Tag: Lifestyle

Sole Piccata Is Perfect for the Busy Home Cook

This is one of those dishes you can put together in just a few minutes, and I often make this recipe on a busy weeknight. Delicate, mild sole fillets are quickly sauteed and finished with a lemon, caper butter sauce. I like to add a colorful garnish topping of sauteed lemon slices that have been…


This is Destroying Your Child’s Mind

Is social media pushing our young towards screen addiction? Why does a former Facebook exec block his children from using social media? Why is Apple’s chief exec the same? Is it due to the chemical changes that happen in the brain when one is using these apps – that unnervingly resemble drug addiction? These days,…


From Facebook to Fortnite: The Risks of Screen Addiction and How to Support Your Child’s Healthy Habits

Is social media pushing our young towards screen addiction? Why does a former Facebook exec block his children from using social media? Why is Apple’s chief exec the same? Is it due to the chemical changes that happen in the brain when one is using these apps – that unnervingly resemble drug addiction? These days,…


Study of 70 Australian Household Spices Found Lead in Every Sample

An Australian study of 70 popular dried herbs and spices stocked on supermarket shelves revealed that all samples had traces of heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, cadmium, and mercury. A 2021 U.S. consumer data advocate’s analysis of 126 herbs and spices discovered that roughly one-third of the tested products had significant levels of toxic…


Study of 70 Household Spices Found Lead in Every Sample

An Australian study of 12 different brands of popular dried herbs and spices stocked on supermarket shelves revealed that all samples had traces of heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, cadmium, and mercury. A 2021 U.S. consumer data advocate’s analysis of 126 herbs and spices discovered that roughly one-third of the tested products had significant…


Ready for Your Next Family Vacation? Look No Further

By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Do your family vacation plans need a jump-start? Here are five destinations to consider. Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia Whether you plan to visit Sydney for Fashion Week, VIVID Sydney (an annual celebration of creativity and innovation) or simply to explore Down Under, why not take the kids? The…


Modern Farmhouse Style Still Going Strong. Here Are Some Tips on How to Incorporate It

By Kaitlyn Keegan From Hartford Courant Modern farmhouse style has been all the rage—in magazines, on design TV shows and in homes across the country. According to a study by Ruby Home, modern farmhouse is the leading home interior style across the United States. The style is a blend of classic and contemporary and is known…


The Very Best Banana Pudding—Ever? ‘Yes!’ Say My Colleagues

By Amy Drew Thompson From Orlando Sentinel It wasn’t long after I dropped it off that my phone pinged with an incoming text. “My God, Woman. This banana pudding.” I was driving, so I couldn’t answer right away, but the reaction was natural. I smiled and thought, I know—right? Back in December, I blew out the…


Cruising in the Wake of the Vikings

Two shy, charming girls about age 8 approached me with delightful smiles—one holding some flowers. I motioned to them that I would like to take their photo, and their smiles grew even broader. They didn’t appear to speak English, so I wordlessly gave them each a chocolate candy bar before waving goodbye as they scampered…


In Award Winning Film, ‘The Quiet Epidemic,’ Technology Proves Existence of Chronic Lyme

After decades of being accused of being hypochondriacs, sufferers from chronic Lyme disease have been exonerated in an award-winning American documentary called “The Quiet Epidemic.” The 2022 film proves that Lyme spirochetes, in approximately 20 percent of those affected, remain active in the human body long after the customary three-week round of antibiotics. Doctors and…