Nature magazine has just published The best science images of 2021. Fantastic doesn’t begin to describe these photos! They’re spectacular. There’s even a video depicting how black holes distort light from the gases around them. If you get a moment, the list is really worth a look-see. The photo above is by Emilio Morenatti and documents the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands. ___ For updates about Martha’s books, news and giveaways, che

Don’t you love when you make food that looks like what you get in a restaurant? My son and made this Simple Homemade Chicken Ramen from Knife Fork Swoon for friends on Sunday. The idea came about when a Japanese friend recommended a great ramen noodle restaurant in my town. When I started looking up recipes, the broth process sounded incredibly long and complex. As I read the ingredients to my son, a list that included pig feet (“trotters”) and chicken feet, he said, “Too ma

by Melanie Faith I grew up in Chicago and about once every winter would wake up to a mountain of snow outside my window and more falling by the minute. At that moment, utter delight would shoot through me, because I knew this would be deemed a snow day and school would be canceled. That’s the same transformation — from this-will-be-good-for-me to fantastic! — that occurred upon reading the first page of this book. I assumed by the title I’d be learning how to use photography

See this scrap of paper? That’s what I grabbed and began scribbling on as I listened to the HiHelloSura Show podcast featuring Anita Stubenrauch. Anita Stubenrach, founder of Cause Effect Creative I knew Anita at Apple and got to see the exciting moment she left to start Cause Effect Creative, a consultancy, and the Make and Believe retreat in Murphy, CA, that together help people unlock their creativity to think big, convey their passion and become the hero of their life sto