The term “endplay” refers to a situation where a defender on lead is forced to hand declarer an extra trick whatever he returns. Despite its name, an endplay does not necessarily occur at or near the end of a hand. Quite often it comes in the middle of the play, and there are even cases ...

DEAR HELOISE: I saw a letter from Kelly T. in your column about washing greens. You mentioned submerging them in a bowl of cold water. Adding 1/2 cup of vinegar to 1 cup of water and soaking them for 3 minutes helps to remove bacteria. Just rinse and pat dry. — Deborah Graham, in ...

My beets were slow to grow this year, so I bought a bunch at the farmers’ market. I was taken aback when the seller chopped off the vegetable’s foliage and attempted to discard it after handing me a sad sack of leafless roots. “Wait! I’ll take those, please,” I blurted, catching him ...

Every industry has its jargon. In the wine business, to understand some wine words, one- or two-sentence definitions suffice. However, there are some more nuanced words and phrases that take a paragraph, or in other cases, an entire book, to be fully explained. At least for this column, here ...

This is Lovina’s daughter Verena writing. It is such a beautiful Monday evening. The leaves are changing color more and more. It is always such a beautiful view once the leaves are changed to such pretty colors. Fall used to be my favorite season and I would love to rake up the leaves. But ...