When you’re done with work, have your kids’ business all handled, dinner is cleaned up, and you’ve finished up any of the other seemingly endless daily tasks, what’s the last thing you probably want to do? For me—and likely you—it’s cleaning. When all you want to do is sit down, finding the motivation to clean…

Eating corn on the cob every summer is one of my fonder childhood memories. I grew up in New Jersey, and although no one likes to hear nice things about the place, it produces some excellent sweet corn. Indeed, it’s so great that butter and salt are more like spare accessories rather than necessities. But…