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A Change that Saved My Life

by Karen Amster-Young

This is a guest post by Amie Valpone, HHC, AADP and author of The Healthy Apple. She is a Manhattan based Culinary Nutritionist, Personal Chef, Professional Recipe Developer and Food Writer specializing in simple Gluten-Free ‘Clean’ recipes for the home cook. She writes for the Huffington Post, GenConnect and other publications. Her story is intense and inspiring […]

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categoryPosted: 08/27/12 8:45 AM

We are happy to share another entry from our 52 Writers for 52 Weeks outreach. It’s been amazing for us to receive so many guest posts from people all over the country. Susan Boyles is retired from the US Army and a former small business owner. She is an avid cook who now teaches cooking classes […]

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categoryPosted: 06/26/12 9:40 AM

Escaping to Mexico…Sort of!

by Karen Amster-Young

Note: This post was written before Hurricane Irene was approaching.  I hope everyone is safe and sound and enjoys the last week of August now that Irene has passed… One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila…More! —  adapted from George Carlin The Hamptons is a popular summer destination for many New Yorkers.   There are beautiful sunsets, […]

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categoryPosted: 08/29/11 2:38 AM

It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” — The Golden Girls The years go by so fast.  Mother’s Day was always, rightfully so, about my mom.  Growing up and thankfully still to this day, we would all be together. Sometimes it was just immediate family; other times there […]

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categoryPosted: 05/8/11 4:22 AM

She Made Red Velvet

by Pam Godwin

Do you bake? I don’t, not really. The occasional Tollhouse cookies or birthday cupcakes from a mix, and a key-lime pie a very long time ago, but honestly, I am not much of a baker. I find the mess and the required preciseness of it more stressful than cathartic, although I once read that baking […]

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categoryPosted: 09/23/10 1:35 PM