A “peppercorn payment,” or “peppercorn rent,” is a term used by attorneys for small, below-market-value payments for a property. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Peppercorn Payment” Something I learned on the internet in some legal...
Writers and where they do their best creative work. A new book on Geoffrey Chaucer describes the dark, cramped, smelly room where he wrote his early work. Which raises the question: What kind of space do you need to produce your best writing? Also...
Vanita from Dallas grew up in India calling the table container for salt and pepper a salt-and-pepper cellar, where many Americans would say salt-and-pepper shaker. A saltcellar (yes, usually spelled as one word with no space) is a vessel for salt...
Open your kitchen cupboard or a cookbook, and chances are you’ll come across a lot of spices and peppers with recognizable names that you still can’t pronounce properly, like turmeric, cayenne, and habanero. We often give foreign-sounding...
Are your nightstand books all over the place? Why not stack ’em into a bookmash? A bookmash is a kind of found poetry formed from book titles! And we all know that honesty is the best policy. But does that mean you should correct the grammar of your...
What do you think the chances are that Sporty Spice has tried a sport pepper? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Sport Pepper” Here’s a food word that I came across. Do you know what a sport pepper is? A what kind? Sport pepper...
