Life

New iPad app offers peek at Nobel prize-winner's grey matter

Dear Helen: What should I do with my sweet potato planting? The vines have grown well, but I don't know when to dig them up and (hopefully) harvest the tubers. S.V. Dear S.V.

Reese Witherspoon is banking on her own brand. The Oscar-winning actress listed her Libbey Ranch in Ojai, northwest of Los Angeles, for sale this week at $10 million and lent her name to the marketing materials.

This take on the traditional dumpling uses mushrooms, black beans, ginger and scallions topped with creamy almond butter.

Last Sunday, I went to a picnic with about 150 of my fellow Galiano Islanders, ranging from babes-in-arms to wobblies like me. We were there to celebrate summer.

Study finds they have more complications when expecting

Dear Dr. Donohue: On my last three annual physicals, my doctor ordered vitamin D levels. The first two were normal. This year, my level was 27 ng/ml (normal is greater than 30). She wanted me to take a 50,000IU capsule of vitamin D for 12 weeks.

New research points to physical activity as an emotional buffer

Eric Akis offers his secrets to perfect mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner

Canadian bacon adds flavour, while vegetable puree eliminates need for butter or cream