Beware of Health Scams That Can Affect Your Pocketbook and Your Well-Being By Robert G. Graw, Jr., M.D. Snake oil salesmen have been around for decades, if not centuries, and modern technology has allowed them to be even more professional in their attempts to sell hype to the unsuspecting public. Unfortunately, seniors are often the [...]
Full Story »The Price of Spice
The Price of Spice By Melissa Conroy The scent of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger are heralds of the holiday season: What would pumpkin pie be without these lovely spices? Imagine cinnamon rolls or apple pie without cinnamon or egg nog without a dash of nutmeg. Indeed, imagine food without spice at all. How dull [...]
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He Cooks! By Mat Herban Holiday cooking for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukkah or any other winter occasion means putting out a fancy meal, but one that includes comfort foods that everyone loves. Potatoes always seem to figure into the mix because whatever the entrée meat may be, potatoes will complement it and they are also [...]
Full Story »All About Stevia
All About Stevia By Melissa Conroy The next time you are at the grocery store, push your cart to the bakery section, load it with 30 5-pound bags of sugar, then take a good look. That is the amount of sugar the average American eats in a year. While much of that sugar intake comes [...]
Full Story »Are Organic Foods Really Better for You?
Are Organic Foods Really Better for You? By Ellen Kittredge This is a very relevant question to ask when deciding how to spend your food budget. Frequently, though not always, organic foods cost more than non-organic or conventionally raised foods. Is the higher price really worth it? Improving your health is only one reason to [...]
Full Story »Cast Your Dice for the Right Cooking Equipment
Cast Your Dice for the Right Cooking Equipment By Melissa Conroy My parents own a cast iron Dutch oven and skillet set that have served our family for more than three decades. While we have shattered glass cooking pots, warped aluminum frying pans, melted the plastic handles off electric skillets and scratched stainless [...]
Full Story »Gingerbread Men are Tasty Ornaments
Gingerbread Men are Tasty Ornaments Here’s a yummy recipe to make with grandkids on a freezing December day. These cookies keep well and can be made right after Thanksgiving to hang on the Christmas tree. They’ll stay crisp right through the holidays, but make enough so that the Christmas elves can snitch one or two. [...]
Full Story »Try Coffee for A Warm Winter Treat
Try Coffee for A Warm Winter Treat By Carla Lucente and Stacey Jackowski Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia by a goat herder who found his goats “dancing” after eating the red berries of a dark-leafed bush – the coffee plant. Different cultures experimented by cooking the fruit and seeds of the coffee plants. As the [...]
Full Story »Your Holiday Bird: Delight Your Guests
YOUR HOLIDAY BIRD: DELIGHT YOUR GUESTS WITH A TASTE OF THE NONTRADITIONAL! By Louise Whiteside Can you count the number of times you’ve eaten the same holiday dinner? For me, it was oven-roasted turkey with cornbread stuffing and giblet gravy. For you, it was oven-roasted turkey with a traditional stuffing and a traditional [...]
Full Story »AROUND THE WORLD ON A PUMPKIN
AROUND THE WORLD ON A PUMPKIN By Leslie Younes Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America, the earliest found in the form of seeds from related plants in Mexico dating back between 7000 and 5500 B.C. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word pepon, which was changed by the French to [...]
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