Articles written by Elizabeth Bastos
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Book Review – Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author Junot Diaz casts a spell with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, an story of magical realism set in the Dominican Republic and Neuvo Yol, a.k.a New York.
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Cradle to Cradle Designed Home Goods
Really reduce, recycle, and reuse by buying only products that are cradle to cradle certified, from gDiapers to the compostable Aeron chair.
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Honey Face Mask and Hydrating Cream
Honey is a pantry staple and it's also a great moisturizing treatment for dry skin. Avoid expensive, ineffective cosmetics and leave your beauty treatments to the bees.
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Easter Lechon (Roast Suckling Pig)
A lechon or Latin-American roasted suckling pig for Easter is is spectacularly unexpected. It's not the traditional holiday ham or lamb, but it's a delicious showstopper.
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Family Songbooks by Dan Fox
Dan Fox's piano arrangements of well-known children's songs are wonderfully playable and will make even the most novice piano student parent sound like a star.
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Eco Easter Presents
Traditional Easter baskets include environmentally toxic "grass," plastic eggs, and candies made with preservatives and dyes. Give greener springtime holiday presents.
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The Well Stocked Pantry
A well stocked pantry means inexpensive family meal planning is a snap when the basics every kitchen should have are ingredients are already on hand.
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Easter Keepsakes Kids Can Make
Crafty kids will enjoy shaping Easter bunnies of this easy salt clay, made from inexpensive pantry staples.
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Chocolate Truffles for Mother's Day
Wow then mother in your life with homemade chocolate truffles this Mother's Day. It might be what your mom has always wanted.
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How to Write an Executive Summary
The executive summary of a grant proposal should, in less than 500 words, deliver an organization's merits and goals and distinguish why a foundation should fund it.
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600 Curries Cookbook Review
With chef Raghavan Iyer's cookbook 660 Curries in the kitchen, it's possible to cook Indian food restaurant recipes at home, with tremendous success.
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Salmon Burger Recipe
Omega-3 rich fish like salmon, trout, and sardines are good for children's developing brains. This recipe for salmon burgers will have them amazingly asking for seconds
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Winter Birding for Families in Maryland, USA
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland's Eastern Shore is the destination for avid birders, but families with kids will enjoy seeing bald eagles too.
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Elegant Halloween Decorating
Spooktacular décor and color-rich harvest flower arrangements will set an elegant yet playful tone for your adult Halloween party.
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Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner
Throw a vegan Thanksgiving feast with tofu-turkey and heart-healthy sidedishes that are milk-, meat-, and egg-free like vegan garlic mashed potatoes and pecan pie.
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Best Tasting Thanksgiving Turkey
Once you've tried a flavorful, moist heritage turkey for Thanksgiving your family won't allow you to go back to Butterball.
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Green Halloween
Reuse is the third pillar of the environmental movement's slogan and the greenest Halloween costumes are the ones your family already owns. Raid the closets!
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Simple Halloween Costume Ideas for Kids
Instead of buying the Disney princess costume for your kid, they'll have more fun making their own self-styled ghost, pirate, gypsy, and ballerina costumes.
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Apfelkuchen for Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah desserts are sweet, to celebrate the sweetness of the Jewish New Year. Jewish apple cake is a delicious example: easy to prepare and perfect for a party.
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Jewish Apple Cake Recipe
Rosh Hashanah desserts are sweet, to celebrate the sweetness of the Jewish New Year. Jewish apple cake is a delicious example: easy to prepare and perfect for a party.
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Alternatives to BPA Plastic Sippy Cups
The health effects of the plastic additive BPA found in sippy cups and baby bottles is unknown. Be safe and use glass cups, stainless steel, and silverplate at home.
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Halloween Costumes and Crafts for Families
Celebrate Halloween as a family with family costumes, homemade candy and treats, and easy, spooky decorations the kids can easily make.
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Tips for Better, Redder, More Robust Tomatoes
Tomatoes are a kitchen gardener's jewels. These tips will make them redder, tastier, and easier to maintain.
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Retirement Gift Ideas
Retirement is a milestone. The gifts given should reflect the passions of the person and encourage them to continue a lifetime of learning and fun.
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Save Money with Healthy Bean Cuisine
Beans are cheap, heart healthy and easy to cook in a thousand ways from Brazilian black bean soup to Japanese adzuki bean sweets.
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Starting A Kitchen Garden
Gas prices are up and so are food prices, but you can save money by growing vegetables yourself, at home, in containers ranging from terracotta planters to old boots.
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Tour de France Party
The puff-pastry-dessert Paris-Brest honors a bike race from 1891, the Paris-Brest-Paris. It is even in the shape of a bike wheel; perfect for your Tour de France party.
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Road Trips with Kids
Summertime is family travel time, but it doesn't have to be a headache to road trip with kids. A few key tips will have you at your destination frazzle-free.
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Clafoutis Recipe
French desserts are notoriously fussy, but clafoutis is easy, comfort food, basically a glorified pancake that would make a delicious end to a mid-summer picnic.
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How to Eliminate Cockroaches Without Toxins
Cockroaches are among the most awful pests, but you can send them packing with these tips for green pest management.
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Mother's Day Petits Fours
Sweet, dainty, and perfectly decorated with pastel fondant, these little bites of cake are ideal desserts for Mother's Day and other springtime holidays.
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Baking Birthday Cake Like A Girl
If a girl makes a cake for her boyfriend she's considered old fashioned, but when she does it with sass she's a retro revolutionary grrrl baker.
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