Healthy heart and harvest

Local experts cook up presentation, cooking demos.

A little red berry takes on the world

In Japan, doughnuts made with cranberries are advertised as healthy. In Germany, magazines highlight the benefits of an energy drink infused with cranberries and green coffee beans, and in France this year, trendsetter Yves Saint Laurent introduced a perfume with rose and — no surprise here — cranberry scents.

Small Bites: Awards for Oregon cheeses; Muddy Boot fest; and more

Tami Parr says Oregon cheesemakers took home 20 awards from the 2010 American Cheese Society competition. Plus, Leslie Cole has a preview of the urban farming festival known as Muddy Boot, and Grant Butler reviews a new gadget we're sure you can live without. Or not?

Healthy fall eating for moms-to-be

(ARA) - Did you know more babies are born in August than any other month of the year? According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there is a "baby boom" from July to September -- meaning most women become pregnant during the cooler nine months prior.

Healthy Eating/Angus Association

HEALTHY EATING : “Lettuce Get Healthy” is a newly formed group meeting monthly to hear professionals on nutritional ideas, share recipes and support one another in focusing on predominantly plant-based diets. Goals of the group are to improve health while proactively lowering the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Everyone is welcome. “Lettuce Get Healthy” meets at 1 p.m. on the third ...