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Robin Keuneke’s newest book, The Iberian Table – Healthy Cooking Secrets from the Land of Longevity identifies the Spanish Mediterranean Diet as nutrition’s best-kept secret. Part cookbook, health book, and culinary-travel memoir, The Iberian Table pulls back the curtain to decode one of the world’s healthiest cuisines. Spain is recognized
Baseball is a game of numbers. At season’s end, a player’s accomplishments are reflected in his batting average, home runs, RBIs, and stolen bases. A pitcher hopes for a low ERA (earned run average), and a high number of strike outs and wins.
Annie Johnson says that playing the Sugar Plum Fairy in American Repertory Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker is – so far – the highlight of her career. But that high point came after a lot of hard work. Annie began her early training at Ballet Technique, under the direction of
My sweet sister-in-law – Dawn – passed away this month at 53. I shared a lot of my personal and professional highs and lows with her, and she was relentlessly positive and encouraging to me. But it wasn’t until my dear niece, 26, wrote her tribute that I realized exactly
Experience matters. After more than 30 years working in public relations and marketing, Stacey Bender struck out on her own 26 years ago and launched The Bender Group. Her career began at Ogilvy and Mather Public Relations where she advanced from account executive to vice president, working on high profile
They say that women’s work is never done. Same could go for Darla Hastings, the executive director of Women’s Connection, the national organization for women who are breaking away from their careers, but not the productive lives they’ve built. Hastings quit her corporate job when her husband fell ill and she
One never knows where a story idea is going to come from. On a recent stay at Bretton Woods Vacations in New Hampshire (see the story), and in a conversation with the president and co-founder of the place, Alex Foti, came the idea for this Mother’s Day story. I was
Why has the world fallen in love with Sicily? Karen La Rosa explains why.
Robin Keuneke’s newest book, The Iberian Table – Healthy Cooking Secrets from the Land of Longevity identifies the Spanish Mediterranean Diet as nutrition’s best-kept secret. Part cookbook, health book, and culinary-travel memoir, The Iberian Table pulls back the curtain to decode one of the world’s healthiest cuisines. Spain is recognized as having more restaurants in the world’s top 50 than any other country, and the people have a unique longevity, second only to Japan. Through
Baseball is a game of numbers. At season’s end, a player’s accomplishments are reflected in his batting average, home runs, RBIs, and stolen bases. A pitcher hopes for a low ERA (earned run average), and a high number of strike outs and wins.
Annie Johnson says that playing the Sugar Plum Fairy in American Repertory Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker is – so far – the highlight of her career. But that high point came after a lot of hard work. Annie began her early training at Ballet Technique, under the direction of Julie Caprio, in Hamilton, NJ. She then attended Butler University, graduating cum laude in 2015 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance performances,
My sweet sister-in-law – Dawn – passed away this month at 53. I shared a lot of my personal and professional highs and lows with her, and she was relentlessly positive and encouraging to me. But it wasn’t until my dear niece, 26, wrote her tribute that I realized exactly who she was to a great many others as well – a hype woman. In my over-caffeinated, ultra-competitive, Venti-Americano-with-a-splash-of-cream-camped-out-at-the-airport-accumulating-delays-like-they’re-frequent-flier-miles world, I have personally been confounded by the
Experience matters. After more than 30 years working in public relations and marketing, Stacey Bender struck out on her own 26 years ago and launched The Bender Group. Her career began at Ogilvy and Mather Public Relations where she advanced from account executive to vice president, working on high profile accounts like Crystal Light, Maxwell House, Kool-Aid, and many others. She later became a senior vice president at Ruder Finn, senior vice president at Neale-May
They say that women’s work is never done. Same could go for Darla Hastings, the executive director of Women’s Connection, the national organization for women who are breaking away from their careers, but not the productive lives they’ve built. Hastings quit her corporate job when her husband fell ill and she needed to stay home. Eventually, after around the clock caretaking, she had no office to go back to, and missed her work colleagues, as she
One never knows where a story idea is going to come from. On a recent stay at Bretton Woods Vacations in New Hampshire (see the story), and in a conversation with the president and co-founder of the place, Alex Foti, came the idea for this Mother’s Day story. I was asking about the tall tree placed smack dab in the center of our vacation cabin, and Foti explained it was inspired by his “soul mate.”
Why has the world fallen in love with Sicily? Karen La Rosa explains why.
