Sweet potato cookies were the first sensation: Cassandra Thomas, then a young mom in North Rosedale Park, offered her homemade recipe at a block sale. She sold 125 bags by noon. Today, Sweet Potato Sensations operates out of a 4,000-square-foot building on Lahser Road that employs two generations of the Thomas family, plus staff. The […]
According to Frugivore Magazine: Your breath becomes short, an intense headache ensues and then suddenly your entire body is in pain and there is nothing you can do about it. What I’m describing are symptoms of a sickle cell anemia crisis — A disease affecting one out of every 500 African-Americans. An individual born with the […]
First Lady Michelle Obama signed copies of her new book “American Grown,” about the White House gardens and healthy eating, at a Washington, D.C. book store on Tuesday.
Annette Larkins is 70 years old, but you’d never know it by looking at her! Larkins credits the raw, vegan diet she has followed for the past 27 years for her youthful appearance and clean bill of health. She notes that people who are skeptical of her diet often assume she can thank good genes for her […]