Dear Heloise: I work as a chef at a restaurant, and while trying to train a new chef on how to prepare certain dishes, I found he didn't know that there was a difference between shallots and white, yellow or red onions. If a recipe calls for shallots, it's best to use them instead of ...
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2023. There are 124 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died. On ...
Tomorrow brings the Blue Moon, and a supermoon at that. The event of two full moons in a calendar month only happens every two or three years, though 2018 brought the strange occurrence of two Blue Moons in one year, and the month of February had no full moon at all. What will you do on ...
Dear Annie: My mother-in-law has been diagnosed with cervical cancer back in our home country. My husband planned to pay all the expenses for her care, including treatments, hospital visits and food. His three older sisters live near his mom (one lives with his mom). He said his sisters are ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband has been totally disabled by sciatic pain for three months. His doctor prescribed 4 mg of methylprednisolone, but it hasn't done anything to eliminate the pain. He uses a cane. Are there any other things he can do to stop this debilitating pain? -- H.B. ANSWER: The ...
Dear Heloise: I had to write in after reading Henrietta N.'s letter, as I often hear that young people don't want to work. I think they are being painted with a broad brush. I know neighbor's kids who can't get a call to be stockers at a major grocery store, but the "help wanted" sign remains. ...
