Kathy Manweiler
Hearty Italian sausage soup loses calories
When you head out to those holiday parties, don't go hungry. An empty stomach makes those high-fat appetizers and sweets even more tempting, but eating a bowl of this healthy and hearty soup beforehand can help curb your appetite and leave you some calories to spare.
Joe Stumpe
A Thanksgiving feast that's fit for a picture
"Do you have turkey bootees?" I realize how ridiculous this sounds as soon as the words are out of my mouth, but what can I do? I've been infected by Sue Chef's desire to stage the picture-perfect Thanksgiving feast. And so I'm asking bewildered store clerks if they carry those frilly little white things that people put on turkey drumsticks (at least in photographs).
Suzanne Tobias
Save, savor the voices of the ones you love
Some time ago, my friend Laura and I walked into a cell phone store and got in line behind an elderly woman who looked upset. She told an employee she had never used a cell phone in her life and had no intention of buying one. That's not why she was there.
