IMPORTANT! This is NOT medical Advice Your oral surgeon will give you printed instructions following your surgery. Read those thoroughly and follow them to the letter. Ignore anything and everything in this survival guide that may be contradictory to your surgeon’s instructions.  Get Ready, Set ... This survival guide is designed to help you pull together (and... Continue Reading →

This article by: Athalie Redwood-Brown, Nottingham Trent University and Jen Wilson, Nottingham Trent University is reprinted printed by permission of The Conversation. We have fact-checked and accessed the web links in this article and find that they meet scientific standards. Over-imbibing is never a good idea, but "stuff" happens to many of us. Fortunately, a... Continue Reading →

3 to 5 weeks. According to the USDA: "Eggs may be refrigerated three to five weeks from the day they are placed in the refrigerator. The "Sell-By" date will usually expire during that length of time, but the eggs will be perfectly safe to use. Always purchase eggs before the "Sell-By" or Exp (expiration) date on... Continue Reading →

Sous vide (French for "under vacuum"), refers to cooking food in a vacuum-sealed plastic bag immersed in hot water. It is favored by a diverse group of loyal adherents despite peer-reviewed research indicating that heating a plastic can accelerate the leaching of harmful environmental chemicals. It's important to know that peer-reviewed studies about the potential... Continue Reading →