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My week in fitness was affected by a small problem with a pulled muscle in my face, but we’ll go into more on that as we get started.

The first time I tried grilling corn-on-the-cob, by placing shucked corn directly on the grill, the results weren’t all that stellar. Too dried out and chewy. I consulted “She-who-knows-everything-when-it-comes-to-home-cooking” (a.k.a. mom) who informed me the way to do it was to cook the corn in their husks, directly on a hot grill. […]

I have seen debate after debate about when is the best time to exercise to burn the most fat. So a friend of mine who’s trying to lose weight agreed to run a little test to see if she burnt more fat exercising at different times of the day…

It took the show’s third season to do it, but I’m officially hooked on So You Think You Can Dance. I sat glued to the screen on Wednesday evening, watching the dancers and their dances and feeling really impressed.

“OMG, these are the best cookies I’ve ever eaten in my life,” I mumbled to mom the other day, mouth full of cookie, one hand reaching for another. “Would you please get the recipe from Claire? Puhleeezzzz?” Claire is my mother’s friend, a lovely woman in her 80s, recently widowed, who brought […]

It’s the film every foodie worth her salt has been waiting for. Pixar’s Ratatouille (rah-tah-too-ee) is about a rat with gourmet sensibilities who longs to be a chef, and manages to follow his dream into one of the best restaurants in Paris. It opens today, Friday, June 29th, 2007. If you catch […]

An herbed butter is a great way to dress up corn-on-the-cob, veggies of all kinds, chicken, fish, prawns, pork, steak, you name it. Here’s an herb butter recipe, Southwestern style, with cilantro and lime. Do you ever make herbed butters? If so, what’s your favorite combo?
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Lipo Dissolve involves injecting a cocktail of substances into subcutaneous fat deposits - in the hope of “dissolving” the fat tissue.
Marketed as a safer and less invasive alternative to liposuction, proponents say lipo-dissolve is useful for treating small “problem areas” such as love handles, bra fat and a softening jaw line. (via)
Despite having a […]

Giant basketballer Shaquille O’Neal has finished with doing Burger King ads, and wants to help obese kids get fit.
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Do you know what it means to be a healthy role model? Have you ever asked yourself what qualities your role models possess? Do you believe that values and actions are what you admire most about your role models or is it something else?