Though summer is in sight, spring has only just begun and with it comes in-between weather to confuse the heck out of us and our wardrobes. We’re all familiar with those days that start out brisk, heat up around noon, and take a chilling dip at sunset, but rather than dealing with haphazard outfits that…
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Hi and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. As you may have gathered, I have a toddler, a kid who (lucky for me) goes wild for food. One of the joys of being with her lies in giving her something unequivocally awesome to eat for the very first time, and then watching her reaction. Over the…
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Despite a worsening Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization on Friday again decided not to declare the outbreak a global health emergency. While expressing “deep concern” about the number of increasing cases in parts of Congo, and the potential risk of the disease spreading to neighboring countries, the W.H.O.…
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Ohio on Thursday became the latest state to ban abortion at the first signs of a fetal heartbeat, the latest front in the decades-long campaign by conservatives to overturn Roe v. Wade. The new measure, signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, would ban abortions as early as six weeks, before many women…
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There has been a dramatic rise in the number of young children ingesting coins, toys and other foreign objects, including potentially fatal button batteries, a new study has found. According to the report, which was published today in the journal Pediatrics, the rate of foreign-body ingestions among children under the age of 6 in the…
DetailsA low-carb, high-fat diet involves a person reducing the number of carbohydrates they consume and replacing them with healthful fats. In recent years, this type of diet has become popular among people trying to lose weight. A low-carb, high-fat diet (LCHF) involves using ketones from fat for energy instead of glucose, which comes directly from…
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Ed Begley Jr. Age: 69 Occupation: actor Location: Studio City, Calif. Favorite Room Mr. Begley and his wife, Rachelle Carson, hired William Hefner, a Los Angeles architect, to design a French-Mediterranean home with the highest green certification, LEED Platinum. Mr. Begley’s favorite room is the kitchen. “I make a very good guacamole,” he said. Is…
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When Kirstin and Jason Frazell head to their weekend house in the western Catskills, they don’t leave their city friends behind anymore. They don’t have to. Since they bought their Sullivan County home in 2014, the Frazells have convinced five other families or couples in their social circle — including their next-door neighbors — to…
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Image CreditLeandro Castelao Visit after visit, Dr. Pei Chen hoped to persuade a patient with Type 2 diabetes to allow her blood sugar levels to rise. Yes, rise. The woman, who was 84 when she first came to the geriatric clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, had been coping with the disease for…
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No doubt, by now you have the menu planned for Easter and have bought what you need. If not, here’s a popular Gallic choice: gigot d’agneau, leg of lamb. It’s a firmly established French tradition, and there is rarely much deviation. But, to mangle the title of a nearly 100-year-old song, 50 million French carnivores…
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