Cancer (June 21-July 22) Although I’ve occasionally been known to badmouth Cancers (usually after an especially hard (and often unintentional) pinch), if only by repeating—and therefore reinforcing—less-than-flattering stereotypes, I don’t want you to think that I don’t adore you. I usually only mention your supposed shortcomings to point out their source—the hardships you … [Read more...] about Your Horoscope
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Gemini (May 21-June 20) Behind one door is a cage full of restless, hungry wild tigers. Behind the other lies a moat full of crocodiles, piranha, and shark. These are your choices?! Sometimes life demands that you push through these challenges, and risk losing a limb to get to where you want to go. And sometimes the universe is giving you a hint: It might be better to stay put … [Read more...] about Your Horoscope
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) In Greek myth Jason vanquished a dragon whose teeth, sown in earth, sprouted into thousands of armed warriors. He was ready to fight them all and surely be defeated, despite his prodigious swordsmanship, until his wily girlfriend, Medea, suggested something more realistic: Turn the unassailable might of that army against itself. Jason threw a rock amid … [Read more...] about Your Horoscope
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Lately you’ve been feeling like a wild animal in a modern zoo. Effort has been made to simulate your natural habitat, but still you keep running into the electrified fencing and wondering how limited your world really is. Meanwhile, people keep riding through your life on a monorail, snapping pictures and throwing junk food at you and your friends. … [Read more...] about Your Horoscope
Noshing on the New Vegan Cookbook Eat Raw Eat Well by Douglas McNish
In a brave attempt to slim down after a summer that began and ended with magnificent wine and food festivals (Four Seasons Four Pinots and Kaanapali Fresh, I’m looking at you), I’ve picked up Toronto-based Douglas McNish’s new book Eat Raw Eat Well. Raw food recipes take the cook out of cookbook, but while your oven gets a break new gadgets like high-powered blenders and … [Read more...] about Noshing on the New Vegan Cookbook Eat Raw Eat Well by Douglas McNish