In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I want to talk about traditional Irish cuisine. And today, I’m focusing on the potato, an important food crop cultivated on the Emerald Isle since the late 1500s. [...]
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9 important health benefits from just 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
During the holidays, many of us tend to eat more carbs and sugars we should. Fortunately, new research shows that simply starting the day with some cinnamon in your coffee can help control your [...]
Five surprising health benefits in just one glass of whiskey
One early fall day, a few years after I’d graduated from college, I attended a local alumni association meeting and heard a fellow alumnus make this toast: To that terrible Time of year Too warm [...]
Enjoy the benefits of pumpkin spice — just hold the latte
Remember the good, old days when we only used “pumpkin spice” when baking pumpkin pie? McCormick Spices of Baltimore, Maryland, started selling pumpkin spice (a blend of allspice, cinnamon, [...]