I Love This Tomato-y Pasta

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Sausages, the Busy Cook’s Best Friend

Are there any ingredients more helpful to the harried home cook than sausages? Available at all kinds of markets (from super to farmer), they come preseasoned, so you don’t need to fuss with them when you get them home. Just plop them into a pan, and apply high heat. They will practically cook themselves, their…

Sheet Masks, Ranked by Hydration

Hydration is the only promise a sheet mask can keep, though even that might be a reach, according to Michelle Wong, a chemist who runs the skin care blog LabMuffin. Despite claims you might read on the packaging, “sheet masks will not cure anything,” Ms. Wong said. But that doesn’t mean they are not pampering.…