Recipe sharing has become a favorite online activity.  (I plead guilty.)  The Food Channel is a fixture in many of our homes and on our media devices.  Chefs are reigning celebrities.  Who would have ever thunk it?  If you look back, however, to what topics made magazines popular ... all the way back to the 1600s (!) .. it was topics that revolved around homemaking and the domestic "arts" ... chief of which was cooking...

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    Recently, I went in search of casual flats with a definite look in mind.  Much to my amazement ... and confusion, I found a great looking pair of comfy, bronze-toned shoes at an equally great price ... in a Dr. Scholl's shoebox.  And then I remembered I'd been down this path before ... serendipitously finding great looking, comfortable shoes ... made by Dr. Sholl. Wait a minute, I say ... Dr. Scholl is...

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I know summer is already well underway.  Some folks would say it's almost over!  That being said, for those who didn't check out the effectiveness of the "Listerine, vinegar, and warm water foot soak" that went viral pre-summer ... trust me - IT WORKS!  How many of us have done the "warm water foot soak with a little oil or soap and then apply cream after" routine time after time in an effort to find...

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