“How to Squeeze a Lemon: 1,023 Kitchen Tips, Food Fixes, and Handy Techniques” (Taunton Press, $19.95) isn’t exactly a cookbook, but it’s a good reference to have in the kitchen. It’s the sequel to the award-winning “How to Break an Egg.” Who doesn’t love learning tidbits like this one about preparing kale: The secret to […]

Have you been getting sick a lot this winter?

You’re not the only one.

I rarely get sick, and when I do it’s usually just a cold during winter. This year, I went through a string of three nasty colds that lasted from early November well into the New Year.

Occasionally I’d start feeling better, but it didn’t last long, thanks to crowded airplanes crawling with viruses at the holidays and the fact that newsrooms are, by their very nature, as germy as daycare centers.