Cookbook author Lauren Chambers offers a recipe for a quick, high-protein lunch that uses crisp romaine leaves to hold a chopped chicken salad. The recipe takes about 20 minutes and needs no cooking. You mix already-cooked chicken with diced celery, quartered grapes, chopped pecans, green ...

Spring wine trail events are in full swing. Tasting rooms will soon be filled with people looking to break the “cabin fever” to enjoy a lovely spring afternoon or evening with a glass of wine that suits their taste buds. The wonderful thing about our wineries is that each has its own ...

It is a foggy Monday morning, but the sun is peeking through. It looks like it will be another nice sunny day. We have been having spring-like days with temperatures in the 50s. I’m sure winter isn’t over for us yet, but we will enjoy these days while they last. After all of the cold and ...

DEAR ANNIE: My husband and I are at a full-blown spring break standoff, and the kids are watching it like it’s a sport. He wants to take our two kids skiing. He’s already talking about “fresh powder,” early lift tickets and how this is the perfect chance to make “core memories.” ...

DEAR HELOISE: While I agree with Daniel D.’s mother that flowers are best enjoyed by the living, I had to share with you that my late mom said “flowers are for the dead” when, as a kid, I presented her with a bouquet. However, later in life, she really did seem to enjoy the birthday and ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 79, and for several years, I have been taking finasteride and tamsulosin for benign prostatic hyperplasia. (In the past, I underwent a TURP procedure, which I will never go through again.) As we know, within time, these medications will affect your sexual drive and ...