By this point, everyone knows that exercise is good for you. It’s good for the young, the old, the healthy, the sick, the disabled—everyone. Most people, if you ask them, will spout off a number of reasons why exercise is good for you, ranging from weight loss to reducing the Read more…
California, my home state, leads the nation in one very important statistic: it has the lowest maternal mortality rate of any state in the U.S. Between 2006 and 2013, the maternal mortality rate in California fell by 55%. That’s excellent news, and it is a credit to our medical system, Read more…
As we move forward into a new year, I wanted to share one more holiday tradition with you. This one isn’t strictly Italian. It’s more Italian-American, and is not called the Feast of Seven Fishes in Italy. This is a meal that is traditionally consumed on Christmas Eve, consisting of Read more…
The Epiphany feast, known as La Befana, is an important part of Christmas festivities in Italy. La Befana has been an Italian Christmas tradition for much longer than Babbo Natale (Santa Claus), probably dating as far back as the 13th century. La Befana originates from a fairytale about a woman who Read more…