The other day, I found this cool feature on Prevention Magazine’s website. They take two mostly-similar and mostly-healthy foods, line up their nutrition data, and declare a champion. Cool right? Some of these I really appreciated. I was psyched to learn, for example, that quinoa is healthier than brown rice, because not only do I … Continue reading
One time when I was growing up, my grandmother went out of town for some reason or other, and my mom took it upon herself to bring dinner over for my grandfather. I was old enough to be perplexed by this, and I asked my mom why she thought Poppo would starve without Grandma there … Continue reading
The other day as I was riding the subway home from work, I heard something really fascinating that I don’t think I had ever heard before — two women, who were both clearly fluent in both English and Spanish, having a conversation and seamlessly slipping from one language to the other, usually within the same … Continue reading
Help me out, friends. Do you guys remember this commercial that was probably on in the early 2000s…for maybe Amazon.com or eBay…and it showed some guy ordering scuba gear online and having the big flipper thing slowly begin to emerge from his fax machine? Anybody? This commercial has (obviously) stuck with me for a long … Continue reading
Here’s an early morning eye-opener for ya: apparently, we turn into our mothers at the ripe old age of 31. Ouch, right? Since I’m still a few years away from 31 (and since I don’t regard turning into my mother as the absolute worst thing in the world), I’m not all that alarmed by this … Continue reading
Anyone else out there completely paranoid when it comes to cooking poultry? It terrifies me. My meat thermometer (a wedding gift from my husband’s brother, thanks Mike!) is one of my most-used kitchen utensils. I can’t remember the last time I cooked and served poultry without checking the temperature. Or googling “safe internal temperature chicken/turkey/etc.” … Continue reading
I have a lot of “favorite” days of the year — Christmas Eve, the day we turn the clocks forward in the spring, the Saturday before Memorial Day. But if I had to pick my favorite favorite day, I think it would be today. The third Thursday in March. The official kickoff of March Madness … Continue reading
Anyone reading any good books right now? I am in a total book rut. I had a really good stretch a few months ago where I read three excellent books in a row (One Day, A Visit From the Goon Squad, and Gone Girl). But I started a clunker several weeks ago (The Thousand Autumns … Continue reading
You know how some people just love going to the movies, and they’ll go see pretty much anything and often end up liking it? Those people are the opposite of me. I am not a movie person in the slightest. A few weeks ago I was talking about this with a friend and I actually … Continue reading
Usually when I find a new recipe that looks good, one of the first things I’ll do is look for ways to make it healthier – trimming a little butter, cutting back salt, adding veggies, etc. There’s almost always something you can do to eat a little better. On the other hand…sometimes you’ll find a … Continue reading
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