Sugar’s Healthy Pal: 9 Surprising Benefits of Cinnamon
Diet & Nutrition, Featured Stories, Health
Did you know about the benefits of cinnamon? Aside from its long history of sweetening up breakfasts, cinnamon, which is derived from tree bark, has been used for medical purpose for thousands of years. Today alternative medicine continues…
15 Recipes that Prove a Mandolin Food Slicer is Your Kitchen’s Best Kept Secret
Featured Stories, Recipes
Transforming pounds of potatoes for your large family into thin and even rounds takes great knife skills. It also takes time and patience. The solution? Stock your kitchen with a mandolin food slicer. It’s a French cooking utensil that…
A Mad Men Makeover: How to Work Mid-Century Modern Furniture at Home
Featured Stories, Home Decor, Style, Trends
Our love affair with Mad Men has reignited the craze for mid-century modern furniture and décor. Since it became popular in the 50's, mid-century modern style has always had a die-hard following of collectors and enthusiasts. Its timelessness…
Indoor Garden of Eden: Mastering the Art of Hanging Planters
Featured Stories, Home Decor, Style, Trends
If you’re yearning to create your own private Babylon indoors, hanging planters are all you need. They can even provide modern, industrial spaces with a touch of old-fashioned tranquility. The British gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh told…
Adult Internship Opportunities: How to Radically Switch Your Professional Gears
Featured Stories, Money, Work
Adult internship opportunities, you ask? We know, it sounds nuts. Change is hard, no matter when it happens or how it occurs in your life. As HuffPost reports, according to Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., author of Nine Things Successful People…
Spice Girl: 10 Reasons to Turn Up the Heat on Your Meals with Healthy Spices
Diet & Nutrition, Featured Stories, Health
There's been a lot of buzz about healthy spices in recent years and research continues to back it up. Last month The BMJ published a study reporting that, "Compared with those who ate spicy foods less than once a week, those who consumed spicy…
Rude People : 10 Ways You Probably Don't Realize You're Not Being Nice
Family Health, Featured Stories, Health
Some days it feels like we're completely surrounded by rude people from the moment we step out the door. The morning commute alone brings out the worst in just about everyone — not a great way to start the day. In fact, a recent University…
Holy Trivia: 7 Cool Facts About Rosh Hashanah Traditions
Entertainment, Featured Stories, Life
While January 1st is still several months away, for anyone who observes Judaism and celebrates the Rosh Hashanah traditions, New Years is right around the corner. Rosh Hashanah, aka the Jewish New Year, takes place on September 14th (beginning…
Berry Ready: 10 Blackberries Recipes to Try this Fall
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Ready for a slew of awesome blackberries recipes? Though the pleasure of eating a single blackberry may have inspired an entire cell phone revolution of the same name, it’s still a simple, late summer into autumn treat to us. If you’re…