This time of year, the produce aisle is more ultimate fighting championship ring than friendly neighborhood grocery store.

Ravenswood Rachel reaches in for the perfect pepper. But watch out! Here comes West Town Will from the salad bar. Oh, no! ...

A few things you may not know about the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s:

Diets are considered null and void. Chocolate receives honorary food group status. And the United States Department of Agriculture recommends that you make sweets an ...

Your unmentionables? They’re organized like some OCD science project. Pretty pairs for special occasions, granny pants for lazing around, low-rise cotton thongs for every day.

But one slip into a pair of Fifi Chachnil briefs, and your undie drawer will ...

Oh, a fruitcake! You shouldn’t have.

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Pity the humble square — it gets such a bad rap.

Being square is the opposite of being cool. Square pegs don’t fit into anything. And square meals? Fine, they may be healthy, but they’re more boiled bland chicken than buttered ...

If life is like a box of chocolates, you know exactly what you’re going to get.

Fat.

After all, you’ve got to dig past a whole box of coconut chews and pralines to find the precious vanilla cream.

See things ...

Everywhere you look, the holidays sparkle. Halls are decked with holly. Candles are burning low. And packages of every shape and size are wrapped in ribbons and bows.

And then there’s you. A sniffling, shivering mess bundled in layers of ...