The holidays are almost here and the festive food is everywhere. “While these foods are delicious to eat, some have the added advantage that contains cancer preventing food,” says Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD / LDN, a nutritionist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Pumpkin is not just for the cake Pumpkin can be a holiday [...]
It is getting close to that time of year when we are going to be entertaining more than usual and we will need a Master Plan in order to remember everything on our lists. Entertaining can be stressful, there are so many things to think of and plan for, things to purchase, not to mention [...]
Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual? The word itself, “Halloween,” actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. [...]
In America, Halloween stands for a congregation of both religious and pagan beliefs, rituals and traditions. Irish immigrants were the ones to bring the festival to America. In 1840, during their escape from their country’s potato famine, they came to America and made it familiar with Halloween. Anoka, Minnesota, was the first city in America [...]