7 spring salads to make now. Right now.

Spring is an odd time for salads. We’re tired of the bitter greens (looking at you, spinach, …

Plate with crispy cheese crackers on wood table

Your wine misses these easy cheesy crackers

Holidays, birthdays, friendly get-togethers. Entertaining at our age should be joyful, not exhaustin…

Kisir, Turkish salad with bulgur, cucumbers, tomatoes

Meet Kisir, tabbouleh’s Turkish cousin

Kisir is Turkey’s answer to Lebanon’s tabbouleh. They’re both built on a base of b…

Mediterranean eggplant with tomatoes and onions Trader Joes

Mediterranean Eggplant with Tomatoes and Onions a la Trader Joe’s

Have you tried Trader Joe’s Grecian Style Eggplant with Tomatoes and Onions? It’s positi…

The chopped salad that took New York Times readers by storm

As spring struggled to extract itself from winter, The New York Times published the recipe fo…

The savory side of strawberries: 6 recipes to try now

They appear so briefly—sweet local strawberries. Even though they can be hideously overpriced…

These books about pandemics read like thrillers

In the past two months, we’ve learned more about viruses than we ever wanted to know. Thank the coronavirus for this. Th…

How to reboot your roots at home: What we learned

A number of quarantine memes are making the rounds on the internet, including this Instagram post by @overheardia: “We’r…

How soap demolishes coronavirus; washing your hands; gloves

In this new age of coronavirus, we are told over and over to wash our hands after touching…just about anything. And not just with water. With soap and…

How to use all of those Easter eggs? Make Eggs Mimosa.

You won the Easter egg hunt. Your refrigerator is full of brightly colored hard-boiled eggs. Now what do you do with the…

How to boost your immunity if you’re over 60

In the face of all the concern over the coronavirus or COVID-19, what steps can the 60+ woman take to boost our immunity? Can we change or adapt our l…