
Perhaps you’ve heard of Eric Ripert, famed chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin, which just happens to be ranked 18 on S. Pellegrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurant’s list.
Or perhaps you’ve seen him on one of his appearances as a guest judge on Bravo’s Top Chef or hosting his own PBS series Avec Eric.
Or perhaps one of his four cookbooks is sitting on your kitchen bookshelf right…
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Do you believe in magic?
Not the sleight of hand magic where coins disappear behind ears and pop out of noses or where ladies are sawed in half. I’m talking about the magic of life.
Are you still able to feel a sense of wonder when you see a butterfly or admire the perfection of a rose?
Are you able to feel enchantment when you meet just the…
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Well it’s June and I can already hear the wedding bells ringing and the cash register ka-chinging!
June is still the most popular month for tying the knot and tying the knot doesn’t come cheap.
According to TheKnot.com, the average 150-person wedding costs a whopping $25,000 with the bride’s attire accounting for about 8-10% of that amount.
Of course, not every bride will wearing white. Not every bride…
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Oh, that Mother Nature, she’s a tricky one!
For instance, she somehow decided that the temperature of a mama turtle’s nest would determine the sex of her offspring. Which was working out just fine until this whole global warming thing threw a big hot wrench into her plans. Because now, as temperatures are rising, Mother Nature is faced with a marked gender discrepancy among her turtles.
For…
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Today marks two and a half decades since the catastrophic explosion aboard the Challenger space shuttle and, for many of us, it’s one of those moments that imprinted itself so strongly on our memories that we will always remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when we witnessed the disaster or heard the horrific news.
Yesterday, Steven J. McAuliffe, widower of Christa McAuliffe,…
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