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My Grandmother’s Stuffed Grapeleaves Recipe

I’m going out on a limb with this recipe… but if you’ve ever been inspired to try something different or eaten something in a restaurant and thought, I want to know how they make this, then this recipe is for you!! Everyones got their own childhood memories when it comes to food. For most kids in America their earliest or first memories in the kitchen are probably sticking their fingers in some sort of ooey chocolatey batter and licking the bowl clean or eating some raw cookie dough while Mom or Grandma was making some cookies.

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Jobless, but not Hopeless

On November 1st, like millions of other Americans, I became unemployed. When I woke up that Monday morning, I never thought that within a few hours I would become one of those statistics. I remember walking through the parking lot moments after it happened and having a conversation with God. It went something like thisPlease God, if you are there can you just help me keep my chin up and my shoulders back until I get to the car. And then could you please tell me what I am supposed to do from here?

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Fall is the New Spring

We’re one month into autumn. School and work and life schedules have reverted to some sort of “normal” structure. Sweaters and suits have come out of closets to replace bikinis and sunglasses. Leaves are changing from green to red, gold, and brown, or, depending on where you are, have already begun to fall. There’s a…

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Meet the Single Mom Taking the Beauty Industry by Storm

For decades, the beauty industry has helped shape the narrative around femininity and played a major role in the evolution of consumerism and gender norms as they exist today—the good, the bad, and the ugly. But, one mom is painting a new narrative around beauty, and the beholder, using the brushstrokes of self-love, radical inclusivity,…