On Your Table: Farmers Markets in your area
Fresh is best and you can enjoy from local farms — find your local event
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
Despite the gloom of this past week or two, summer is arriving across the area and with it the lush produce offered at local farmers markets.
We welcome the fresh foods of the new season. And we are not alone. Across the country, the number of U.S. farmers markets has...
Going Pro: The Art of Communicating
Editor’s Note: The Times’ relationship coach Nancy Plummer is now offering monthly relationship guidance for the workplace, starting with today’s entry.
By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times
We’ve all experienced the frustration of seeing a less qualified or less experienced colleague get the better clients, trips, bonuses or promotions. Before shrugging it off or even rushing...
On Your Table: For Memorial Day, get grilling!
Unofficial start of summer means it’s time to fire up the grill
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
Although summer doesn’t officially begin until June 21st, Memorial weekend unofficially kicks off the summer season, marked by picnics, barbecues and much outdoor dining. A forecast of balmy weather and sunny skies can only add to the fun.
Traditional Memorial Day pleasures...
Toxic Waste may be more dangerous than it sounds to teeth
Super-Sour candy is almost as acidic as battery acid
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times
No really – one of today’s hottest super sour candies is called Toxic Waste. Yummy huh? The website for Toxic Waste is full of cartoons, games and challenges. How long can you keep this sour candy in your mouth? Are you tough enough? Now, to be fair Toxic Waste is not the...
On Your Table: Celebrate National Gardening Month
Enjoy a family adventures starting vegetables from seeds
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent,The Times
Planting seeds for a summer garden is a great family project. Vegetable plants can also be gotten at local garden centers.
Starting seeds that will grow to produce this summer’s garden bounty and then nurturing a backyard garden plot can be a fun family project. It’s the miracle...
Take care of yourself, it’s surprisingly sexy
When you feel beautiful, you are
By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times
We’ve all encountered more than our fair share of unsolicited romantic advice from friends, from family, and (most brazenly) from drunken friends of the family! But with contradicting and archaic advice mixed in with the helpful hints, it’s hard to figure out which tips we should discard and which we should hold onto and implement...
Chief Cork Officer: 10 under $10
Great tastes and values in red wines
By Brian Gurnham, Columnist, The Times
Did you know that the average price paid for a bottle of wine in the United States is $6.30? With the recent arsenic scare naming budget wine producers, maybe the average will go up. But, as one who is doing everything budgetary possible to move the needle upwards, I thought it would be worth some semi-scientific research...
Spring cleaning can apply to health as well
Sometimes, a lot of little things cause big issues
By Dr. Matthew Lapp, Columnist, The Times
Spring has finally sprung and after the winter we had, we deserve it! For many people, the change of season also marks an opportunity for spring cleaning inside and outside the home. If you’re like me, maybe you’ve noticed that the shrubs and grass are almost due for a trim or that the basement or...
On Your Table: Spring means tasty local Asparagus
April to June is the best season for fresh local crop
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
An easy and light dish is Asparagus quiche which can be made with many spring ingredients
Asparagus is one of those spring treasures that we patiently wait for all year long. Once it’s finally in season, we want to treat it simply, letting the fresh flavor of this vegetable shine through....
Tooth loss is more than a cosmetic problem
Health impact of lost teeth can include mental, physical decline in old age
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times
Tooth loss is more than just uncomfortable. While reading a journal article I discovered a study from London that was published in an American geriatrics journal. Apparently in a study of adults over age 60 those who had lost all of their teeth had a more significant...
