Some guilty pleasures: our favorite TV shows, Part I
Follow me To be clear: I am not a fan of daily morning-to-night marathon TV watching. I regularly have fits over the fact that the average American watches 37 to…
Read moreCan you lower your cholesterol without drugs?
Follow me A dear friend and I got into a conversation about cholesterol. She had recently been diagnosed with high cholesterol, and was trying to avoid having to take the…
Read moreEverything that was old is new again: Romertopf cooking
Follow me I stood in line at the grocery store this morning, behind a woman with about twenty TV dinners stacked up in…
Read more6 Things My Grown-up Self Would (Gently) Tell My Childhood Self
Follow me When I was in high school, I picked up the nickname “AmyCakes.” I think it was my art teacher, Mr. Meyers, who started calling me this, and I…
Read moreAn afternoon with the U.S. Poet Laureate: Ted Kooser–my new BFF*
Follow me First of all, here’s a poem by one of my very favorite poets: “A New Potato” “This is just one of the leathery eggs the scuffed-up, dirty turtle…
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