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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 17, 2012

  As an avid coffee drinker for decades, I find this new government study is cause for some celebration. Coffee isn’t the evil death-unleashing liquid we’ve been told for ages — a new government study released yesterday shows that coffee drinkers may actually live longer than non-coffee drinking folks. These new findings once again debunk [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 11, 2012

Love this quote… Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward. ~ George Carlin It’s the eve of the weekend, another Friday and with it, a tasty new batch of fabulous food photographs and recipes. FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD. As always, when they’re available, [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 11, 2012

  In this round of the “Food Police, It’s All for the Children, Dammit!” battle in Massachusetts, chalk up 1 for common sense, and for liberal zealots and the tyrannical Nanny State Food Police, zip. I wrote earlier this week about the imminent ban at Massachusetts schools on bake sales, and the plans to also [...]

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