The folks I work with as a volunteer for the AHA invited me to participate in a new program to be announced later today at the Scientific Sessions here in New Orleans. Working as a volunteer modera...

Super Bowl Sunday dinner option … butternut squash soup with toasted bread and a salad. Squash soup is another one of those transportive dishes that reminds me of camping in Southern Ohio with fri...

In this article I hope to explore my own cardiac anxiety as a heart attack survivor in hopes that it will help others become better at differentiating anxiety from symptom. If I’m very lucky, maybe...

Eddie made Eggplant Involtini from “The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook” tonight. I threw in a rainbow chard, arugula, currant and French radish salad with red wine vinaigrette. I think we both discov...

I’m working on a piece about distractions after nearly being hit by a guy in a car on a cellphone earlier this week. As an introduction of sorts, I’ve been taking advantage of some nice Ohio Novem...

I read one of Dr Ornish’s books last year when I was doing a lot of research on how to manage heart disease. One of the interesting facts about this condition is that it comes with built in risk fa...

I recently noticed that I have a three foot tall stack of workout books which I collected, and yes used, in my early 30’s. That was the time period I had been recording how much I lifted, ate, walk...

This was a lovely little something fresh to go with our Easter dinner yesterday. Great cheese, homemade bread, dessert with a humble story to come and, of course, a honey glazed spiral cut smoked h...

Update Thursday night. The learning process began early. And since this is truly a shakedown trial run before heading out to Washington, I’m grateful for the fact that I took some time off to ac...

Many years ago I dated an actor who taught me how to make a decent breakfast. While the romance ended when he ran off to do Summer Stock work, he left me with the thought that all of our relationsh...