Chatelaine

The multi-award winning singer-songwriter would spend the day in Maui — walking along the beach with her family, getting an outdoor massage, and going for a romantic dinner with her husband at Mama's Fish House

When we clean our house, the smell can be hard to handle — I have asthma and the chemicals in most mainstream products are really hard on my lungs. I also worry about the effect all those chemicals might have on my kids.

For Shari Graydon, it was a newspaper column that got her fired up enough to write a book. “A columnist I read regularly had devoted her entire column one day to cataloguing the litany of the wrinkle-prone areas on a woman’s body and included areas of a woman’s body that had never occurred to me to be concerned about,” says Graydon, the Ottawa-based women’s advocate and author of I Feel Great About My Hands…And Other Unexpected Joys of Aging.

Learn how to identify the behaviours that spell romantic doom — and what to do if they're happening in your relationship

Looking to shake up your exercise routine? Add these three exercises to the mix to challenge yourself and get out of a workout rut.

Assistant Food Editor Irene Ngo shows you how to easily divide a grapefruit and save its juices for a drink or dressing.

I am now a new fan of the Caesar salad! I don’t know about you, but I shied away from ordering Caesar salad at restaurants years ago. There were just too many sub-standard Caesars out there that I figured my palate and my wallet would be better served trying something completely different from the menu. Then I wouldn’t be disappointed expecting a mouthful of garlicky, cheesy Caesar salad goodness but being met with soggy, wilted leaves drenched in poorly disguised mayonnaise. So I was very excited to try out this recipe for Classic Caesar salad.

Chatelaine will be at the Toronto Wine & Cheese Show this weekend.

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According to Katy Read, being a stay-at-home mother isn't all roses. Here, she describes the highs and lows and offers some advice for any women considering a similar choice.

No matter what is going on in your world, there is always someone who is a little better off than you and someone who is a little worse.

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