Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: What You Need to Know and How You Can Help Thanks to earlier detection –through screening and increased awareness— and better treatments, a woman’s risk of dying of breast dropped 38 percent between the late 1980s and 2014, translating into 297,300 fewer breast cancer deaths during that time. However, […]

The Coffee Break Cure for Loneliness

Author of New Book on Fika Says Americans Have Much to Gain by Drinking Coffee the Way the Swedes Do Émile Odback encourages them to begin on International Coffee Day, Sept. 30 Americans love coffee and coffee breaks. But they often drink their coffee on the run, absentmindedly and solo while doing something else. Instead, […]

World Class Cocktails

Four Cocktail Trends From WORLD CLASS BARTENDER OF THE YEAR Competition That Will Change the Way You Drink in 2018 The Cafe Cantata cocktail was unveiled today at World Class Bartender of the Year Finals (PRNewsfoto/WORLD CLASS) Cocktail culture is skyrocketing internationally. Almost 9 out of 10 younger drinkers (88%) now enjoy cocktails on a night out[1]. […]

Downtime: San Simeon

DOWNTIME: SAN SIMEON In San Simeon and Ragged Point, tourism continues as normal, completely unaffected by the highly-publicized mudslide miles north in Monterey County. The San Luis Obispo County roads to Ragged Point and San Simeon along the California Highway 1 Discovery Route (H1DR) are open and ready for business with stop after stop of eye-popping vacation adventures. San Simeon When you hear San Simeon, […]

PRE Fights Child Obesity

PRE® Brands Partners with Common Threads to Help Fight Childhood Obesity Better-for-you Food Brand Sets Goal to Send 300 Under-served Chicago Kids to Cooking School PRE® Brands, purveyors of better-for-you food, including a line of 100% grass fed and grass finished premium beef, will donate a portion of proceeds for every package of ground beef sold in the Chicago […]

Walnuts for Wellness

Consuming Walnuts May Help Keep the Gut Healthy, Says New Animal Research Walnuts may help increase beneficial bacteria Conclusions from a new animal study suggest that walnut consumption may be beneficial for digestive health by increasing the amount of good probiotic-type bacteria in the gut.1 Walnuts do this by acting as a prebiotic to help nourish […]

SUMMER GRILLIN’

HOT, HEALTHY RECIPES FOR YOUR SUMMER GRILLIN’ With summer grilling season underway, there’s never been more appetite for meatless alternatives on the summer grill, with 75 percent of Americans being open to eating veggie foods and one-third actively striving to reduce eating meat altogether*. That’s why this grilling season MorningStar Farms® is teaming up with famous chef, restaurateur, […]

SUMMER COCKTAILS

  HOT SUMMER COCKTAILS Brockmans Gin, one of the UK’s fastest growing super-premium gins, is celebrating summer in style with the debut of two deliciously original cocktails that compliment and enhance the botanicals and berries that combine to make Brockmans ‘a gin like no other’. Brockmans Gin is a super-premium, new style gin, which can be […]

Lupus Health & Wellness Day

Hospital for Special Surgery Hosts LANtern® Lupus Health & Wellness Day event Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) can be a confusing and challenging autoimmune illness, affecting multiple organ systems, but with culturally tailored education and emotional support, those affected can become empowered to take charge of their condition. Today, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), a world […]

Sip & Savor

California Wineries Offer Top Wine and Food Experiences Year-Round Wine Lovers Can Also Sip and Savor at Winery Restaurants Whether a beginner or experienced wine taster, kick your California wine country experience up a notch by pairing regional wines with farm-to-fork tastes and meals. For those who want the inside scoop on the ultimate wine and food experiences […]