Soul food basics, plus Hoppin’ John recipe

If you’re feeling like doing some experimenting in the kitchen, step outside the general confines of our basic “ethnic” choices. Sure, we can be inspired easily by Italian, Mexican, and Indian meals, but what about reaching down down to the United States?

Enter Soul food, a cuisine that is based on the traditional foods of African Americans.

For a recipe idea and some facts about the food, keep reading.

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How to start running–and be successful at it

Now that spring is in the air, we start to think of those pesky extra pounds that our bodies accumulated over the last four months.

And one of the best ways to do this? Get moving.

As soon as the first sign up warmer weather hits the outdoors, there is no better way to get on some running shoes and start a beginning runner training program. Continue Reading