Lifestyle, food and health articles
They’re coming. They wait for no man (or woman, for that matter). Can you hear them? They’re like the far off sound of an oncoming locomotive, growing louder with each passing day. Of course the “they” to which I refer are the holidays, and the …
Today, Sept 29, 2016, is World Heart Day. Cardiovascular Disease is the world’s number one cause of death. Not so cheerful, but there’s so much you can do about it! Exercise daily. Getting your kids involved means that they will grow up with healthy heart, …
There has been quite a bit of recent attention devoted to the benefits of living alone (remember, being alone is NOT the same as being lonely). Studies now reveal that one in four households in America contain only a single individual and in Manhattan that …
Picky eaters…we all have either been one, will be one, or know someone who is currently picky about what they eat. There are so many different factors that make people picky eaters. They could have started life just not liking the flavor of much, maybe …
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 …
Guess what’s just around the corner…that’s right, season seven of the Walking Dead and season six of Game of Thrones, but viewing those two blood-spattered shows is an indoor activity and involves little to no physical activity. No, the autumnal equinox is just around the …
I’ve never understood the use of “busted” and “debunked” when referring to the process of proving a previously held belief (myth) to be false. In my youth, “busted” meant being caught by some authority figure in an act of wrongdoing, such as placing 47 “for …
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 …
There’s a reason two of the more popular kitchen clichés involve the word “heat” (“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” and “That’s taking the heat out of a hot kitchen”). And that reason is because it can get frickin’ hot …
If you are familiar with the, now defunct, classic television series Seinfeld, then you are familiar with one of the most beloved and hilarious single episode characters known only as the “Soup Nazi” (the Soup Nazi’s name was later revealed to be Yev Kassem for …