A recent Third Age newsletter discusses the medicinal impact of common spices, citing Victoria Zak’s book “The Magic Teaspoon.” For instance: * A diet rich in cayenne-spiced chili can protect against the formation of LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. * When you add a teaspoon of cinnamon to contaminated apple juice, the E. coli can be reduced…

I know soy messes with estrogen, but this strikes me as extreme. Here’s the conservative Jim Rutz writing for World Net Daily, revving readers up to eat less soy: Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and…

It’s not a new album (in fact, the responsible folk artist Bill Crofut died in 1999), but “Dance on a Moonbeam” is so beloved by me and my children that I want to turn you on to it anyway. It’s not mandatory for Christmas, but it will provide any parent with lovely, heart-opening music for…

These guys make me feel so joyous. But in cute (and reasonably accurate) poses like down dog, plow, and warrior two, how could anyone ever bite into them? I send heartfelt thanks to Patty Paige Baked Ideas in New York for inventing them. Here are their other December holiday cookie styles (for at-home decorating inspiration),…

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