Lifestyle, food and health articles
The rumor mill and news agencies are twittering away about the problems multi-billion dollar start-up Blue Apron is having. As we keep our ear to the ground regarding food safety and nutrition, we couldn’t help hearing the news. In case you’ve been living in a …
I learned to cook when I was a young teenager. My dad was a wiz in the kitchen and he taught me how to make great meals. Like he did, I taught my children their way around a kitchen. They are much better than I …
Here are 5 Kitchen Tools for Left-handers Are you a southpaw? Don’t you wish companies would take Left-handers into consideration when producing kitchen tools? Well, it looks like some have started doing just that. Some of the gadgets look pretty intriguing. The holidays are just …
Summer, of course, means more than just heat. It also, for most of us, means a more, shall we say, relaxed pace to life. And in this more relaxed lifestyle, we tend to sleep in a bit more whenever possible and then scramble (egg pun …
There’s a commonly held belief…rule, really… held by surfers that one should never eat shark. It’s a karma kinda thing…why tempt fate by eating what might someday eat you out there on the waves. However, the vast majority of us do not surf, therefore, we …
This is going to amaze you. The vegetables and fruits we know today are vastly different from what they began as. OK, three guesses, what is this? A. Squash B. Banana C. Some kind of starchy vegetable If you guessed B. banana, you were right! …
With the arrival of winter comes colder temperatures and, as a result, we all struggle to keep warm without going broke due to high gas, oil or electric bills. Well, here are some unique, if temporary solutions to your cold weather issues, and, despite my …
It’s the morning of Sunday, November 1st and as you walk out onto your front porch you are confronted with the remnants of your Halloween revelry…pumpkins (or jack-o’-lanterns, which is what a pumpkin becomes once it has been carved). You then regret the fact that …
Penn Jillette has a ton of titles; magician, musician, juggler, inventor, comedian, author and actor, among others. Now, he can add successful extreme weight loser…yes, I realize that’s a contrived and awkward title, but work with me here. Back in late 2014, Penn, who stood …
Rice is as old as dirt…well, almost. Archeological evidence suggests that rice was domesticated over 10,000 years ago in the Pearl River region of China. Rice is also as abundant as bad reality television shows…well, almost. It ranks third in terms of global crop production …