the […]

Oct 10
A People’s History of the United States

If you have not yet read “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn, I highly encourage you to do so. It’s not an easy read, but it is a meaningful one. The book helps show the whole picture of American history I never got in school. It’s told from the point of […]

Oct 07
“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is an Adventure Full of Spectacle, Hilarity, and Life Lessons

Own the all-new collector's edition now on digital, blu-ray, and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment