Nickel and dime your way to health: ChooseMyPlate launches new grocery budgeting resource

In an economy which is struggling to balance itself, we all would like to get more bang for our buck - especially when we're at the grocery store. And on the surface, eating and buying healthy can appear much more expensive. Well, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (ChooseMyPlate.gov) this week announced a new tool in its resource [...]

Bacteria & Food: Is 5-second rule mankind’s undoing?

After reading this article, Scientists Study What to Do If You Drop a Cookie on the Floor, I began to think about mankind's dilemma of "eat it or not eat it" after dropping prized, delectable morsels.

Holiday deals starting Cyber Monday

Do you have a friend or loved one who makes a life(style) altering promise to themselves every Jan. 1, and has a hard time keeping it? It's the holidays, and we're all struggling with the cornucopia of sweet and fatty goodies laid out at every meeting, and the hectic schedules. Why stress about wrapping yet [...]

5 ways to survive the NaNoWriMo homestretch

It's mid-November, and only one week left to the National Novel Writing Month, 50,000-word book-in-a-month challenge. While I've recused myself from the typing frenzy this year, I've been in your shoes. The month threatens to come to a close and you are still thousands of words behind schedule. Will you make it? It means a [...]