Roots and Grubs

I was fascinated by this recent column about the health benefits of coffee, even though I rarely drink coffee. No, the part that grabbed me was this: Although caffeine speeds up metabolism, with 100 milligrams [about one cup of coffee] burning an extra 75 to 100 calories a day, no long-term benefit to weight control […]

Hi, I still exist! Did you miss me? I’ve been too busy playing with my new Oxo scale to post. A couple weeks ago my old Soehnle kitchen scale stopped working. It had served me well in the kitchen for eight years. But I had a few complaints, and I was casting around for reasons […]