Latest stories

  • How to Make Colored Decorating Sugar
    in ,

    How to Make Colored Decorating Sugar

    I love baking during the holidays. Many of my favorite cookie recipes including my rolled sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, red velvet blossoms, molasses crinkles, sinfully cinnamon cookies, candy cane blossoms, peppermint sugar cookies, and gummy bear thumbprint sugar cookies call for colored decorating or sanding sugar for a more festive look. Regularly priced, colored […] More

  • Can We Stop Pretending That Gummies Can Be Healthy?
    in

    Can We Stop Pretending That Gummies Can Be Healthy?

    For some reason, Facebook has decided to target me with ads and posts about gummies. To be fair, I do like gummies. My husband recently bought me a small back of cola gummy bottles, which I love but hardly ever buy. I also enjoy the occasional Sour Patch Kid or sour gummy worm. I sometimes […] More

  • Assorted Fruit Juices
    in

    Fruit Juice as Bad as Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Like Soda

    The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages like carbonated drinks and sodas has previously been linked to an increased risk of obesity and type II diabetes. Now a new study in one of The Lancet journals, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, suggests that fruit juice is as bad as sugary drinks because of a comparably high sugar […] More

  • Preventing Heat Stroke: Stay Hydrated and Avoid Sunburn
    in

    Preventing Heat Stroke: Stay Hydrated and Avoid Sunburn

    Heat stroke is the most serious form of heat illness. Symptoms of heat stroke include high body temperature, lack of sweating, nausea and vomiting, flushed skin, rapid breathing, racing heart rate, headache, confusion, muscles cramps, muscle weakness, and unconsciousness. Heat stroke is an extremely serious condition and can result in death if not treated immediately. […] More