Lifestyle, food and health articles
Let me start with the fact that Netflix does not have any holiday hits on its roster…no It’s a Wonderful Life, Love Actually, Die Hard (yes, it’s considered a holiday movie), Home Alone, Elf, or Christmas Vacation. However, this is a good thing because it forces you to …
As is my wont, I’ll begin this post by defining a term from the title, in this case, “bucket list.” In years gone by, a bucket list was a list of things you wanted to do before you died or kicked the proverbial bucket. The …
What follows is a hypothetical holiday conversation between Olivia the omnivore and Victor the vegan: Victor entered his in-law’s home expecting the regular questions non-vegans ask of vegans. He wasn’t disappointed when the conversation inevitably turned to his veganism when Olivia asked, “I know you …
We all know that the Thanksgiving holiday is no longer restricted to just Thanksgiving Day. It has morphed into a week-long gluttony-fest that runs from the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving all the way to the Monday after. It begins as we must take the Wednesday …
It’s here, six-weeks of parties, family gatherings, office holiday happy hours, omnipresent baked goods and alcohol and massive sit-down dinners where the table strains under the weight of the food upon it. All this after you’ve spent the last 10 months exercising on a regular …
In case you haven’t realized it, the holiday shopping season is already here. In fact, it’s been here since the end of October. Yes, Halloween now ushers in the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. Please don’t bemoan that fact, just deal with it …
As has been the case since 1975, this month is National Diabetes Month which is, and has been, used to raise national awareness regarding the disease. In case you didn’t know, there are two types of diabetes, simply known as type 1 and type 2 …
Those benefits can be boiled done to two words, convenience and healthy. That’s it. Obviously, there are other words that fall under those two umbrella words and they are as follows…I know, short introductory paragraph, right? Convenience would be the first word that comes to …
You know it’s coming; your next inevitable snack attack. You might even know when and where, as these things tend to have a pattern. Every day, say around 3:30, you find yourself scrounging around the office break room, your fridge or pantry looking for something …
As I’m sure you all recall, last week I discussed and described the hottest tourist trend on the planet right now, that being food tourism. Food tourism involves visiting a locale and using food (and beverages) to explore the history and culture of a specific …