Liz Carey

With experts now predicting that life won’t necessarily get back to normal until late 2021 or early 2022, it looks like we’ll be social distancing and masking up for some time to come. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still have a little culinary fun. As we near the home stretch (hopefully) of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities are saying it’s still so important to follow best practices like social distancing, avoiding large groups, only doing take out or curbside service and masking up. As spring approaches and we’re getting stir crazy for new things to do, there are a...

I have long been told by my family that my dad’s roots are Irish, Scottish and English. My grandmother even told me that our last name came from a Ellis Island clerical error when our ancestors came over from County Kerry in Ireland. Be that as it may, in elementary school, I was not allowed to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day. My father said, “We’re not Catholic Irish, we’re protestant so we wear orange.” That first year, I suffered through a lot of pinches. The next year, I learned to sneak something green into my outfit anyway. None...

Now that 2020 is behind us, it’s time to take stock and move forward for 2021.  For some of us, that may mean changing up our eating habits, says Tamera Magee, Franklin County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences. For the past nine months, many of us may not have been getting out to exercise a lot, and we may not have been eating as healthy, she says. But celebrating the new year is a great time to change things up and get back on track to eating healthier.  First, Magee says, it’s best to re-familiarize yourself with...