Professionalize Your Kitchen Without Stress or Mess
by Beth Dellegrazie
You TiVo the Food Network, have the grocery store on speed dial and compile the best recipes this side of the Atlantic. But if you’re like me, your culinary dreams go right...Continue reading...

Tea Time
by Christine Mangan
In recent decades, options for American tea drinkers have expanded far beyond the ubiquitous yellow box of Lipton’s... Continue reading...

The Athlete’s Kitchen
by Nancy Clark MS, RD, CSSD
If you are among the estimated 20 percent of active women who has missed three or more consecutive menstrual periods, you are experiencing amenorrhea. Although some women see amenorrhea as desirable... Continue reading...

Finding Rhythm and Balance Within the Five Elements
by Lisa Reichert,L.Ac DiplOM, Practitioner, Consultant, & Educator
It’s important that we allow our bodies’ rhythms to echo the shifting seasons. Continue reading...

Got Vegetables? Farm to School Lunch Programs Lead the Way
by Dana Demas
It’s a question that haunts any parent out there: How do you get a child to eat her broccoli? Answer: Put that child in a classroom. Yes, there can be an alternative way to double-chocolate-brownie birthday parties and candy-crazed holiday celebrations. And the way is lined with fragrant herbal gardens and lush tomatoes… Continue reading...

Ghosts, Goblins and Good Sense
by Beth Aldrich
This Halloween, there’s no need to make your child a toxic avenger by covering them in vinyl masks, PVC costumes or carcinogen-laden makeup. Send your kid out to scare the neighbors in style with these better choices and safety tips. Continue reading...

The Undies Are Here!
by Leslie Goldman, MPH
The Emmys, the Tonys, the Razzies—awards exist for practically everything out there. So I guess it should come as no surprise that there are now annual awards for women’s undergarments. But take solace, my friends! These winners come to us, the result of nearly 13,000 votes cast by women of all shapes and sizes nationwide. Without further ado, I present... Continue reading...

Why Fashion Is Sew Lucky…To Have Elise Bergman
by Jennifer Marjorie Bosch
Elise Bergman is a girl after our fhi hearts. She is a thinker and a doer, which means she envisions and produces clever, conscious and gorgeous style. Continue reading...

Changing Landscapes
by Rosanne Coury
I am not a painter. I cannot draw or sketch. But I am a landscape artist. My medium is me. I thought about this recently on a trip to the Galena Territory of northwest Illinois. I decided to leave behind the flat, dull, daily grind ... Continue reading...

Haunted by Halloween's Ghost
by Rosanne Coury
We’re surrounded! Masks, jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, witches, cobwebs: the trappings of Halloween haunt our steps this time of year. Continue reading...

Finances Through Your Ages
by Sarah O'Neil
As much as I loved Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw annoyed me to no end when it came to money matters. She had it all—great job, loyal friends, trend-setting wardrobe and always the hunky guy on her arm. But let’s face it, she was a financial disaster! ... Continue reading...

Shop, Not Flop
by Ellie Kay
There is an ancient Middle Eastern proverb that says “two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.” On your next “conquer-the-mall” mission, try these tips for shopping and saving with a friend—because sometimes, two can save more than one! Continue reading...

Day Tripper
by Daisy Simmons
When leaves glow amber and crimson, curling up and bending like old roadmaps, Chicagoans know it’s time to head outdoors and out of town to enjoy some of our area’s best autumn offerings. A spontaneous day trip ... Continue reading...

An Art Lover's Haven—in Native San Diego
by Tiffany Plate
Lux Art Institute isn’t your run-of-the-mill artists’ colony. It’s a state-of-the-art, innovative approach to bringing art—and how artists work—into the public eye. The Institute, located in the coastal southern California town of Encinitas, will open its much-anticipated Artist Pavilion in November... Continue reading...

EARTH TALK
by Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Women of ancient cultures couldn’t buy feminine hygiene products at the supermarket or drugstore chain, so they improvised, fashioning them instead out of various natural and biodegradable materials-from papyrus... Continue reading...

It's a Nice Day for a Green Wedding
by Tiffany Plate
While we can make a huge difference in the world through our pocketbooks, weddings require a substantial withdrawal from those same savings. So wouldn’t it be nice to know that the invitations... Continue reading...

Touchdown for Love
by Sarah Schaffner
I recently joined a coed flag football league under the mistaken impression that a. I could play football and b. it would be a fun, non-life-threatening, bonding experience with my boyfriend. Now, I am a fairly athletic woman. During my college years I played lacrosse and somehow managed to regularly sprint up and down a field 100 yards long for sixty minutes. And I did this for fun. Now, ten years later, I still run regularly—only much slower and no one chases me with a stick—and recently completed my first half-marathon... Continue reading...

Mindy Berkson: Building Families and Achieiving Dreams
by Lori Keenan
When a couple tries to get pregnant, they often set milestones for themselves. “I’ll be pregnant by my next birthday,” ... Continue reading...

Laurie David: An Earth Defender
by Jenny Evrard
It's easy to envision this issue's Woman of Style decked out in a Wonder Woman costume, balancing the weight of our earth on her shoulders, probably without even breaking a sweat. Continue reading...

October IT Girl Finds
by IT Girl
Look good while doing good! The Body Shop is donating 75 percent of proceeds from its special edition pink Hi-Shine Lip Treatment to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Up to 275 million children in the world are affected by domestic violence, while one in four women is a victim of domestic violence at some point in their lives.The passion fruit-flavored gloss also contains Community Trade marula oil from Eudafano Women’s Co-operative in Namibia... Continue reading...

This Month's Good Reads

the green book
by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen

the green book will launch, propel or save your green life. This everyday guide to saving the planet exudes positivity. Rather than asking you to buy anything or stop doing anything, it takes a strictly guilt-free, can-do approach. Continue reading...

Paging through the newly released Berghoff Family Cookbook is like coming home to my own memories of the famed Berghoff Restaurant ... Continue reading...