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One expecting mother spent so much time in Taco Bell thanks to her pregnancy cravings that she knew exactly where she'd shoot her maternity photos. Kristin Johnston, who lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia, posed at sunset in front of her local Taco Bell in a bright red floor-length gown and a string of pearls. Kristin Johnston, a mother of now two, took her maternity photos in front of her local Taco Bell in Atlanta, Georgia. The now-mother of two said she was inspired to have her maternity shoot there after looking up ideas on Pinterest, where she spotted an elderly...

Given all that we know about the benefits of diet and exercise, we should not be surprised that adding a daily serving of green leafy vegetables to your diet is a simple way to foster positive brain health. The important takeaway from these findings is what we are talking about is within your power – and budget – to do to slow cognitive decline that comes with aging, a decline that could lead to dementia. Another is exercise. Study after study has shown the positive connection between improved health and physical exercise. Exercise is beneficial in the prevention of cognitive...

China's Liuzhou Luosifen Food and Culture Museum takes visitors on a journey of the history, production process and development of luosifen, or rice noodles with snails. A signature dish of Guangxi, the snail noodles are made from pickled bamboo, dried turnip, fresh vegetables and peanuts, and served in a spicy noodle broth flavoured with river snails. The local dish has risen to national fame in recent years, with restaurants specialising in it in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and even overseas.

It is well known that healthy eating increases our general sense of wellbeing. Researchers have now discovered that a fiber-rich diet can have a positive influence on chronic inflammatory joint diseases, leading to stronger bones. The key to the effect our diet has on our health are intestinal bacteria: healthy intestinal flora consists of a multitude of different species of bacteria. Every adult carries approximately two kilogrammes of benign bacteria in their intestines. They help our digestion by breaking fibre down into its individual components, which can then be absorbed by the body. A by-product of this process are short-chained...

Archaeologists have uncovered the 250-year-old kitchen of Thomas Jefferson's enslaved chef, James Hemings, who introduced mac and cheese and meringues into US culture. Hemings became the property of Thomas Jefferson in January of 1774 when he was just nine years old. His younger sister is Sally Hemings, who had six children believed to have been fathered by Jefferson after the death of his wife Martha Jefferson. Growing up, Hemings was one of Jefferson's favorite servants and even accompanied him to Paris, France, in 1784. In France, Hemings learned the art of French cookery and upon their return to America, he...

A British butcher who got locked in a freezer says he was saved by a frozen sausage that he used as a battering ram. Chris McCabe says he became trapped in the walk-in freezer at his shop in Totnes, southwest England, last month when wind blew the door shut. The safety button to open the door had frozen in the -20 C (-4 F) chill. McCabe told website Devon Live that he used the meaty tube "like a battering ram" and managed to unstick the button after several blows.

Archaeologists have uncovered the 250-year-old kitchen of Thomas Jefferson's enslaved chef, James Hemings, who introduced mac and cheese and meringues into US culture. Hemings became the property of Thomas Jefferson in January of 1774 when he was just nine years old. His younger sister is Sally Hemings, who had six children believed to have been fathered by Jefferson after the death of his wife Martha Jefferson. Growing up, Hemings was one of Jefferson's favorite servants and even accompanied him to Paris, France, in 1784. In France, Hemings learned the art of French cookery and upon their return to America, he...

We've seen a lot of talk about 'sheet-pan' recipes recently. They are especially efficient, with easy clean-up, for weeknight dinners; and the last Betty Crocker email newsletter had a lot of interesting ones. Here is Asian Salmon with Potatoes and Broccoli: https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/asian-salmon-with-potatoes-and-broccoli-sheet-pan-dinner/06437123-298a-41cc-8f77-53dc54c89946and the link to a lot of other sheet-pan dinners: https://www.bettycrocker.com/search?term=sheet%20pan%20dinners&termDataSource=d6fb75f5-d19a-49cd-9ba0-c10a6e45afb2(Have lots of family/household issues here this week, so a short post. Carry On! -JT

MADISON, WI - A woman stole money from a stranger who offered to buy her a meal at a fast-food restaurant on Madison's east side Tuesday, police said. Madison police said an 81-year-old Madison woman was at the KFC on East Washington Avenue at 4:15 p.m. when she met a woman, 36-year-old Stacy M. Andruss, who told her she was homeless. According to the report, the older woman, who is a regular customer at the KFC, offered to buy a meal for Andruss. While she was getting the food, Andruss got into the victim's purse. Police said the older woman...

Harvey Weinstein was “patty-caked” in the face by a stranger at an Arizona restaurant while dining with his sober coach on Tuesday night. The light slaps were accompanied by a torrent of profanity by an allegedly tipsy fellow diner after Weinstein had apparently declined to pose for a photo. Reports initially said that a fellow diner at Elements restaurant in Scottsdale, Ariz., attempted to “punch” Weinstein and that neither of the blows landed. But video subsequently posted by TMZ shows that the irate customer gave a disheveled-looking Weinstein two quick back-handed slaps to the cheek. While the slight slaps seem...

New Jersey doctor 'running illegal opioid ring with motorcycle gang hired member to kill his wife after she threatened to expose the scheme' James Kauffman and a member of the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Gang were charged in the May 2012 shooting death of radio host April Kauffman Another six people connected to the gang were charged with racketeering in the drug ring, which prosecutors said continued until last summer Ferdinand Augello, the Pagan charged with finding someone to kill April Kauffman, also was charged Tuesday with trying to have James Kauffman killed Prosecutors said the drug empire lasted until June,...

Consumer Reports rates 26 veggie, cheese pizzas for taste, nutritionYour family might have a favorite frozen pizza that you eat as-is or even add some toppings to, but maybe there’s a pizza in the store that’s even healthier and tastier than your go-to. Consumer Reports food experts evaluated 26 different frozen vegetable and cheese pies for taste, nutrition and price. "We consider the nutrition profile and also evaluate for taste. Ideally, a store-bought frozen pizza should taste like it was just put together with fresh ingredients. And it’s a high bar, but Consumer Reports found some pies that came close,"...

A Westport woman was charged with disorderly conduct early Sunday morning after she allegedly threw pizza at her husband, during an argument in their car. Amber Llorens, 44, of Thomas Road, was released on a promise to appear in state Superior Court in Bridgeport on Jan. 8. Police received a call around 1:44 a.m. from Westport police, who reported an alleged domestic violence incident that happened in Fairfield. According to the report, Llorens and her husband had been at the SeaGrape earlier, celebrating a friend’s birthday. They left and went and got a pizza from Domino’s on the Post Road....

Representation of the organic-osmium compound, which is triggered using a non-toxic dose of sodium formate, a natural product found in many organisms, including nettles and ants. Credit: Dr James Coverdale/University of Warwick ================================================================================================================== Cancer cells can be destroyed more effectively and selectively with a unique new reusable treatment, activated with a substance found in stinging nettles and ants—thanks to new research by the University of Warwick. Led by Professor Peter J. Sadler from Warwick's Department of Chemistry, researchers have developed a new line of attack against cancer: an organic-osmium compound, which is triggered using a non-toxic dose of sodium formate,...

A team of researchers from Denmark and France has found that taking regular doses of the pain reliever ibuprofen over a long period of time can lead to a disorder in men called compensated hypogonadism. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their study, which involved giving the drug to volunteers and monitoring their hormones and sperm production. To learn more about the possible impacts of the popular anti-inflammation drug Ibuprofen on male fertility when taken for long periods of time, the researchers asked 31 men between the ages of 18 and...

Save SIERRA VISTA — In hopes of “building relationships, one cup at a time,” Brian A. Terry Station Border Patrol is hosting its first-ever “Coffee with a Cop” event on Wednesday. From 8 to 10 a.m., area residents are invited to join agents from the Tucson Sector at Brews Brothers Coffee, located at 4023 E. Ramsey Road in Sierra Vista. “We held one about a month ago at Dunkin’ Donuts on 22nd in Tucson,” said Border Patrol Agent and Public Information Officer Stephanie Dixon. “It (the event) went well. We had about four agents there — all with different backgrounds...

Back in September, Texas residents Vicki Bergquist and wife Jeanette LeBlanc were visiting family in Louisiana. They went crabbing with friends and family on the coast, picking up a sack of raw oysters in a market in Westwego. It wasn't long after when LeBlanc's health rapidly declined, CBS affiliate KLFY-TV reports. The couple's friend Karen Bowers says she and LeBlanc shucked and ate about two dozen raw oysters. "About 36 hours later she started having extreme respiratory distress, had a rash on her legs and everything," Bergquist said. "An allergic reaction of sorts, that's what I would call it. That's...

Golden Globes was an indication she’s preparing to run for the White House. Kristol then took-up the hashtag #ImWithHer — once used by supporters of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — to highlight his support for Winfrey’s worldview. In an email, Kristol said the tweets were "tongue in cheek." "Though if she runs, couldn't she win the Democratic nomination and the general election?" he added. "And wouldn't she be a better president than Trump?"

You know it's cold in Louisiana when people have to seek extreme measures to avoid the frigid temperatures. That's the case for one WDSU viewer who shared a video of her lunch delivery for her husband with WDSU anchor Scott Walker. "Viewer Colleen Loria found a unique way to deliver her husband's Popeye's lunch when it's too cold to get out of the car," Walker posted on Facebook. Colleen can be seen placing her husband's lunch in a canister of a bank's pneumatic tube system and the food shooting up into the tube. "Lunch is served," she says. Watch the...

As a new year begins, I hear many of the typical restrictive resolutions: I will give up gluten, cut sugar, never drink again. Many parents announce they are going to do a better job restricting their kids’ intake of sugar, because this past year they were too permissive. No more soda, sugary cereal or ice cream in the house. Instead it will be all vegetables all the time. Does restriction actually work? The answer is no. Restricting food does not create healthy eating habits: In fact it usually backfires, steering children to sneak food and overeat. The many faces of...