To understand the differences between denim and chambray, we first must ask the question: What, exactly, is a fabric? A fabric is a collection of fibres and/or yarns that, in the read more

To understand the differences between denim and chambray, we first must ask the question: What, exactly, is a read more

Ah, the wonders of a boneless, skinless chicken breast: that unsullied expanse of solid muscle, that somewhat-flavorless-but-still-chickeny-enough-to-know-what-we're-eating taste w read more

Ah, the wonders of a boneless, skinless chicken breast: that unsullied expanse of solid muscle, that somewhat- read more

Words matter here at What’s the Difference HQ, and regardless of the tenor and tone of our current administration, it’s important to understand the meanings of the words and l read more

Words matter here at What’s the Difference HQ, and regardless of the tenor and tone of our current administ read more

There are a lot of ways to get cute with this topic—lots of fun food-history tidbits to dredge up, lots of delightfully retro and oddly worded recipes to photocopy from my extens read more

There are a lot of ways to get cute with this topic—lots of fun food-history tidbits to dredge up, lots of d read more

When one discusses both the climate and the weather, one is drawing from the same bucket of building blocks: think temperature, humidity, solar radiation, precipitation, wind speed read more

When one discusses both the climate and the weather, one is drawing from the same bucket of building blocks: t read more

As spring and summer fruits begin to reveal themselves at the market, it feels appropriate to explore the nuances in the various methods of preserving them. Jam, jelly, preserves, read more

As spring and summer fruits begin to reveal themselves at the market, it feels appropriate to explore the nuan read more

Today, we’re tackling one of the more delightful intricacies of the grammatical universe: the world of dashes. Dashes come in three lengths: hyphens (-), en dashes (–), and read more

Today, we’re tackling one of the more delightful intricacies of the grammatical universe: the world of dashe read more

We all love our Pellegrino and LaCroix and the various fancy and non-fancy bubbly waters in between, but what are we actually drinking? Turns out there are marked differences in th read more

We all love our Pellegrino and LaCroix and the various fancy and non-fancy bubbly waters in between, but what read more

As one might know from the Wizard of Oz or seventh-grade science class, tornadoes form over land, most commonly over the Central Plains in the spring or early summer, when moist read more

As one might know from the Wizard of Oz or seventh-grade science class, tornadoes form over land, most comm read more

Experientially, the difference between a lager and an ale can be explained with brands of beer everybody knows: lagers are the crisp, thirst-quenching yellow beers like Budweiser read more

Experientially, the difference between a lager and an ale can be explained with brands of beer everybody knows read more