Hallmark and candy companies turned Valentine’s Day into a touch feely, kissy-huggy chocolatey event. It all started out in a rather gruesome way with the Romans executing two different men named Valentine on February 14 in two different years. The Catholic Church labelled them martyrs and created St. Valentine’s Day. Both Chaucer and Shakespeare referred to ...
MLK Day is traditionally celebrated as a National Volunteer Day. Many communities organize 100s of ways to give back. I polled three children to see how they plan to use their day off from school. Sylvia, 9: There’s no school on Martin Luther King’s birthday so that we can do something good for other people. My grandfather used ...
Food history projects preserve the customs that nourish and grow our children, families, communities and culture. The makers of Tabasco Sauce and the Southern Foodways Alliance sponsored the New Orleans Eats, An Oral History Project, documenting an important and delicious part of our lives. I loved the food, sights, music and craziness of New Orleans when I ...
Why do we love beets? Beets have the highest sugar content of all vegetables, yet are very low in calories. Betacyanin is the pigment that gives beets their rich, purpley color is a powerful cancer-fighter. Studies have demonstrated beets’ antioxidant effectiveness against colon cancer and heart disease. Do not worry, you are not alone. Jasmine works in Norwalk ...
Whenever anyone is introduced to me as, “Sheryl Kayne, travel writer,” the immediate reaction is almost always the same: “I would so love to be a travel writer.” I heard it so often that I decided to let people know who are interested in writing, immersed in fascinating historical locales, getting to know the people, ...
My father, Nat Wolff, was a traveling salesman and he loved to drive. He always told me the story about how a truck driver had told him that the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada was one of the most beautiful drives in the world and he promised to take me. He died before delivering on ...
My Grandpa Sol died when I was very young, but I do remember that he was small, wiry, and always on the go. My Grandpa Ben was 92 when he died but he lived in Newark, New Jersey and we were in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Whenever we visited him he prepared a glass of fresh orange ...
Join a grass-roots effort to support the residents of New Orleans and Gulf Coast Communities as they rebuild. Common Ground needs volunteers skilled in construction, dry wall hanging, carpentry, painting, roofing, plumbing, electrical work, legal aid, social work, media/PR, and computer technology. Both short-and long-term volunteers are needed. The goal is to rebuild a socially equitable ...
Why do I reach for a pint of Cherry Garcia frozen yogurt (instead of ice cream because I am watching my weight) after a full dinner and having to unbutton my slacks? Researchers are convinced it has a lot to do with hormones. According to Andrea Giancoli, M.P.H., R.D., of the American Dietetic Association, hormone ...
My friend Joe is learning how to shop and cook healthfully. He’d like to lose some weight and he’s started working out at a local gym with three friends. It’s working for him. He’s slowly losing weight. His energy level is much higher since he’s started fueling his body with healthier food choices and appropriate ...
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