Can drinking gallons of water really banish your wrinklesIt is important to put this myth to rest as drinking a lot of water can lead to hyponatremia and death. For years it has been one of the most basic rules of beauty if you want a clear, youthful complexion, you must drink at... Read more

If you've ever tasted ripe tomatoes fresh from the vine, still warm from the sun and sweet enough to eat out of hand, you will understand why my husband keeps trying to grow themnot an easy thing to do where we live. This year, he found a variety bred specifically for Oregon and ... Read more

Fit children have better memoriesThe usual childishly naive epidemiology. Middle class children probably do more exercise and inherit higher IQ from their patents. So exercise and mental functioning are correlated but one does not cause the other. Once again all we are seeing is ... Read more

You can use all sorts of beans to make baked beans, with the obvious point that they need to at least be dried beans. Dark colored beans such as black beans or kidney beans just don't seem like they'd be right, although I can't exactly tell you why. The first two below, you can f... Read more

We've had a cold snap this past week in New England, which is a good reminder that fall and winter really aren't that far away. So what better time to start thinking about baked beans This recipe will keep the oven running for three hours so doubles as a decent way to heat the ho... Read more