Domino's is banking on mom guilt to boost sales
Adding salad to the menu takes this "full meal" approach one step further at Domino's, with the added bonus of allowing the pizza chain to be seen as a healthy (or healthier) option. That's especially...
View ArticleBook Notes: An end-of-summer thriller
"Only the Hunted Run" By Neely Tucker. Viking, New York, August 2016. $27.Washington Post journalist and thriller author Neely Tucker's third in the Sully Carter series, "Only the Hunted Run," gets off...
View ArticleSt. John Primary and St. Theresa Middle to host quilt raffle
St. John Primary and St. Theresa Middle are raffling a one-of-a-kind handcrafted quilt at the annual Festival of Friends scheduled for Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. This year's quilt features purple and gold...
View ArticleLa Maison des Enfants held Police Appreciation Event
The La Maison Des Enfants three and four year old classes held a Police Appreciation Event on Friday, July 29. The classes spent the week learning about what police officers do and how they protect...
View ArticleThe Mom Stop: Let’s hear it for the boy
To my 5-year-old son, on his first day of kindergarten:I sat in our living room recently, watching you intently playing with your magnetic tiles. I observed as you pieced them together just so, forming...
View ArticleShayne Looper: The trouble with living a fantasy
When I was in college I had a brainstorm that caused a temporary power outage in my common sense.A bunch of us were hanging out and talking about what we could do for fun. Two of my best friends were...
View ArticleDr. Elaine Heffner: No recipe
Raising a child is not like baking a cake. There is no tested recipe guaranteeing a particular result. Yet much advice for parents seems to tell them what they should do to achieve the specific...
View ArticleFather to daughter: I don't need to Purell before holding my grandchild
I stared for a moment. The father in me wanted to argue, to tell her that Purell was unnecessary and rather insulting _ my colleagues are CLEAN! But the newly coined grandfather in me told me to say...
View ArticleDieting techniques you can learn from Olympic athletes
Well, the Summer Olympics in Rio got me thinking that we can learn a lot from how elite athletes overcome adversity. Almost all world-class athletes practice mental rehearsal. Despite our best...
View ArticleAdvice for gardeners of all skill levels: Err on the side of errors
I like to think of our farm and home garden as our own experiment station. We're always trying new varieties to see whether a certain spinach is slower to bolt, or whether one paste tomato makes a...
View ArticleThe secret to non-watery slow-cooker ratatouille
It's the middle of summer, for goodness' sake; who wants to be in the kitchen cooking stew? The simple solution, it turns out, is the slow-cooker.
View ArticleLost in Suburbia: Some like it hot
"Oh boy!" exclaimed my husband. "There's a hot sauce shop in town!"We were away antiquing for the weekend in a quaint village populated by Bed and Breakfasts, art galleries, and apparently, a hot sauce...
View ArticleBreaking Bread: Cooking together not necessary to stay together
The maker of a national cookware brand recently sent me the results of a survey conducted to determine what Americans think about "the influence of cooking on relationships."The responses "prove that a...
View ArticleAsk Lisa: Proper cooking will kill harmful bacteria
Q: Does cooking kill E. coli bacteria?— Linda Sapp, Raleigh, North CarolinaA: The E. coli bacteria that can cause foodborne illness will die at 160 degrees. Just cooking something, however, might not...
View ArticleA cucamelon is the most adorable fruit we've ever seen
We've fallen hard for fruit before: eggplants with noses like Proboscis monkeys' ; tiny yellow Sungold tomatoes with tinier green mohawks; radishes with tails so long and skinny you have to squint to...
View ArticleBreak away from bland hallways
Whatever your preference, a hallway is a great way to put your personality on display. Family portraits are perfect here, as is a collection of postcards or Polaroids. Those with long and wide halls...
View ArticleSecrets of weight-loss nutritionists
We all know, basically, how to lose weight: Eat less. Exercise more. But to get ourselves to actually do it, it helps to get some brisk, quotable advice from people who spend their careers talking...
View ArticleWhy the brains of teenagers excel at taking risks
Labs around the world have long shown that the adolescent brain is special – that teens are not simply mini-adults or overgrown children, neurobiologically speaking.
View Article24,000 cups of coffee
Community Coffee Company is providing Community coffee to flood evacuees and emergency workers at Celtic Media Centre in Baton Rouge, Lamar Dixon Center in Gonzales, American Red Cross shelters and...
View ArticleRPCC set to open for classes Monday
River Parishes Community College will begin classes on Monday, Aug. 22. The college will be open for registration on Thursday, Aug. 18 and Friday, Aug. 19. The college has waived late fees for...
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