I want to do business in Italy. My dad used to do that, mostly in the Naples region, and would always come home with different and amazing recipes that his hosts generously passed along. Although proper Italian food is an art form that I'm sure none of the family could really master, making a good batch of limoncello is another thing. Sure, it's easier to just buy a bottle in the store, but you'll never get a really great taste of limoncello until you make it yourself. It's not difficult but is involved, and evokes a bit of a bootlegger/bathtub gin kind of feel. This has become a family tradition, and in the spirit of passing along the love, I'm sharing the recipe so y'all can enjoy this tasty treat. Although limoncello is great any time of year, warm weather... >Read more

This is a re-publish of an article from last year - a great reminder of yummy and refreshing ways to up your veggie intake! Juicing is an excellent way to get your recommend 5-A-Day servings of fruits & veggies. My husband and I got a Breville Juicer for a Christmas present from his folks and we absolutely love it. We started out by going to the store and getting everything under the sun to juice. It was pretty much trial and error for us until we found the concoctions we like. We have a hard time getting all of our fruits and veggies due to our busy schedules. Juicing is so easy and I swear you feel better afterwards. The juice of the fruits and veggies are loaded with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and cancer fighting antioxidants. Research has found that... >Read more

Thanks to Laura Fenamore for sharing this article with us! Please visit her at OnePinky.com by Laura Fenamore America is fascinated with celebrity bodies - how Kourtney Kardashian got back her pre-baby body, what Julia Roberts eats for breakfast, Kirstie Alley's weight fluctuation. One of the goals in my coaching practice is to show women that it is "possible to love who and what they see in the mirror". But my students and I are up against some deeply ingrained, unrealistic standards of beauty. A Week in the Media: Pasta, Hips, Weddings Media attention to all things celebrity related feeds, or perhaps even has created, this fascination. Here's just a sampling of the recent play celebrity body image has gotten in print . . . A recent article points to celebrity eating habits as depicted in the media. Interviews in... >Read more

If you would have told my former 15 year old self - who started smoking to impress a cool guy - that I would someday be able to say that I had been smoking for twenty-six years, you would have seen nothing less than a daft blank stare. It's hard to see ourselves existing that far in advance, and any consequences for the impressionable young tend to exist only in the moment. Needless to say, impressing the cool guy won out, and my lungs, skin, taste buds, and sense of smell have paid the price. So here I am, twenty six years later, truly addicted and hating it. I don't want to someday say that I've been smoking for fifty years, or that if only I would have quit earlier [enter any what-if here]. It stinks, and makes getting a... >Read more

Even if you can't make it to The Big D for the Superbowl festivities, you can still eat like you were right here. While Texas is known for its spicy Tex-Mex fare - and that's a big part of life here - Dallasites are also known for broadening their cuisine horizons and veering off into healthier territories, as well. Adding jalapenos to sushi, or just about anything for that matter, is a great way to Dallas anything up. Here is a list of traditional Dallas style recipes for great Superbowl party goodness. Feel free to suggest anything we might have missed! Nothing says Texas like chili, and this recipe is great. It's not tomato based, like many, so it has a meatier flavor and is especially great for cold winter days. Adding chopped tomatoes will add a little zing -... >Read more