View the print-ready version of this recipe. Why We Love This Recipe Flavor—A Mediterranean recipe with intense, distinctly Italian flavors: tomato, eggplant, basil, and lots of flavor from the salted ricotta. The final taste is unique due to the sweetish flavor of the ripe tomatoes with the contrast of salt from the cheese that will…
Fat-Burning Sitting Exercise Lowers Blood Sugar
An experimental physiological study involving a small muscle called the soleus might be a wake-up call for anyone using their sedentary job or lifestyle as an excuse for poor metabolism. Subjects experienced distinct health benefits—including sustained elevated oxidative metabolism—from doing “soleus pushups” for hours while sitting. The soleus, one of 600 muscles in the human…
Southern Italy and Sicily: An Unexpected Tropical Paradise With a Side of History
By Jess Fleming From Pioneer Press St. Paul—During the long, cold Minnesota winter, more than three dozen readers and I had the chance to escape to an unexpected tropical paradise—Sicily and Southern Italy. I had been to Tuscany before, but the beaches, abundant citrus trees, palm trees and agave and prickly pear plants in the…
Exploring the Rich History of Indian Block Printing
By Katie Laughridge From Tribune News Service In a day and age where most everything we purchase is mass-produced, there’s something magical about the beauty found in the slowness of handmade goods. Block printed textiles are lovely in part because of homespun nature of the craft. I fell in love with the art of block…
Destination: Cambria
Cambria, on California’s Central Coast, is one of those special destinations. It offers a spectacular coastline with an abundance of cliff-side trails, verdant hills and valleys ideal for cattle ranching, vineyards and open-air landscape painting. Architecturally Cambria features a remarkable collection of original 19th-century salt-box homes and an early 20th-century downtown district known as East…
The Joys and Tribulations of the Budding Community Gardener
Nature can have a dramatic effect on our mood. Plants and animals can calm our frayed nerves by giving us a very real connection to other living beings. They bring happiness. They bring companionship. Planting seeds and watching the wonderous process of germination is something I will personally never tire of. Staring at trays of…
How Can I Keep My Attic Well Insulated?
By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Were you ever told by a parent or teacher that you must wear a hat in cold weather because you lose the most heat from your head? That’s true of your home, and it applies to losing cold air as well as heat. Attic insulation may be…
Here’s Your New Favorite Best Asparagus Recipe
By Bethany Jean Clement From The Seattle Times For a long time, cooking asparagus any way other than the very simplest seemed like gilding the spear to me. Blanching it in boiling water for just a few minutes until just tender and bright green like a spring dream, then eating it as soon as possible—what…
Colorado Wildflowers Could Be Epic This Year Thanks to Abundant Snowpack, but Other Factors in Play
By John Meyer From The Denver Post Denver—With Colorado’s snowpack ranging from ample to exceptional this spring, hikers who adore wildflowers may already be envisioning days of strolling along lush landscapes of spectacular blooms under columbine-blue skies when all that snow melts. It could well happen this summer. But because several factors affect the quality…
Plan Well Ahead for an Adventure to Be Remembered
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com There are family vacations. And then there are epic adventures that may qualify as the experience of a lifetime Here are five to consider now. Join an Expedition Plan ahead for a winter holiday voyage to introduce the budding scientists in your clan to a one-of-a-kind wilderness. In addition…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta