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Pistachio Orange Biscotti

BY LAURIE ELLEN PELLICANO Biscotti have developed a bad reputation thanks to the enormous, stale, dusty versions that tend to be served at coffee shops. Next time you’re looking for something a little sweet and a little nutty to dip into that morning espresso or to eat alongside that after-dinner digestivo, try these zested-up, pistachio-jeweled […]
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Crunchy Peanutpepper Cookies

BY SAMANTHA SENEVIRATNE If your love of cookies tends to hover around the savory end of the spectrum, then this crunchy, salty, cayenne-spiked approach to the classic peanut-butter cookie is the one for you. Samantha Seneviratne, author of The New Sugar & Spice and The Joys of Baking, took inspiration from Hot Mix—a favorite Indian […]
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Spiced Cardamom Cookies

BY MARTHA STEWART These simple, warmly spiced cookies from Martha Stewart’s Cookie Perfection skips the cookie cutters and royal icing decorations for a charming wood-grain finish, thanks to a faux-bois (fake wood) pastry mat. (If you don’t own one, any textured surface for your rolling pin will do.) The dough calls for a wintry blend […]
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Busting exercise myths

By Elaine Dembe Sometimes when I begin to explain the need for regular exercise a patient will reply, “I haven’t got time to exercise.” I’ll admit, finding time is a challenge for most people who are juggling work and family responsibilities. But, nevertheless, we need to look after ourselves and put some of our own […]
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Getting money back

By Ken Pope, Rafiga Gurbanzade, and Crystal Terris How can changes to the Caregiver Tax Credit—now the Family Caregiver Amount Tax Credit—benefit you and your family? Supporting and caring for a dependent elderly family member can be expensive and stressful. At times, it may require a person to stay out of the workforce and at […]
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Is foreign travel on your bucket list?

By Pat Irwin Here’s what you need to know about infectious diseases and far-away destinations No longer are exotic locales limited to the jet-set. New reasons to travel, such as “eco-tourism” and “humanitarian tourism”—as well as increased worldwide migration—are sending humans to the furthest corners of the globe. Marshall McLuhan’s “global village” has become a […]