Quick Fix: Shepherd’s pie perfect for St. Patrick’s Day
Around this time of year with St. Patty’s Day coming up, shepherd’s pie comes to mind. The pie has a savory meat filling topped with mashed potatoes and cheese. It’s usually made with lamb or ground lamb, but it is also made with ground beef and then called cottage pie. There’s always a discussion whether the pies are Irish or English. The answer is both. Either way, enjoy this quick dinner.
Ex-etiquette: Tearing out ex from family photos might seem funny — until the kids...
Q. My kids love to take pictures, and when their mom and I were together we had pictures they took of us on vacations, joking around, whatever, all over the house. We have been broken up about seven months, and my kids came home from their mother’s home (the home in which we used to live together) saying that their mom had torn me out of all the pictures around the house but continued to display them. What’s good ex-etiquette?
Commentary: One surprising source of hope for climate change? Fiction
As the climate crisis continues to reshape our world, climate fiction has become one of the fastest-growing genres in literature. But what happens when the catastrophes that dominate headlines become indistinguishable from plots of fiction?
A stunning new way to view Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Canada – The grandeur of Niagara Falls keeps tourists seeking new and better views of the natural wonder — and it’s easy to find them. On both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the river, you can gaze from lookouts, boat tours, a bridge, towers with wide windows, helicopter rides and even a zipline.
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On Nutrition: Kicking off National Nutrition Month with a quiz
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New treatment for chronic kidney disease could slow progression
About 15% of adults in the U.S. are estimated to have chronic kidney disease — that’s about 37 million people.
He was 31 when diagnosed with colon cancer, a disease on the rise among...
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