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Fiddleheads are in season, but not for long. These popular veggies only appear in markets for a few weeks every spring, so get them now before it's too late.

I love a good action movie and I’ve even grown to tolerate, if not entirely appreciate, the art of the fight scene. Like many people, I’ll take movie violence over the real deal any day of the week because in real-life physical violence is ugly, and terrifying to witness.

Glossy, luscious locks are no longer just the stuff of dreams. We share the latest advice for getting your hair in tiptop shape.

I was mesmerized by the colours in this salad: the pale pink and white crab meat beside the pale green cucumber and avocado slices. I had visions of a garden party with girls in pretty dresses and ladies in large-brimmed sun hats. And of a rosy gingham-clad picnic table filled only with foods that were white, pink and green.

Quinoa, chickpeas and spinach are all good vegetarian sources of iron. Adding a bit of vitamin C to your meal helps with iron absorption, so this one is finished off with a squeeze of fresh orange juice.

Just like Peter Rabbit, who loved to dig a hole in the vegetable patch, we are going to dig holes in this vegetable medley and poach our eggs to protect the lipid-rich yolk from oxidation. Three tablespoons of shiitake mushrooms pack more than 90 percent of your daily recommended intake of vitamin B5.

Dear chocolate, Forgive me, for I’m long overdue in writing you this letter. While I’ve cherished and adored you for most of my life, I’ve never quite come out and expressed to you why I love you and why you bring such happiness to my life.

Chatelaine editors and staff dish on their favourite books in honour of World Book and Copyright Day.

It seems reasonable to assume that if beauty products like soap and shampoo are available for purchase on store shelves in Canada, they must be safe. But the truth is that manufacturers must only avoid a short "hotlist" of harmful ingredients, which does not include several that have been banned in the EU.

Some sobering news from a new TD Canada Trust survey — 30 percent of Canadians say they don’t have enough money to cover their living expenses (as in basics like rent and food).

When my husband took his first bite of the Singapore noodles he immediately announced that it tasted 'restaurant good'. I will take that as a compliment, thank you. This is yet another easy-to-prepare weeknight dinner. In just 30 minutes, we were able to sit down to a tasty meal full of delicious, exotic flavours. I haven’t been to Singapore (yet!), but I did love these noodles. And if people in Singapore eat like this every day, then I’d like to book myself for an extended vacation to Southeast Asia.

Reading a recent article in the New York Times health blog about the growing stigma of being overweight made me sad.