Life
In the almost 10 years I've been cobbling together this
timely Christmas gift-giving wish list, never have I seen so many
outstanding Canadian cookbooks as today.
Life
Susan Ferguson digs out a geometric-patterned velvet circle
skirt she picked up at Lillywhites in London's Picadilly Circus in
the early 1970s.
I wish Ollie the Pug were a better watchdog. What a comfort that would be.
Q - I have a question about cocoa. Does it have a shelf life?
I don't cook with it often, so the tin I have is often three or four
years old before I get around to using it again. Should I replace or
just use it all up? An article describing different cocoas would be
very informative.
After writing two emotional books about cancer and a girl who
survived horrific accidents, author Sally Collings needed a break,
so she asked children for their advice.
Features
Talk trumps TV for child development
Switch off the TV and start talking to your infants and toddlers. They'll learn to speak sooner and better, according to Lucia French, who studies language and cognitive development in young children at the University of Rochester.
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Claiming cougar status is no longer taboo
I am sitting at a table in the back of the Jet Fuel coffee shop, hunting a cougar. Not just any cougar, but the cougar, Claudia Opdenkelder: modelling agency owner, 2005 winner of Dean Blundell's Toronto radio show, Cougar Hunt, and co-founder of the controversial and increasingly popular dating website, Cougarlife.com.
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Features
Teens love to be miserable: Study
Parents who've ever wondered how a teen with an iPhone in one hand and the world in the other can be so miserable now have their answer: adolescents, sometimes, intentionally seek to feel unhappy.
Romance and abstinence attracts teen girls to Twilight series
The reason teenage girls have fallen hard for the Twilight book and film series has to do with its portrayal of a traditional, romantic relationship, new research from the University of Missouri shows.
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Tomato Bounce
Help the tomatoes escape the dreaded salad! Bounce them across the kitchen to the table.
Fashion & Beauty
Lohan to stay on at Ungaro fashion house
MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Hollywood wild child Lindsay Lohan is staying on as artistic adviser at fashion house Emanuel Ungaro despite her debut collection being panned by critics, President and Chief Executive Mounir Moufarrige said on Tuesday.
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Food
Gourmet fried chicken the next big foodie favourite
On the opening page of the poultry chapter in Thomas Keller's new Ad Hoc cookbook is the fried-chicken platter of my dreams.
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Cocoa
- A brief lesson on cocoa
- Organic food gets green light despite recessionary bite
- The science of sous vide
- Dinners with thrift; A careful shopper can pull off meals with fabulous flavour for under $10
- From The Great One to The Grape One: Gretzky touts charitable winery.
- Anna Olson Gets Fresh; Food network star talks about her new cookbook, eating local and life on TV.
Parenting
Should kids roam free?
Lenore Skenazy is leading a one-mother campaign to ground some of the "helicopter parenting" habits she contends cost millions of modern kids their right to roam free.
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Relationships
Finance meets romance
The first thing all the experts tell you to do when you're looking to start investing is to determine your investment "profile." Are you a conservative saver or a thrill-seeking risk-taker, or somewhere in between?
In 'Homes' Today
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McMansions divide Surrey residents
If you want to add a little excitement to your life, attend a party in someone's rancher in north Surrey and ask the folks mingling in the kitchen this question: "So, does anyone here have an opinion on mega-homes in your neighbourhood?"
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