Cookbook Review: Quick From Scratch Chicken Cookbook


Updated 09/26/09 11:19 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 1 comment

Cookbook Review: Quick From Scratch Chicken Cookbook

The latest book from Food & Wine, Quick from Scratch Chicken Cookbook ($25), might be dedicated entirely to chicken, but it is by no means boring. We all know that chicken is a wonderful lean protein, but cooking a boneless, skinless breast can become awfully dull. This cookbook is the antidote to monotonous chicken. With lovely photos accompanying every recipe, it is easy to become inspired Read more

How To: Get Your iPad Ready For Resale


Updated 03/06/12 11:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Sell Your iPad Online

The iPad 3 (or iPad HD is being announced tomorrow, and if you're ready to upgrade from your first-gen iPad or iPad 2, now's the time to sell. But before you post a listing on Craigslist or eBay, get all your ducks in a row first. Here's a few tips on how to prep your gadget for resale, and get top dollar for your efforts. Back up your data and do a clean sweep — First thing's first — make Read more

Sprout Home: Orchid Care 411


Updated 02/28/12 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Care For Orchids

I'm excited to share a post from Stylelist Home. Keep reading to learn everything you need to know for caring for orchids. They're not as hard as you might imagine! I love the elegance and the exotic feel of an orchid, but every time one winds up in my care, I find myself with a dead orchid after a short while. I do well with my other houseplants and like to think I have a green thumb. Are Read more

4 Lazy Moves That Boost Your Health


Updated 01/30/12 5:21 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Lazy Ways to Improve Your Health

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! You don’t have to go on a deprivation diet or spend hours exercising to ward off disease and be your healthiest self! Instead, try these supersimple tips By the editors of Prevention Staying healthy can feel like so much, well, work (think: logging hours at the gym and whipping up nutritious meals from scratch). Read more

J. Edgar: A Great Cast in a Dull Story


Updated 11/11/11 11:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

J. Edgar Movie Review

Leonardo DiCaprio is no stranger to onscreen transformation, and takes on the FBI's first director, J. Edgar Hoover, in Clint Eastwood's biopic J. Edgar. With the help of makeup, a Southern accent, and some idiosyncrasies, DiCaprio seamlessly shows us Hoover as both the hero that took criminal investigation to a new level, and the villain who resorted to questionable methods to get there. Though Read more

6 Surprising Health Mistakes Even Smart Women Make


Updated 11/07/11 6:47 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Mistakes You Are Making That Harm Your Health

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! When was the last time you got 8 hours of sleep or lifted weights at the gym? You're not alone if you can't remember: Even some of the most savvy women didn't get the memo about these health-wrecking habits. Find out if you're among them. From the Editors of Prevention You're supposed to watch saturated fat and eat Read more

15 Last-Minute Pop Culture Halloween Costumes


Updated 10/28/11 5:36 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Last-Minute Pop Culture Halloween Costumes

Halloween is less than a week away, which means you're quickly running out of time to put a costume together! If you don't have the time or the energy to sort through the racks at a costume store or create a look from scratch, we have a few suggestions for pop culture costumes that you can create using clothing items you probably own. From classic film characters like Holly Golightly in Breakfast Read more

Paint a Door Using Porch Floor Enamel


Updated 10/25/11 1:00 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Paint an Exterior Door

I'm excited to present a post from one of our favorite sites, Stylelist Home! A quick color change can give an entryway a whole new look, but painting a door isn't exactly the most fun job on your to-do list. We're all for taking a shortcut, as long as it doesn't mean more work down the road. And that's when we hit the point in our lives where we were excited about door paint. It turns out the Read more

Maya Brenner's Top Tips on Nabbing 1stDibs Furniture


Updated 10/12/11 2:11 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

1stDibs Shopping Tips

Do you recognize this gorgeous table? If so, you, like me, admired it when I ran a tour of jewelry designer Maya Brenner's gorgeous home. It turns out that Maya found the table on 1stDibs, but it wasn't an instant discovery. Today, Maya's back to share some tips on making the process of finding your perfect piece of furniture on 1stDibs as quick and simple as possible. I started hearing so much Read more