3.14 | Pi Day
Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein

Illustration by David Cowles

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A quick ‘Happy New Year Doodle’ by Daniel Nyari

A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I’ve played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
  -edgar guest

Divine Caramel Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup light corn syrup
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 cup whipping (heavy) cream

Directions:
1. In 2-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup, brown sugar and butter to boiling over low heat, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Stir in whipping cream; heat to boiling. Cool about 30 minutes. Serve warm. Store covered in refrigerator up to 2 months. Reheat slightly before serving if desired.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1937

Mrs. T.M. Crouch of Ledyard, Connecticut prepares the Thanksgiving Turkey. (Jack Delano photograph 1940)

Happy Thanksgiving, poopsies!

Firecracker safety was taken pretty lightly in the time of these images from turn-of-the-20th-century postcards, exact dates unknown.

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