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Kyra Effren
Kyra Effren 
Thanks to the media, you will be painfully aware – unless you have been hiding under a rock -- that May 13 is Mother’s Day. You have been bombarded for weeks with ads for perfume, jewelry, flowers...
“A person with passion is better than 40 people merely interested.” [E.M. Forster]
If there is one adjective, which can be ascribed to CAROL BODWELL, it is passionate. ...
… And the Winner is....
Last night I served as one of the judges at the second annual Chef’s Challenge, hosted by the Women’s Alliance of McKinney at Stonebridge Country Club. The evening...
Recently there have been a number of newspaper and magazine articles about the spiraling cost of medication, together with a growing concern about "over medication" of patients.
It got me to...
On a holiday which celebrates Spring- the Resurrection and Family, what better celebration than an Easter Brunch featuring eggs. Most of the menu can be prepared ahead – and none of the...
The unusually mild temperatures in Europe this winter, have produced one of the best crops of Spaghetti in history. The towns of Ticino in Switzerland and Fulyah in Italy are reporting an...
In April we - put off plastic surgery, delay the purchase of a new couch, and forgo dinner out - because on the 15th [17tht this year] we owe Uncle Sam! This is no time for profligacy even in the...
On March 17 the Irish and the ‘Irish-for-a day’ will celebrate St Patrick’s Day {or more affectionately known St Paddy’s Day}.
I would wager most people did not know that St Patrick was NOT Irish...
Last week we began a journey into the hinterlands of your grocery store and began to discover some of the more unusual items available to concoct delicious dishes. We discussed, Celeriac, Golden...
How often have you walked past an item in the supermarket – and asked yourself,
‘What is that?’, and then walked on because you either did not know what it was or did not have the faintest idea...
