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Gas prices are going up, grocery bills are going up — everything is going up but the paychecks. This impacts every one of us who have a grocery budget, which is to say, pretty much every American but the tip-top of the 1%. Belts are getting tightened everywhere, but if you’re trying to build your meals on expensive but healthful items like organically-raised meat and plenty of fresh produce, they’re going to be even tighter.  Read next: 5 Healthy, Organic Costco Dinners That Cost Less Than $4 a Serving However, there are ways to eat really well without giving up...

The end of the world is near. Rising sea levels, an increase in natural disasters, and the human race’s lack of care for the planet are all responsible for the demise of civilization. While that might sound a little dramatic, climate change is a thing, and if we don’t try and stop it the world as we know it could be over in a matter of decades. What does this have to do with survival books I hear you ask? Well if the apocalypse is on its way, everyone is going to have to learn to live without electricity and...

Patricia Highsmith was a complicated woman. She is, of course, best known for being a writer. Her suspense novels, including Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, have been adapted into extremely famous movies, as has her much more personal novel, The Price of Salt, also known as Carol. Published in 1952, Carol was the first traditionally published American novel about lesbians with a (relatively) happy ending — neither of them died or reverted to heterosexuality, which was virtually unheard of at the time; the book was published under the name Claire Morgan, and Highsmith did not put...

As you age, it becomes harder for you to lose fat. About the time you begin to experience menopause, you tend to notice you’re a bit more tired around noon, and you don’t always have the energy you need to exercise like you should. Part of the reason for this is that your metabolism is changing, and your hormone production is changing and slowing down. With metabolism and hormone changes come mood swings, a mess of unwanted pounds, and feelings about the fact that you are getting older. 1. Get Your Hormones Checked With the decline of progesterone, testosterone, and...

Student Blog- Sebastian Week 3: Cleaning and getting to the Steel As already announced in the last report, knives will be sharpened and vegetables cleaned, peeled, cut, diced or chopped this week. The ingredients of the flavorful soup, which is more reminiscent of a stew, are classically determined by the seasons in Italy. Before we cook, of course, we shop. Anyone who buys must calculate in order to be able to work economically successfully and profitably. Calculation of food: washing, cleaning and loss of cooking Washing is washing as everyone knows it, freeing from impurities: soil, sand and vermin. Cleaning...