Programs teach kids how to eat healthier BY JESSIE HALLADAY Associated Press MCKEE — Taylor Hisel has always liked eating the vegetables out of her grandfather’s garden, but until she started growing fruits and flowers at Jackson Co...
Canvas on that stained coffee cup you throw away? By Elizabeth Leland McClatchy-Tribune News Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a break room, in the bowels of the airport where US Airways employees watch CNN, eat lunch and talk, Art Cozart balance...
Order fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe By Mary Ann Anderson McClatchy-Tribune News Service JULIETTE, Ga. — “Oh, what I wouldn’t give for a plate of fried green tomatoes like we used to have at the cafe! Um-umm!” If you’ve seen ...
Down on the farm, with a side of good food By Cindy Dampier McClatchy-Tribune News Service CALEDONIA, Ill. — Just after settling into our Euro-rustic guest tent at Kinnikinnick Farm, our family gathered around a wooden table as our ho...
Time to start work on that fall garden By Kathy Van Mullekom McClatchy-Tribune News Service Mid- to late-summer is the ideal time to start a fall garden, or a “second season” crop of your favorite cool-season vegetables and flower...
Nutrition quiz: All about fiber By Sam McManis McClatchy-Tribune News Service Get a bunch of “people-of-a-certain-age” together, and talk eventually will wend its way around to ... fiber. Scoff if you must, but fiber has pr...
Taking care of skin can save lives By Cindy Hoedel McClatchy-Tribune News Service KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Daniel Aires is director of the dermatology division at University of Kansas Hospital. Aires, a physician, grew up in Overlan...
Cline’s home turned into museum WINCHESTER, Va. — Patsy Cline fans curious about the early days of her brief but highly acclaimed country music career will finally be able to do more than just drive by her old house in Winchester...
On Nutrition: From the horse’s mouth By Barbara Quinn McClatchy-Tribune News Service Horses and humans are different. Horses have four legs. We have two. They are herbivorous (plant-eaters). We are omnivorous (plant- and animal-...
Once 420 pounds, man cuts weight in half by cycling By Jim Warren McClatchy-Tribune News Service LEXINGTON, Ky. — Five years ago, Bill Cole weighed 420 pounds, had little strength and less endurance, and generally avoided physical exercise. ...
