DEAR ANNIE: My neighbor has taken “borrowing a cup of sugar” to ridiculous levels. In the past six months, she’s borrowed my ladder, my hedge clippers, two baking pans and, most recently, my patio chairs for her daughter’s graduation party. She always promises to return things ...

DEAR HELOISE: I read your column in the Vindicator in Youngstown and appreciate all the great tips and ideas. I have discovered a way to get rid of all the “dust” that comes in my cat’s dry food. I measure out the proper amount, put it into a small sieve, and shake it over the sink. The ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My insurance company won’t let me receive my testosterone injection unless I have a low testosterone level at 8 a.m. Does this make any sense? — T.B. ANSWER: Although I am never fond of insurance companies making medical decisions, this does make sense from physiology. ...

Declarer’s objective in most deals is to make the contract, and if, in attempting to reach this goal, he goes down an extra trick while trying to do so, it should not really bother him. Take this case where South is in four spades and West leads a club. East cashes the A-K and shifts to the ...

In her cookbook “50 Pies, 50 States,” author Stacey Mei Yan Fong has a Hawaii-inspired pie that combines coconut custard and pineapple for a tropical twist. The base is a graham cracker crust filled with a thick coconut cream. And the filling uses coconut milk, heavy cream, egg yolks, ...

Life is usually hectic. So often, a drive through McDonalds, Taco Bell or Wendy’s or takeout from a favorite Mexican or Oriental restaurant becomes the dinner of choice between school concerts, dance lessons, volleyball games, track meets and general family confusion. There are dozens and ...