Have you seen the e-mail circulating about the danger of outdated cake mixes?

In these days of the salmonella egg scare, you can still safely enjoy scrambled eggs in this recipe.

This is one of the hottest of chili peppers, now being harvested in our gardens.

With its principles of healthy, balanced living and an awareness of our body’s connection to the elements, yoga is a natural fit with sustainability. The discipline of yoga is based in a centuries-old Sanskrit tradition that includes principles like “ahimsa,” or “doing no harm.”
 

Martha Stewart, take note. Deryl and Margaret Schertz have been growing and canning their own vegetables for 63 years. They "put up" (that's canning-speak) more than 400 jars - pints and quarts - every year.

Career counselors everywhere are fielding this question: Should I go to graduate school to wait out the economy and re-enter the job market with stronger credentials?

I've recently decided to assemble a list of my favorites. I'd be remiss if I did not share that list with my readers.

SJ-R staff tests Reese’s peanut-butter flavored Whoppers.

Reading “Ice Cold,” Tess Gerritsen’s newest suspense thriller, in the summer heat seems like it would be a good foil to the ubiquitous whine of the air conditioner. In Gerritsen’s latest Rizzoli & Isles novel, there’s so much snow in Wyoming ski country that it’s tough to find out where the bodies are buried.

Weekly family rail, with tips for a creative kids room, a review of “Takers” and more.

Travel: Since our group’s arrival in South Africa, Arthur had to remind us that it was winter time, even though we were experiencing beautiful sunny, springlike weather instead.

Kevin Shannon, 68, said he believes the art of writing and a chance friendship banished the demons of his post-traumatic stress disorder – a condition not diagnosed until 2005.

I once worked for woman who couldn’t bear the mention of French toast. Having grown up on a farm during the Great Depression, she explained, bread, milk and eggs were always available. So when the cupboard was bare, French toast might be on the menu for breakfast, lunch or dinner — sometimes all of the above.

Arnold Feliciano remembers fondly his days as a strolling troubadour, walking through restaurants singing love songs to couples over food. Now he is skipping the middle man: Feliciano starts his mornings by singing to a pumpkin. And the pumpkin clearly loves it: It is 3 feet tall and growing every day.

Graffiti artist is starting over after a stint in jail, and now he has message for young people.