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Helen Mirren and Oprah Winfrey Behind the Scenes 100 Foot Journey

Movie: The Hundred-Foot Journey #FoodieFriday

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY – In theaters August 8, 2014 Like THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY on Facebook: http://facebook.com/100footjourneymovie Follow THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the100ftJourney Instagram: http://instagram.com/thehundredfootjourney Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/100FtJourney OFFICIAL BOILERPLATE: In “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in […]

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St. Jude and Sickle Cell – Changing Lives

Inspirational Stories, Sickle Cell Disease

Life changing moments don’t happen everyday. 2 weeks before my trip to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital I was contacted by an orphanage in Uganda. The orphanage houses children whose parents abandoned them because they were born with Sickle Cell Anemia. I was told, “at least every week, you may find 2 or 3 thrown at

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5 Ways to Find Energy Throughout the day

Health & Recipes

We all wish we had more energy. If we only had more energy, we’d be able to get so much more done each day. We’d be able to spend more time playing with (or, okay, keeping up with) our kids. We’d have better focus, be in better moods…there are lots of reasons to want to

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Review and Recipes for Yacon Syrup

Recipes, Review

*I received a bottle of Quality 100% Pure Yacon Syrup to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. I recently learned about a new natural sweeteners: Yacon Syrup. Yacon syrup is a healthy natural sweetener that is also a natural source of prebiotics. Other natural examples of prebiotics are: bananas, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, yams, asparagus, onions,

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Parenting: How to talk to preteens about alcohol

Elementary, Health & Recipes, High School

Teaching your kids new skills can be one of life’s simplest pleasures. What can be more difficult, however, is discussing something like responsible drinking. Most parents realize talking to their kids about alcohol is a necessary part of parenthood. But when is the right time to mention the subject? And what’s the right approach? As

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Health Moment: Living Heart-Healthy

Recipes

This post is sponsored by Campbell Soup Company The Centers for Disease Control reports that 1 in 4 American deaths are because of heart disease. In fact, 24% of African-Americans die of Heart Disease and about 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. Therefore, as a family we make a

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Health Moment: Sickle Cell Relief and Hydroxyurea

Sickle Cell Disease

My Daughter’s Personal update: It’s been 7 weeks since my daughter had her first Sickle Cell Crisis. For the most part, our lives are back to normal. She hasn’t experienced pain in a while and I haven’t had to worry about her health. We are making sure she is eating healthy and receiving more rest.

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