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As much as I enjoy the hearty braises of winter,  I get most inspired in the summer months, when I can throw a handful of fresh ingredients onto the grill and have a deliciously simple dinner in no time. Grilled vegetables are a staple in our house (replaced by roasted vegetables when it gets too cold and dark at night to use the grill). The ...

Over at MedPie, Barbara Locke, MD has a list of five very sensible dangers to look out for this summer. She even offers a cutesy rhyme to help you remember--Don't mow the lawn 'till you're sixteen, Be careful not to trampoline, Avoid the family dog and such And don't fall out of windows much. --since I'm always forgetting to ...

Sometimes I'll catch my three-year-old son staring off into space, looking so pensive I just have to ask him, "Ronan, what are you thinking about?" He'll turn to me and say, "Gooky poopy head!" So much for deep thoughts.  But I do wonder what my kids think about. My efforts at conversation with them are mostly ...

I can't decide if this is pure genius or a complete rip-off... A San Francisco company is offering work-at-home parents a place to work with childcare built right in. Cubes and Crayons offers workers office space with onsite childcare. There's everything you need for the professional office: conference rooms, Wi-Fi, photo copier, even a ...

When my oldest son was a baby, I sometimes stopped at Blockbuster with him in the car. If he was sleeping, I would use the automatic car starter (a Hanukkah present from years past) to start the car, turn on the heat, then lock the doors (keys in hand). With baby Declan tucked safely inside, I was free to browse the New Releases, unencumbered by ...

It was bound to happen. With so many people hyphenating their children's last names, it was only a matter of time before these hyphenates wanted to get married. Then what do you do? One woman in Germany found out when she tried to triple-hyphenate her name, combining her own (single) last name with her husband's hypenated name. The ...

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, doctors should begin screening for autism by 18 months. Now some researchers are suggesting that signs of autism can be seen as early as 12 months. Early warning signs include: not responding to one's name, not sharing interests through pointing and eye gaze, lack of joyful expression, an ...

It's June, and I don't care what the weather is outside, it's officially summer as far as I'm concerned. Which in my house means it's chilled soup time.  I'm not a fan of all chilled soups--vichysoisse just doesn't do it for me (cold creamy potatoes? No thanks.) and borscht is just too... purple. But I absolutely ...

File this one under creepy. 50-year-old Janet Cunliffe recently underwent several surgeries to help make her look more like her 28-year-old daughter, Jane. "I envied Jane's crinkle-free eyes, full lips and luscious, long blonde hair," says Janet. "I was desperate to look more like my daughter, but knew no wrinkle creams ...

Critics may have called this Ben Stiller sequel "utterly dispensible," "awfully dull," and "a big, bloated bore," but who cares? What did the kids think of it? Matt Cuthbert over at al.com headed to his city's IMAX theater to interview kids on camera to find out what they thought of the movie. While they ...