Childhood Obesity: Health & Wellness

Childhood Obesity: Health & Wellness

Settling into Homes It’s an epidemic of global proportion not taken seriously enough. No not COVID-excess weight and obesity in children. Many in health care consider the situation a public health care emergency. Roughly one in six youths are experiencing obesity,...
Hot Food Corner II:  Business of the Month

Hot Food Corner II: Business of the Month

Gas station food has come a looong way, since the days of the prepacked, week-old ham and cheese sandwiches, heat lamp-dried hamburgers and fruit cups. A growing number of customers pulling into stations aren’t just coming for gas or to make a pit stop. They’re coming...
Susan Hebert’s Tupperware:  Vendor of The Month

Susan Hebert’s Tupperware: Vendor of The Month

The next time you save leftovers in the frig or freezer, thank Mr. Earl Tupper. While working in a hardware store in the 1930s, Tupper searched for a better way to keep paint can lids sealed shut, eventually leading to the invention of Tupperware. “The Wondelier bowl...
Alligator:  Seafood of The Month

Alligator: Seafood of The Month

It’s Gator Season! Only in Louisiana could the conversation of alligator hunting come up in a funeral home. But there I was, amidst 50 other conversations, hearing about bait and tags, the best meat on an alligator and how to cook it tender.  It is hunting season...