C'est L'Amour: French Eats For Feb. 14


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French Dishes Dinner Menu

If a global menu feels too daunting for your Valentine's Day dinner, try channeling a bit of Parisian romance by focusing on French foods. You don't need a view of the Eiffel Tower to feel the love — you can set the mood right at your own dinner table by pairing classic French dishes with your favorite sips. Here are 10 tasty dish ideas to help you create a Valentine's Day meal of festive Read more

A Whole Lotta Lil in This Week's Links


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Baby and Parenting News the Week of Feb. 6

Need valentines for school? Don't miss these great finds — most of which can be printed right from your own computer! Do you breastfeed in public? These celeb moms do! Create a fun Valentine's Day hairstyle for your tot! Building your maternity wardrobe? We'll show you where to splurge and where to save! We spoke with the founder of NurturMe baby food about foods for kids. Are you a French Read more

Snacking Good: Natchitoches Meat Pies


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Easy Natchitoches Meat Pies Recipe

We've always wanted to take a stab at rolling out a few Natchitoches meat pies. Thanks to an easy recipe from Food Orleans, this might be a dream realized sooner rather than later. [Baked or fried? You decide.] Natchitoches meat pies are one of those special little treats with a name as fun to say as they are to scarf down. Nackadish — that's how you say it — is a small town we drive through Read more

Link Time: 101 Awesome Desserts Across America


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Best Desserts in America

101 awesome desserts across America — Grub Street NY Arby's is relaunching with a new logo, campaign, and menu — Business Insider The secret to amazing French onion soup — Food Blogga What is chirashi? — Food Republic The Obama girls have some White House dinner rules — Access Hollywood Taste testing the Jack in the Box Bacon Shake — So Good Russell Simmons is mad over milk — Read more

Weight Loss Rules You're Allowed to Break


Updated 02/11/12 11:10 AM · Posted by · 6 comments

Diet Rules You Can Break and Still Lose Weight

If you love to eat, losing weight can seem so structured, you immediately get frustrated and grab the first decadent food you can find. Even though there are some very specific guidelines that can help you reach your goal faster, there's no one-size-fits-all weight-loss plan for everyone. Here are five rules you can bend and still drop pounds from the scale. No Cheesecake, Wine, or French Read more

Meet Me in Moscow: A Russian Food Primer


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Russian Dishes and Ingredients

Whenever you're complaining about the ferocity of Winter, just remember things are much, much colder in other parts of the world. But while Russian Winters may be brutal, they've got plenty of amazing, comforting recipes with flavors designed to take that chill out of your bones. It's time to call up your babushka, put on your copy of Doctor Zhivago, and grab a tall glass of vodka, if you see Read more

The Simply Surprising Reasons French Women Have Enviably Glowy Skin


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How to Get Beautiful Skin Like a French Woman

When Bertrand Thomas and his wife, Mathilde, (pictured above) launched Caudalie in 1995 with just three items on the roster, it was the first company to use the antiaging benefits of grape-seed polyphenols in skin care. Since then, the vinotheraphy-based brand has launched a full range of products, using practically all parts of the grape, from skin to stalk. In fact, its radiance-boosting Beauty Read more

Dunkin' Donuts Is Banking on All-Day Sandwiches


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New Dunkin' Donuts Sandwiches

Looks like Starbucks and McDonald's aren't the only two chains who want a piece of breakfast between bread: starting this week, Dunkin' Donuts introduces two new sandwich offerings, to be offered at DD locations throughout the day — including breakfast, of course. The new sandwiches will "be familiar, but with a twist," said Stan Frankenthaler, Dunkin' Brands' executive chef and head of product Read more

Foodie Friday Link Time


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Fight Belly Fat With French Toast

Upgrade your French toast to fight belly fat — Prevention Fill up with fiber and cook with these ingredients — Real Simple You can detox with food, and here's 50 recipes to help — Self Treat yourself right and ditch the fad diets for weight loss — Huff Po Hummus might be healthy, but here's why to skip it pre-workout — Shape Robert Pattinson enables Kristen's potato-chip cravings — Read more

The Secrets of the World's Healthiest Women


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Secrets of the World's Healthiest Women

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. From pouring on the olive oil like the Greeks to slashing stress like the Scandinavians, what we can learn from the happiest, slimmest, longest-living cultures around the globe. The secret to a long, healthy life in America? According to longevity researchers, it may be to act like you live somewhere else. It Read more