Jan 5th, 2010 · Using kitchen spoons to measure liquid medicine is prone to error. Using a large spoon can cause people to exceed the recommended dose, and a medium-sized spoon can be a recipe for coming up short.
Dec 31st, 2009 · Across the country, local governments are wrapping up a brutal year, with slipping tax revenues and sharp declines in state aid. The shortfalls come at a time when towns and cities are struggling to provide more services, from food kitchens to health care. In northern New York, local leaders in Elizabethtown may be forced to close the county-run nursing home.
Dec 23rd, 2009 · Government inspectors found widespread contamination in a kitchen that makes 35,000 meals a day for airlines ranging from American to United. The caterer said it has taken action to solve the problems. If the facility fails another inspection, expected next month, it would be barred from providing food to airlines.
Dec 20th, 2009 · A nationwide after-school program partners with local chefs who teach kids to cook tasty but nutritious meals, aiming to make healthy eating cool. A group of 9-and 10-year-olds from the D.C.-based program got an up-close look at the first family's garden and kitchen.
Dec 7th, 2009 · More Americans are riding bikes to commute. But the need to carry a child, or groceries, can make things complicated. Enter the cargo bike, a long, sturdy cycle that is gaining new popularity in bike-friendly cities like Portland, Ore.
Nov 30th, 2009 · Africa McCalop went into labor on Thanksgiving. Her baby girl was arriving two weeks early, and there was no time to get to the hospital. So Africa's mother Patricia McCalop conducted a home delivery. But that's not the amazing part. Patricia kept running back and forth between her daughter in labor and the kitchen. According to the Boston Herald, Patricia refused to let the turkey burn.
Nov 14th, 2009 · The next time you see Roy Williams prowling the sidelines in a dapper Alexander Julian suit at University of North Carolina games, you might remember what a dime his mother left on their kitchen table once meant to him. Williams, the winningest active college basketball coach, has written the story of his life with Tim Crothers. Host Scott Simon talks to Williams about his book, Hard Work: A Life On and Off The Court.
Sep 22nd, 2009 · Morris Dickstein's dazzling new cultural history of the Great Depression, called Dancing in the Dark is one of those "everything but the kitchen sink" kind of books — that really works.