First came the “medical spa,” or medi spa, offering dermatology services in a retail setting. The medi spa begat the dental spa, bringing tooth bleaching to storefronts nationwide. The dental spa begat the podiatry spa.
And now comes the first medi spa in Manhattan wholly dedicated to strengthening and grooming a woman’s genital area. Phit — [...]

In the first study of its kind, using sophisticated methods to measure body composition, the nationally known commercial weight loss program, Weight Watchers, was compared to gym membership programs to find out which method wins in the game of good health. A University of Missouri researcher examined the real-life experiences of participants to determine which [...]

SELLING Northern Ireland as an investment location to international companies and helping firms in the Province increase their export sales and target new markets is a key element of growing the local economy.
In today’s fast changing global economy, it has become increasingly important to provide the right business conditions to ensure that Northern Ireland remains [...]

Cooking Class  I knew many friends would be there at her wake because she always kept in touch with writers she knew especially when there was some new food festival that featured her beloved Bulacan.
The first time I met her was on my first food tour. It was held at the Enriquez ancestral home, a [...]

Seek truth. Ford the rivers. Scale the mountain. Query the Wise One. Whisper into his gnarly ear, and beseech him to reveal the secret of gastronomic Nirvana.
“My child,” he would intone, “Lo.” (He begins every sentence with Lo.) “You shall find ultimate bliss in the outstretched wings of fire-kissed poultry Cooking Light .”
What ‘da?
Does he [...]

While the weather warms, vegetation dries and the fire season gets underway, new firefighters were busy last week learning how to fight this summer’s fires.
Cooking Supply  About 100 were busy earning their first level of certification while another 100 attended part time to earn advanced certification and receive training in leadership, advanced fire behavior and [...]

Although it is too early to predict what the final franchise tax revenue total will be for this fiscal year, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts announced that as of June 24, the revised tax has produced about $4.2 million in revenue. Approximately 133,000 payments have been received, including 46,000 extension payments.
According to the comptroller’s [...]

The myriad smells are completely alluring - there’s the buttery scent of shallots being braised, the sweet smell of chicken being roasted and, from the patisserie kitchen below, the tantalising aroma of tarte tatin wafting up the stairs.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is asking the UN to award French cuisine Unesco humanity heritage status.
A parliamentary fact-finding [...]

POPULAR cook show host Kylie Kwong may be hampered by communication problems with her relatives in China but she easily found the way to their hearts – through their tummies.
The fourth-generation Australian Chinese, who confesses to feeling “terribly embarrassed” by her inability to speak Cantonese or Mandarin with her clansmen, was glad to redeem herself [...]

Steve Jobs has won over legions of new customers since he returned to Apple, but one key group has stubbornly eluded him: big business.
The reason isn’t a mystery. Apple’s mercurial CEO decided a decade ago that corporate IT departments weren’t worth the trouble. Though they buy tech gear by the truckload, when it comes to [...]