After 11 seasons on Criminal Minds, Shemar Moore announced his departure from the hit crime drama series. The actor is ready to take on new challenges in his personal and professional life.
He told his followers in an Instagram video, “I’ve been off Criminal Minds since Feb. 10, [the] hardest secret I’ve ever had to keep. Criminal Minds changed my life and I am so grateful. You’re stuck with me and I’ve got you.”
Clearly the former CBS star isn’t going anywhere, even though he wants a better work-to-private-life balance. So, why not a return to daytime? Here are seven reasons Moore could return to the role of Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless.
1. Recurring character
The last time we saw Moore on Y&R was in 2014, when he made a three-episode guest appearance. The handsome actor wants a bit of free time, so why not have his character pop into Genoa City from time to time?
2. His relationship with CBS
The network has been Moore's home for a long time. They have been good to him, and Moore has been grateful for the work and the career CBS has afforded him. If they asked him to do a cameo, we bet the answer would be yes.
It’s always been a positive friendship. He never turned his back on the soap fans who have been there from the beginning. Moore has also appeared at many Daytime Emmy ceremonies as a presenter to support daytime television.
4. Shakeups at Y&R
It’s no secret that the daytime series has seen its share of cast shakeups recently.
Contract players Robert Adamson, Sofia Pernas and Lachlan Buchanan were all recently placed on recurring status. Kristoff St. John, who plays Moore’s on-screen brother, Neil Winters, also revealed that he wouldn’t be on much in the next few months. Could this open the door for Moore to return?
Moore’s “Baby Girl” fans are legendary and incredibly loyal. They would love a Malcolm Winters return to Y&R, which is always a boon for TV ratings.
6. New projects
Moore has made no secret about wanting new challenges in his life, and that’s why he took on the executive producer role on his upcoming film, The Bounce Back. Why not use a return to Y&R as a great way to promote the movie? It’s a great publicity strategy.
7. He’s Shemar Moore
He’s talented, he’s handsome and he has those washboard abs. I am sure the Y&R writers can create a steamy scene so fans can see appreciate his athletic prowess.
Would you like to see Shemar Moore return to The Young and the Restless?
Science has brought us so many things: exploding hoverboards and terrifying information about the Zika virus, for instance. It also provides us with unique insights into parenting issues that moms and dads experience. Among those? The long-term effects moms face as a direct result of incubating and delivering a son or a daughter. Forget the commonly held stereotypes surrounding the differences of mothering a boy versus mothering a girl. Here's what science has to say about it all.
1. Having a son could mean that you'll have a shorter life
And not in the "ha-ha, these boys will drive me to an early grave" way, either. The study responsible for this bleak little piece of information was published in science journal Biology Letters by a group of Scandinavian researchers and found that for each son a woman had, her life expectancy decreased by 7 percent. There is some good news, though: The study mostly looked at women from pre-industrial Finland, so few of the study's maternal participants were born after 1950, and a lot has changed since then.
2. It could also protect you from Alzheimer's disease
Not long ago, science gave us a surprising insight: The children we are pregnant with leave a little something behind — their unique DNA. It's an interesting little phenomenon known as microchimerism. When a group of scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington autopsied the brains of 59 women, they found an interesting correlation: Women who had more male DNA in their brains were less likely to also have the brain degeneration indicative of Alzheimer's disease.
It's a tenuous connection, but it could suggest that with each son you have, you also gain a little more protection from the neurological disease.
So how about having a daughter? Well, the good news is that she's unlikely to shorten your lifespan the same way her brother might. The bad news is if you have a girl first, she might just increase your chances of divorcing your spouse.
We've historically chalked that up to social conditioning — namely, the idea that men are more likely to stick around for their sons than their daughters — but a group of researchers who published a paper in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in 2001 thinks we may have had it backward all along.
They found that female embryos are more likely to survive in the womb when their mother experiences stressful situations. So the researchers posited that in situations where a couple had a less-than-stellar relationship before getting pregnant, Mom's stress meant that any embryo that implanted was more likely to survive if it was a girl.
Nine months later, a daughter is born, and if the relationship is still rocky, it was as likely to end in divorce as it would have with a son anyway.
4. A boy might make you more outgoing
Not every parenting study that's useful or interesting to us is done using human subjects. Sometimes we look to chimpanzees, our closest primate cousins, to understand how chimp behavior informs our own. That's just what a group of researchers did when they looked at a group of chimpanzees in Tanzania. They found that mothers of male chimps were more likely to be outgoing and social.
They posited that this is because in the chimp social hierarchy, males interact more often than females, so chimp mothers give them a social head start by modeling how it's done. How does this relate to human moms? Those same researchers pointed out the similarity to their research and a previous study that showed that "boys with more parent-initiated interactions have greater peer acceptance and lower levels of rejection; however, this advantage is not true for girls."
Supporting that very first study (the one that says sons give you shorter lifespans) was one done using 111 women volunteer participants over the age of 90. To understand it, you need to know that as we age, our tissues become inflamed and degenerate in a process known as inflammaging. What researchers found is that in their group of participants, women with sons had higher levels of C-reactive proteins, a marker for inflammaging agents. The more sons, the higher the levels of those proteins.
Huh. Maybe sons do give you premature wrinkles after all.
6. Boys might raise your risk of gestational diabetes
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism is the largest and most human-focused one on this list, with data on 643,000 women who gave birth for the first time between 2000 and 2010. The researchers were looking for more information on the incidence of gestational diabetes in pregnant women, and they definitely found it.
Your body changes a lot when you're pregnant, but the changes that can put you in the GD club, like 9 percent of all pregnant women, are metabolic ones. When the study found that women pregnant with male fetuses were more likely to deal with GD, they concluded that male fetuses impacted metabolic changes more dramatically.
7. Having a girl might make you more susceptible to type 2 diabetes later in life
In that same study, researchers did uncover something surprising. In cases where the mother was pregnant with a girl and tested positive for gestational diabetes, it didn't end there. Those women were more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes later in life.
The conclusion? Those mothers had underlying metabolic issues that increased their risk of diabetes, in spite of fetus sex as opposed to because of it.
8. Girls will give you the all-around easier pregnancy
A fascinating study published in Molecular Human Reproduction two years ago gave us some food for thought. It turns out that when an embryo has two X chromosomes, the uterus is a much friendlier place.
It all starts in the placenta, apparently. One of the researchers, Sam Buckberry, summed it up like this: "... With female babies, there is much higher expression of genes involved in placental development, the maintenance of pregnancy, and maternal immune tolerance..." Basically, that just means that a pregnant body carrying a girl works overtime to "express" or produce baby-friendly placental genes.
Because of this, girls are less likely to be premature, stillborn or to be especially large for their gestational age, leading to an easier pregnancy and delivery.
We've all been there. You're making Grandma's famous chocolate cake, when suddenly you realize there's no milk in the fridge!
Luckily you don't need to cry over spilling the last of the milk. These easy substitutions will churn out flavorful, moist baked goods just like the real thing, without a last-minute run to the store.
You can use water in most baking recipes that call for milk. Use 1 cup of water and 1-1/2 teaspoons of butter for every 1 cup of milk called for in the recipe. The extra butter will help your baked goods stay moist.
Evaporated milk or dry milk
Check the back of your pantry for evaporated milk or dry milk powder. To replace 1 cup of regular milk, use 1/2 cup evaporated milk mixed with 1/2 cup water, or make the equivalent of 1 cup of milk using the dried milk powder.
Canned coconut milk
Canned coconut milk will sub beautifully for regular milk in your baked goods while imbuing a subtle coconut flavor to your food. Use 1 part coconut milk for every 1 part of regular milk called for in the recipe, skimming any coconut solids from the top of the can before measuring.
Even if you don't have any nondairy milk in your fridge, if you keep oats, cooked rice or unsalted nuts on hand, you're in luck. For simple almond milk, blend 1 cup of soaked almonds with 4 cups of water, then strain. Oat milk is easy and cheap too — just blend 1 cup of rolled oats with 3 cups of water, then strain. For rice milk, blend 1 cup of cooked rice with 3 cups of water, then strain.
Yogurt
Yogurt will add moisture and a slight tang to your baked goods. Plain yogurt is best, as Greek yogurt's high protein content can change the texture of your food. Use the same amount of plain yogurt as you would milk in your recipe. You can also use kefir, a drinkable yogurt, as a 1:1 substitute for milk.
I’d like to believe that I am a good person and, for the most part, I know that’s true. However, there is one dark secret from my past that still haunts me. For many years, I was a terrible bully.
In the beginning, I wanted desperately to be liked. My home life was different from that of most children. I didn’t have a mom or a dad, and my maternal uncle, who — along with his boyfriend — raised my older brother and me, moved us nearly every year because of work. We were perpetually new kids, and constantly finding new friends was a challenge at best, and anxiety inducing at worst.
It didn’t help that I was always a bit on the awkward side. Maybe that had to do with my personality, or maybe it was because of the physical and verbal abuse we experienced growing up. While I can honestly say my brother and I had a much better childhood than our mother, uncle and aunt, I understand now that our upbringing was less than ideal. We were loved, but we were also hit — with hands, with belts, with words — and that violence created a broken sense of self-worth and a difficulty in making true connections with others.
That strangeness in me was readily apparent to other kids. Within days of starting at a new school, I would be labeled an outcast, then endure the repetitive teasing that came along with being so weird. They would tease me about my clothes, my body and my face, and the more vicious kids would threaten to kick my ass if I dared to defend myself.
In fourth grade, after being transferred in the middle of the school year, I was once again targeted by a bully. The girl, whose name I’ve long forgotten, made it a point to make fun of my face, telling everyone within earshot how ugly, brown and strange I looked.
“Your new name is Big Nose,” she declared, and everyone around her laughed. I told her to shut up, and walked away. As I left, I felt the force of two hands shove me into the wall. When I whipped around, the girl was in my face.
“You wanna fight?” she yelled.
I was tired of being attacked. Tired of being the butt of people’s jokes. Tired of feeling afraid, ashamed and disliked. In that moment, I decided that the only way it would stop was if I fought back.
“Yeah,” I said. I was calm, and even though inside I could feel my body shaking, I stared her in the eye. My response startled her. I could tell she expected me to back down, to cower in fear. I didn’t, and I never again would.
She backed away and mumbled something about watching my ass because she would really get me next time. Of course, she never did.
The next year, once again at a new school, before anyone had the chance to humiliate me, I took matters into my own hands. I grabbed a classmate by his hair and threatened to punch him if he looked at me the wrong way. I called a young girl in my class “fat ass” and “porky,” even though she’d never done anything to me.
I was, for the first time in my life, accepted into the “cool kids” group, only because they were afraid of my temper. I thought their fear was respect. I thought their willingness to let me stand with them at lunch was friendship.
In middle school, I started getting into regular fights. I was suspended twice for fighting with students on campus and once for fighting a girl at our bus stop. I never backed down, never chickened out — in fact, I usually instigated it. I enjoyed the misconstrued respect I thought I had. No one could hurt me if I hurt them first. If a friend told me someone was bothering them, I wouldn’t ask questions; I would find their nemesis and knock them to the ground, without warning. When I wasn’t harassing others, I was smoking weed or drinking with my friends. I was only 12.
The behavior carried on in high school, when, during ninth grade orientation, I pulled a knife out of my pocket to scare a girl who had given me a dirty look and threw up her hands in a gesture of “let’s fight” a week earlier in the mall. An administrator caught me, and I was immediately expelled.
At home, the abuse had reached a detrimental level. My uncle’s partner was secretly vicious to me whenever we were alone. He would tell me that I was worthless, a c***, a bastard, that no one wanted me, let alone loved me. He thrived on breaking me down until I would cry. I would translate that pain into how I acted at school, breaking students down in much the same way. It was cyclical and ugly. It was the way I believed the world worked.
When we moved to a new state a year later, and I was again enrolled in public school, I continued with the same behavior. I didn’t know how to relate to anyone if it didn’t include some form of violence.
A few years later, at the age of 17, I became a mom. I’d like to tell you that my stupidity and aggressiveness went away the minute I held my son to my chest, but the truth is that I spent several more years acting out and empowering myself by disempowering others.
A change came when I, at 20 and the mother of two sons, realized that I needed therapy, badly. I sat down with my first therapist and detailed the chronic abuse I experienced at home and how angry I felt all the time. The therapist helped me see a connection between my abuser and how I abused others. In that moment, I realized that I had been embodying the person who hurt me the most, and that wasn’t who I wanted to be.
I also didn’t want to set the example for my own children. I had been hurt, and I wanted to protect them from ever feeling the pain I had endured. Because of them, and because of myself, I made the conscious decision to change.
It wasn’t easy. It also didn’t happen overnight. Slowly, through personal work and a commitment to being a better person, I shed the ugliness of who I once was. Recently, I spent a year mentoring incarcerated teenage girls. Many of them, like me, had dealt with abuse in the home and translated those experiences into violent behavior towards others. I wanted to show them that it was possible to rise above the trauma.
I will always be ashamed of the suffering I caused others. Now, nearly two decades later, I understand how wrong my actions were and how I carry the responsibility for what I did, regardless of the abuse during my childhood. I do believe that other bullies are also harboring deep pain and are probably trying to cope with that pain by hurting others. It’s a cycle that doesn't have to continue.
Polar Seltzer has unleashed a new flavor of its sparkling beverage upon the world, and it just may take the place of my previous favorite, cranberry-lime. After all, how could Unicorn Kisses be anything but the greatest flavor of all time?
So what inspired the Unicorn Kisses flavor? The company's website posted a story about the origin of its seltzer. Allegedly a unicorn used its magic to turn the company founder's water into bubbly, fizzy seltzer after the man helped cheer up the unicorn, and thus, seltzer was born. With that whimsical story in mind, its new flavor makes a lot of sense.
Of course, the story is being told in conjunction with an announcement that the company's new, unicorn-inspired logo will be made official on April 1, but lest ye think Unicorn Kisses seltzer is a prank, fear not — the people of Twitter have proved it exists IRL.
Polar Seltzer is sold throughout New England, and the new flavor is allegedly available in New York too.
One Twitter user even shared a list of stores in the Boston area that the company has said carry the new flavor.
Where to buy Unicorn Kisses seltzer in Boston
Where to buy Unicorn Kisses seltzer in Boston
So what does it taste like? According to one Instagram user, "kinda like a tropical jolly rancher vibe. maybe a little like those wax candy bottles with the sugar juice inside," while another claims it tastes "kind of like sweet tarts." Basically Unicorn Kisses tastes like candy... just as I suspected!
The Unicorn Kisses flavor will be available for a limited time, so if you live in the Northeast, keep an eye out.
For the rest of us, there's always eBay, where bottles of the flavor are going for anywhere between $14 and $119. I just bought one.
Jon Lovitz is not a #sugardaddy. But he is engaged to Jessica Lowndes, a 27-year-old actress 31 years his junior. The couple revealed what Lowndes called their "secret romance" in a series of Instagram posts this weekend, ending the spree of photos with an engagement announcement.
Check out the blissful bride-to-be rolling around in bed, courtesy of her fiancé.
Fans are having mixed reactions to the May-December romance, calling out Lowndes for dating Lovitz for money and fame. (Fun bar game: Who's the worst famous person you'd date for money and fame?)
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Of course, people are also coming out on Twitter to defend the couple.
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Lovitz himself is defending the couple on Twitter, while Lowndes is poking fun at their relationship with comments like #TooOldToUseHashtags.
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Between Lowndes' enthusiasm for coming out with their relationship and the giggliness of these Instagram videos, this couple seems like the next Chrissy Teigen and John Legend to us. Let's all follow these two on Instagram — can you imagine what the baby announcement will be like?
We really hate to do this to you right after the Easter chocolate bunny and egg bonanza of 2016, but we thought you might want to know, just like you'd want us to tell you if you had a piece of cilantro stuck in your teeth. A new study by environmental group As You Sow found toxic levels of lead and cadmium in chocolate. How bad is it? Out of 50 popular chocolate products, 35 contained one or both metals, some above the safe levels for California's drinking water.
I know. Not only is it Monday, but I've just ruined chocolate for you. I'm sorry. All I can say is, hopefully this report will change things for the better.
As You Sow has filed notices with 18 manufacturers for failing to post warnings about the lead and cadmium on their packages. These companies include: Earth Circle Organics, Equal Exchange, Ghirardelli, Godiva, Green & Black’s, Hershey’s, Kroger, Lindt, Mars, See’s Candies, Theo Chocolate, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.
And here's the other big shocker: Organics are on the list along with other companies we trust, companies that are supposed to be all about quality and integrity. Ugh.
So. What to do? I suppose you could avoid those brands for now or at least limit your consumption of those chocolates. I think by now we all know how toxins work. A little from here, a little from there, and it all starts to accumulate. So if there's a known source of heavy metals, at least you can avoid that and give your body (and your kids' bodies!) less to fight off.
And you know what? This is just one report. They could be wrong. (Wishful thinking, lady.) Maybe we should hold out until other researchers do additional testing of chocolate. (A woman can hope.) I think some healthy skepticism is in order. (Denial is delicious.) Just saying.
Tired of complicated recipes calling for kitchen equipment you don't have? Or worse, shelling out for a fancy new gadget only to realize there is literally no space left in your cluttered cupboards to store it? There are some easy ways to skip the specialty gadgets and use what you already have to churn out delicious new dishes, no extra utensil drawer space needed.
Don't have a mortar and pestle? For sauces and pastes, try slicing up your ingredients, then smashing and grinding them on a wooden cutting board with the underside of a heavy mug. If you want to grind spices, place them in a zip-top bag, then smash them with a rolling pin or the underside of a heavy skillet. You can also use a plastic wrap-covered, smooth rock to smash ingredients inside of a metal, marble or wooden bowl.
Rolling pin
You don't need a rolling pin if you have a wine bottle handy. Just make sure the bottle is clean and that the label is removed.
Juicer
Save money on homemade juice with this method. Chop your fruit and veggies into small pieces, then blend them in a high-speed blender. If your blender isn't super great, you may need to add some water to get things going. Once the mixture is puréed as smoothly as possible, strain it through a fine mesh strainer (line it with cheesecloth for extra-smooth results).
If you run out of cheesecloth and need to strain something, try setting a double layer of paper towels in a fine mesh strainer and straining through that instead. You can also use the same method with a coffee filter.
Meat mallet
Don't have a meat mallet? Use a rolling pin or empty wine bottle instead.
Ice cream maker
Who has room for an ice cream maker? Instead, whip up your favorite ice cream custard recipe. Place it in the freezer, and give it a good stir every 45 minutes or so until it's frozen to your preferred consistency. The frequent stirring will help prevent ice crystals from forming, keeping the mixture smooth.
Popcorn maker
You don't need a fancy air pop machine to make this classic snack. You can either make your own microwave popcorn using popcorn kernels and a brown paper bag, or try the classic stovetop method.
Pastry cutter
To cut butter into flour when making a pastry, you have a few options. Simply use two knives or two forks to cut the fat into the flour. Or pulse the ingredients once or twice in a food processor until the mixture resembles coarse sand with pea-size lumps of butter.
Slow cooker
Try the original slow cooker — a Dutch oven! Cook your meal in a Dutch oven on the stovetop or in the oven at a low heat setting with the cover on. After a few hours, you'll have a meal nearly identical to what you'd make in the slow cooker. Even better, you can get a nice sear on any meats and sweat onions and other veggies right in the Dutch oven itself before covering it.
Don't have a coffeemaker? No problem! Make cold brew iced coffee overnight by adding ground coffee and water to a jar. Or you can try this pour-over method. You can even just boil water, add coffee grounds, and let it steep, then strain it through a coffee filter once it's at your preferred strength.
Vacuum sealer
To get an airtight seal in a zip-top bag, insert a drinking straw, and close the zip top as much as you can around the straw. Then suck the air out of the bag, pull out the straw, and quickly seal off the hole where it was. You can also submerge a zip-top bag full of food in water just up to the zipper. The water will push the air out of the bag, which you can then seal.
Can opener
There's more than one way to open a can without a can opener, though the easiest may be this method that just calls for a spoon.
Corkscrew
From shoes to screws and back again, there are tons of household items you can use to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.
Cupcake pan
Place metal Mason jar rings an inch apart on your baking sheet, then slip cupcake liners inside for an impromptu muffin/cupcake pan.
Roasting rack
If you don't have a roasting rack, all you need to do is take a long piece of aluminum foil and scrunch it up until you have a foil rope. Coil the foil rope inside your pan, and place your roast on top of that.
Burger press
If you crave uniform burgers for the grill, there's no need to shell out big bucks for a burger press. Use a peanut butter jar lid with a wide rim to make perfectly sized burgers instead — just line it with plastic wrap, press in your meat, and get grilling.
Double boiler
Double boilers are a cinch to replicate. Simmer 1 – 2 inches of water in a saucepan over low heat. Rest a saucepan, metal or glass bowl that's big enough to not let any steam escape on top of the bottom pan, and add your ingredients to the top pan. It's that easy.
Fewer and fewer millennial couples are choosing to get married today for a number of reasons, but one of them is definitely because of how out-dated a traditional marriage often feels. Think about it. As a culture, we've held onto some seriously archaic rituals when it comes to tying the knot. The predominant color of wedding dresses is still white, even though the original reason for that was to signify the bride's purity (and let's face it, most bride's haven't been "pure" for some time). It's still customary for a man to ask a woman's father for permission to marry his daughter, because a hundred years ago, they'd need to negotiate things like her dowry.
If you're a feminist (like I am), you're probably shuttering at the thought of these traditions that are rooted in misogyny. But how do you go about changing what is so deeply ingrained in our society? Easy — you keep the idea, but change the component that makes it inherently old school. Here's how you can infuse feminism into a "traditional" marriage while still appeasing your more old-school family members.
Traditionally, brides have female bridesmaids and grooms have male groomsmen. The simplest way to update this custom is to throw a few guys in with the maids and a few gals in with the groomsmen. You can still spilt them equally between the bride's and groom's side, but no need to designate them as maids and men — just call them all your bridal party.
The bridal shower custom originated in the 1890s, and involved giving the bride items for the home so she could be a better housewife. Can we say ridiculously archaic? Turn this shower idea on its head by making it a joint party for you and your spouse-to-be. After all, there's no reason you need to be the only one making excited faces over the humidifier from your registry.
Believe it or not, this is a trend that's begun to take hold over the last couple years. Why should women be the only ones signifying to the world that they're taken with a piece of jewelry if marriage is meant to be an equal union? If you like the idea of him putting a ring on it, why not put one on him too so the world can see you're in this thing together?
More and more, parents are opting to walk their daughter down the aisle as a unit rather than just dad giving away his little girl. It makes sense — they did raise you together, so opting to give you away together seems like a no-brainer. If you want to go really crazy, have your groom's parents walk him down the aisle too — they deserve just as much attention for making him the man you're marrying as yours do. No parents? No problem — your best friend will make the perfect escort.
These two wedding traditions where invented to pass on magical wedding luck to the sad singles who are walking the world solo in hopes that they'll find someone. Anything sound more demeaning to you? Why not do away with these single singling out games and spread the wedding joy to everyone? You can dismantle the bouquet and shower your guests with flowers. Another fun tradition to start might be tossing heart-shaped candy to everyone during a really awesome song.
Wedding traditions don't have to be synonymous with antiquated rituals that highlight stereotypical gender norms. The more we utilize twists on tradition like these, the less society will expect to see them on our wedding days.
Supermodel Janice Dickinson has been diagnosed with breast cancer.Dickinson shared her diagnosis in a statement to the Daily Mail that touched on her feelings since learning the prognosis early this month, and her plans for treatment.
"It's hard for me to say this, but I have been diagnosed with breast cancer," Dickinson says. The diagnosis comes after doctors found a lump in her right breast during a routine mammogram.
"It's still quite shocking," she says. "Today I got very scared... I just [got] very scared and it hit me. But I am not gonna let that define me, the fear. I'm going to get through this, I'll be just fine, kiddo."
The doctor noticed the pea-sized lump immediately during her visit, she says. After a mammogram and biopsy, Dickinson had the results in 24 hours. "My 22-year-old and I were out shopping when I got a call from [my fiancé] Rocky telling me the doctor was trying to get hold of me, then the doctor called me and told me, 'Yes it's positive for cancer.'
"At that moment I knew I had to be brave and I had to be strong. I had to find the courage I possess as a woman, that we all have as women, and then I had to put my chin up and my shoulders back and take it moment by moment," she continues.
Dickinson is adamant that she not be pitied. "Don’t feel sorry for me, this is not a pity party,” she said. “I’m Janice Dickinson and I’m gonna stick around for a long, long time. You ain’t getting rid of me yet.”
Dickinson will be filming her treatment journey for the reality television series The Doctors. Her first appearance on the show will air April 6.
You might think that breasts are breasts are breasts. They're round(ish), stuck to the front of our bodies and pretty darn useful for a variety of life skills. Well, you'd be wrong according to lingerie company ThirdLove, at least when it comes to their shape. They've identified seven breast shapes: round, east west, side set, tear drop, slender, asymmetric and bell shape. Along with your size, each shape supposedly dictates the type of bra you should wear. As if bra fitting isn't confusing enough already!
But then I got to thinking: Why stop at just seven shapes? My boobs have been more than seven shapes during my lifetime. They're like the ultimate shape-shifters, and according to my girlfriends, their mammaries are pretty magical, too. So in honor of all the things our breasts go through for us, here are 21 real breast shapes.
They're mostly flat but poke out just enough to be embarrassing in T-shirts. Can we even call these breasts yet? All I know is that I started wearing a training bra light-years before I ever needed one, yet it made me feel super proud of being a (budding) woman.
Painful, tender and sore are the trifecta of boobness for every girl whose breasts go through a monthly cycle just like her vagina. If I've learned one thing in my life, it's that hormones can do a real number on your chest. The other telltale sign of PMS breasts: cookie crumbs or ice-cream drips in your cleavage. It's cool; you're just storing them for later.
The No. 1 way I knew I was pregnant was sore breasts. From the moment the stick turned pink, my boobs took on a life of their own and grew to a size and shape I'd never known they were capable of before. Although I missed the ease of my tiny pre-pregnancy boobies, I did enjoy having cleavage for the first time in my life. As long as no one touched them.
Nursing breasts are a force to be reckoned with. Their ability to sustain a whole human life never ceases to amaze me. But if you thought pregnancy boobs were weird, then nursing is like having your breasts possessed by aliens. Not only are they filled — bursting — with liquid, but said liquid also randomly squirts out at the most inopportune times. Also, veins like whoa.
5. Post-nursing boobs
Once the milk is gone, your glorious, functional nursing boobs become sad, deflated balloons. That is if balloons had random chunks of sand in them. Some women keep their larger pregnancy breasts, but others end up smaller than they started. Either way, it's hard not to want to hug them for all the tireless service they provided. Even if they do now look like rocks in socks.
6. Post-marathon boobs
Running 26.2 miles is not easy on your body. And your ta-tas take almost the same amount of abuse as your tootsies. Thanks to miles of bouncing, cleavage sweat and chafing sports bras, by the time you're done, all they'll want to do is snuggle in pajamas. Your legs will like that option, too.
It's totally true that you can't make your boobs bigger through weightlifting. (Believe me, I've tried.) But you can strengthen the pectoral muscles underneath, which can lift those puppies back up to perkier form! Be careful, though. If you drop too much body fat, then you'll lose your boobs altogether. Which brings me to...
8. Weight-loss boobs
Two words: melting candle. Losing weight is a huge accomplishment, but for many women, the way they lose weight may feel a little fraught, especially if they are one of the many who lose fat from their breasts first. Post-weight-loss breasts can look less full and even have loose skin. But before you despair, recognize that your boobs are just evidence of your hard work and dedication, and they've been with you every step of the way.
9. Weight-gain boobs
Gaining weight, whether through puberty, pregnancy or just life, can really boost your bust. Every woman gains weight differently, but often gaining a few pounds on the scale gives you a few more curves up top.
Faces, hands and waistlines often get the most attention as women age, but getting older can mean big changes for breasts as well. Not only do they sag and wrinkle, but also they can show age spots. And although it's perfectly OK to miss your breasts in their glory days, try to see your aging girls as more evidence of a life well lived!
11. Post-breast cancer boobs
Every breast cancer survivor is different, and so are their feelings about their breasts. But one thing is for sure: You'll never look at your breasts the same way again. Whether you have scars from a lumpectomy or a mastectomy or your skin has changed from chemotherapy or your medications have made them change size, it means developing a whole new relationship — not a worse one, just a different one.
12. Mastectomy boobs
Not every woman with breast cancer will need a mastectomy (and not every woman who gets a mastectomy has cancer), but for those who do, it can be life changing. Some women worry that not having their breasts, or not having breasts at all, will make them somehow less feminine. Yet others feel liberated from the fear and the disease. Some women celebrate their battle scars with tattoos while others use reconstructive surgery to get the boobs of their dreams. Just know that however you change your breasts, and however they change you, is the right way.
Babies, children, lovers and even friends seek solace in a woman's chest. And breasts can be so, so comforting. It's hard to talk about without the conversation veering to the sexual, but women have been using a tight hug, a cuddle and a soft embrace as a way to help soothe those they love for as long as there have been women. There's nothing wrong — and I'd say everything right — with using your pillows as, well, a pillow.
14. Silicone boobs
Some women are naturally blessed with a perfect bust while others chose to pay for theirs. And when it comes to your body, there is no wrong path to self-love.
Girls get made fun of for wearing padded bras, but the truth is they're an awesome compromise. You can put one on to look sexy or simply more proportional in clothing, and then you get to take it off and be free at night. Plus, no back pain like you'd get if your boobs were naturally larger or surgically enhanced. Best of both worlds!
16. Minimized boobs
Squashing boobs down to exercise, to fit in a button-down shirt or to play a boy in the musical Oliver! (just me?) is a time-honored tradition. Sometimes you want to flaunt what you've got, and other times it helps to make them as flat as possible. As long as you can still breathe, you're probably fine.
17. Sweaty boobs
Nothing like wearing a gray T-shirt in the summertime and seeing two damp circles spreading under... your breasts. Boobs, especially when you smash them together in a sports bra or a push-up bra, can generate an astonishing amount of sweat.
18. Porn boobs
They don't all look like this — the way they move or the way they react — but they are a thing. And as porn becomes mainstream, more and more women (or their partners) think there's something wrong if their ta-tas don't match up with the ones on the screen. But know this: Your boobs are great exactly the way they are. Anyone who gets to touch them should consider themselves darn lucky. Period.
19. Venus boobs
Have you ever looked at a statue of the Venus de Milo and wondered how she was the standard of beauty for so many centuries? Thanks to our modern technology such as shaping bras, Photoshop and the Internet, I think we sometimes forget what real breasts, just hanging out and doing their thing, really look like. And if it takes a stone set of knockers to teach us about our flesh-and-blood set, then we should all look at more art. (Actually, we should all just look at more art.)
Yep, hairy nipples exist, and they're not even weird. About one-third of women admits to having a few nip pubes (and who knows how many have them and don't admit it).
21. Sex boobs
I put this at the bottom of the list because we're already well aware that our breasts are sex objects. But it is also true that sex can make your boobs look, well, sexy. All the blood and hormones can help them temporarily perk up, become more sensitive and even enhance their coloring. This may be one of the best perks of having breasts!
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards just received some of the best news a mom could ever hope to hear — she's going to be a grandma.
We've all watched the reality star's life unfold on TV over the last several years, and not too long ago she was making the tabloids sing while publicly struggling with her sobriety and feuding with her siblings. She's had a rough year, to say the least.
But it seems as though the sun is finally shining for Richards and her family. She and her sisters are beginning to reconcile their damaged relationships, and in just a few months she's going to welcome her first grandchild into the world. Her daughter, Brooke Wiederhorn, 27, announced via Instagram on Easter Sunday that she and her husband, Thayer Wiederhorn, are expecting a baby boy.
Pregnancy announcement Brooke Wiederhorn
Pregnancy announcement Brooke Wiederhorn
This news comes just two months after Brooke's father and Richards' ex-husband, Monty Brinson, passed away after tough battles with cancer. There's no doubt that this pregnancy announcement is bittersweet news, but it will hopefully aid in strengthening the family's severed ties in the coming months.
Babies mark the beginning of something new. Born with a clean slate, they offer their families a fresh start, the opportunity to wipe their own slates clean. This can be especially true for someone like Richards, who has been fighting what has seemed like an uphill battle to maintain her sobriety.
Sometimes people just need a little nudge in the right direction to place them on a path towards healing. Richards's nudge just so happens to be packaged in baby rolls and the intoxicating scent of a newborn. Maybe now the hard part is over for her — her daughters are grown, and now it's their turn to do the mothering while Richards does the spoiling and cuddling; and feeds her new grandson chocolate and showers him with gifts and does all the other fun things that only grandmas can get away with.
This announcement is undoubtedly a ray of light after a very dark time in this family's lives. Hopefully with this news will come a strengthened and renewed bond between them, and a sense of reason for Richards as she continues to gain back her strength.
So, to this entire family, we offer up our biggest, happiest and most enthusiastic congratulations!
What's the big deal about a haircut? A lot, it turns out. Teen Mom 2 cast member Jenelle Evans can be seen in a preview clip for an upcoming episode getting incredibly angry when she discovers that her ex’s new girlfriend gave their son his first haircut.
Evans explains to her friend Tori that the reason she’s so upset is that she wanted to be there for it and take pictures of it. For Evans, it’s such a serious violation that she tells her ex, Nathan Griffith, over the phone that he’ll have to take her to court and get visitation if he wants to see his son in the future:
Jenelle Evans
Jenelle Evans
While some people may think this is a strong reaction to a haircut, it's not entirely out of line. Like Evans says, a child’s first haircut is a big deal. It’s usually a decision made by all parents, together. Maybe they document the event with a photo or save a lock of the child’s hair. It can be devastating to think that someone else made that decision for you, particularly if that someone is the new partner of your ex.
But there’s even more to the decision to cut a child’s hair than just the sentimental aspect of it. For many parents, cutting a child’s hair is a big deal because it involves the issues of bodily autonomy and consent. When a child is too young to understand the implications of a haircut, they are not able to offer informed consent to having it done.
Making decisions about what happens to a child’s body for them is a violation of their bodily autonomy. For some parents, haircuts are on the same level as ear piercing — they plan to wait to cut their child’s hair until their child is old enough to ask for it or indicate in some way that they’d like it to happen.
When we make decisions about their body for them, we send them the message that their body is not their own. If we hope to teach our children bodily autonomy and the concept of consent, that means allowing them to control what happens to their body and when — even when it comes to something that might seem as trivial as a haircut.
Whether or not this was where Evans’ head was at when she got upset over her own son having his haircut without her knowledge, it’s still an important part of the conversation. Deciding to cut a child’s hair is actually a bigger deal than it may seem at first. The mantra “your body, your choice” is one parents everywhere are trying to practice in their homes, and that choice applies to everything from the clothing they wear to the decision to pierce their ears and, yes, even to haircuts.
Much like Bear Grylls out in the wild, when we are faced with intimidating circumstances, we don't always know why we do things, our instincts kick in and we just do them. That, in essence, is what prompted a tiger cat named Boots to channel his inner survival skills and dig himself an igloo after a blizzard buried his owner's house in snow.
Last week Denver, Colorado, was hit by a snowstorm of epic proportions, causing the most widespread power outages Colorado has ever seen in a single day. The city was covered by more than a foot of snow, which left many citizens stuck at home with nothing better to do than capture their pets' silly antics on video. Hence why we're lucky enough to be able to see Boots' work in action rather than just his finished product.
When Boots' owner, Adam Stevens, a photojournalist at KMGH-TV, opened the screen door to his house, Boots came face to face with a seemingly insurmountable mountain of snow. Yet while most other cats might have been discouraged by this wall of white, Boots saw it as a challenge. A challenge he was determined to beat.
See? No hesitation whatsoever! Boots just dives in with full force and begins chipping away at the wall. Tim Robbins should take a few lessons from him in case they ever decide to make a Shawshank Redemption 2.
After a little while, he really gets going — taking out orange-size snowballs one at a time. This is a feline who is not at all limited by his lack of opposable thumbs.
Finally, after what must've taken hours (OK, maybe not hours), Boots made a hole big enough for his whole body. At this point he'd become a seasoned digger and employs two useful digging methods: the dog paddle and the body spiral. The body spiral seems to be quite useful for making sure the space you've already dug is big enough for those moments when you need to quickly reverse gears.
After much more digging, spinning and snowballing, Boots made himself a pretty sizable igloo. If Snowmageddon ever hits again, I'm sticking with Boots. His industriousness just goes to show you can make your way through anything as long as you have a strong will to press on — and nowhere to go but out.
Check out the full video of Boots' amazing efforts below:
From exotic gardens and rich history to parks filled with Disney characters, when it comes to European theme parks, you're spoilt for choice. Here are five of the best amusement parks in Europe, and they aren't just for children!
Tivoli Gardens amusement park in central Copenhagen is steeped in history. The park was founded by Georg Carstensen and, since it opened on Aug. 15, 1863, has served as inspiration to many creatives, including fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen and Walt Disney.
It offers rides like the Dæmonen (the Demon) and the Golden Tower, which allows you to see the most incredible views of the city and then wakes you up with a sudden drop to Earth. Not into rides? The grounds are breathtakingly beautiful and great to wander round while taking in the atmosphere.
Pros: There's something for everyone. The serious daredevils can experience the Vertigo (which will turn you upside down at 100 kilometres per hour and has caused people to pass out), while those who prefer keeping their feet firmly on the ground can enjoy one of the ballets or theatre productions in the concert hall.
Cons: You need more than half a day to experience all this beauty, and rides are charged individually.
Find out more about the park on the Tivoli Gardens official website.
Alton Towers Resort
Alton Towers Resort is located in Staffordshire, England. It's a theme park and water park dedicated to family activities, so if you're wanting to go to a park that is great for kids — have an adventure on the Congo River Rapids or the pay a trip to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — then this park is not short of entertainment for your little ones.
Pros: A wonderful family experience to be had by all. The focus is on entertainment for children — both young and old.
Cons: In 2015, the park experienced a horrific crash which left four people seriously injured in an accident on the Smiler rollercoaster. Staff had reportedly allowed a manual override of the rollercoaster's safety system, which caused those on board to smash into the back of stationary carriages. However, Merlin Entertainment has since "taken steps to upgrade safety standards from what were already very stringent safety standards".
Gigantic theme park PortAventura World is located about an hour away from Barcelona and includes a multitude of world-class attractions, rides, hotels, restaurants and shows that will suit everyone from ages 2 to 99.
Pros: There are hundreds of rides to suit all ages and wonderful themes throughout. There is also the option to stay inside the resort in one of the many luxury-themed hotels, or you can even choose to stay in your own campervan.
Cons: Park operations are a bit laid-back, and people will cut in front of you in queues, which is enough to send most of us into fits of rage.
We've all heard of the popular Danish toy LEGO — if you haven't played with it yourself, you've stood on it and cursed the company for being so popular with your kids — so it makes perfect sense that there would be an amusement park dedicated to the toy in its home country.
Legoland Billund Resort offers you the chance to walk through themed cities, take water rides and experience the largest LEGO store in Europe. Plus there's an impressive LEGO hotel which you can stay in (and relive your childhood), which makes Legoland in Denmark the perfect place for a whole day (or more) of fun, whether you’re alone or with your entire family.
Pros: The park is surprisingly large — it's designed with great attention to detail and plenty of fun rides.
Cons: Some rides remain closed when the temperature is below 5 degrees C, so go in summer for the best experience.
Disneyland Paris is a resort in Marne-la-Vallée, a small town located 32 kilometres east of the centre of Paris.
As the name would suggest, the park is filled with Disney characters and themed attractions, but that doesn’t mean it’s just for kids (although it’s a bonus if you’re planning a trip for the whole family). There's plenty of entertainment for adults, like the Rock 'n' Roll Coaster starring Aerosmith, the Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorTM or the Finding Nemo on Crush's Coaster.
Pros: While the park is big, you don’t need a whole week to see the highlights (two to three days is perfect).
Cons: The park gets extremely crowded, and you can spend half your day waiting in line, especially during French and British school holidays — make sure you know exactly how tall your child is before waiting in line. The park is best experienced in good weather, as most attractions are outdoors.
Warning: Major spoilers ahead. If you haven't yet watched Girls Season 5, Episode 6, you might want to proceed with caution.
Sunday's Girls episode, "The Panic in Central Park," was so crazy it's hard to know where to start. First, Charlie appears out of nowhere, and the fact that Christopher Abbott — who was rumored to have had a huge falling-out with Lena Dunham — even came back is shocking in itself, but when you add on top of that what the character of Charlie has evolved into, well, it's a lot to take in.
Gone is the happy-go-lucky, motivated, clean-cut nice guy, and in his place is a bearded, Canadian Tuxedo-wearing, coke-snorting, jaded man-child. Basically, Charlie is a shell of his former self — not that fans weren't glad to see him again, even if it was only to reunite with Marnie for one night.
As hard as it was to process all the information thrown at us about Charlie, this episode was really all about Marnie. Fed up with Desi, Marnie heads out into the night with her eyes still closed. She ignores Charlie's obvious drug problem, deciding instead to forge ahead and make the evening about fun and romance. But by the end of her encounter with her ex, Marnie's world starts crumbling down around her — in the best way possible.
It's a revelation. Marnie finally realizes that her shit does indeed stink, and she may not be the worldly person she always believed she was.
Viewers took to Twitter to sing the praises of the episode, and to proclaim their love for Marnie — the character who, up until now, was always the one fans loved to hate.
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Now that Marnie's eyes are open, it's exciting to think about what could be next for her.
If you're an avid Instagrammer, there's a good chance that its recent news caused you to momentarily hyperventilate. On March 15 Instagram announced that it is planning on making some changes to the way its users view their photos — and people sort of freaked out.
What exactly was all the panic about, you ask? Well, to be honest, nothing —at least not yet. However, if you've got cold sweats just thinking about the unknown, there's really no need to panic because we've got you covered. Here you will find six bits of information you need to know about the upcoming changes.
1. The changes haven't happened yet. They are still being tested in very small groups, and it will take weeks and possibly months before the new changes roll out.
2. Instagram has said that it will let its users know when exactly these changes are going to happen, so they aren't coming like a thief in the night.
3. Users' feeds are no longer going to be in the reverse chronological order that they are currently in. Instead, they will be based on algorithms that take into account timeliness and the user's interests (i.e. things they typically double tap).
4. The order in which users will see pictures and videos will be based on the likelihood that others will be interested in the content and will also take into account the relationship we have with the person posting.
5. Instagram is making these changes because it has become so busy with so many users. Since Instagram has become so big, many of its users are missing out on some of the photos and videos (70 percent according to them) they would most like to see because of timing — these new changes will fix that and optimize the order of the things we'd most like to view.
6. Our old posts aren't going anywhere. They are, however, going to be in a different order once the changes take effect.
In a blog post on the company's website, Instagram has said that it is taking the time to get this right and that they are open to the feedback of its users. So there you have it, Instagram lovers — you can breathe now.
It wouldn't be an understatement to say that learning how to make gummy candy at home is one party trick that could add a new layer of sweetness to your life. Pick up a few novelty silicone ice trays in some adorable shapes — stars, hearts, citrus slices and little penguins — and you may never have to waste your money on store-bought candy again. These cute little confections also make a fun gift for birthdays, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.
Gummy candies are easy to make
Gummy candies aren't much more than a whole lot of gelatin and some flavoring. Yes, that simple. You might have all the ingredients you need in the house right now. As for equipment, the only thing you might not have is a mold.
Ah, the mold. This is where you can let your imagination run wild. You can use actual candy molds from candy supply houses, silicone ice cube trays or simply improvise. I like to keep the final product on the small size because I like the idea of a handful of them. If you can't locate a mold, just pour the mixture out onto a baking sheet, and cut it with a pizza cutter when it has set. And if you want to get super creative, read up on making your own custom molds with food-grade silicone.
Learn the basics, then get creative
The following basic recipe makes a relatively few number of candies — about one ice cube tray — but you can easily scale it up to make dozens more of these gummy goodies. Learning how to make gummy candy turns out to be so quick that you can even make successive batches in different flavors. And once you have the recipe and technique down, you can experiment with adding additional flavors to the gummies. A good example is adding ascorbic acid powder for tart-flavored gummies (add the ascorbic acid after melting the mixture).
Basic gummy candy recipe
Ingredients:
1/3 – 1/2 cup cold water
1 package flavored gelatin
4 packets unflavored gelatin
Directions:
Into a heatproof glass measuring cup, pour the cold water. Sprinkle the gelatin over the water while stirring with a rubber spatula. The resulting mixture will be a super-thick mass, much like clay, but keep stirring. When all the gelatin is sprinkled on, try to get all the dry bits off the side of the measuring cup and off the spatula (as well as any moist bits), and press onto the surface of the gelatin mass.
Cover the measuring cup with plastic wrap, and let the mixture rest for 10 minutes. Fill a medium-size saucepan half full with water, set over medium heat, and bring the water to a simmer. Remove the plastic wrap from the measuring cup, and place it in the water. Let the mass of gelatin melt, stirring occasionally and gently. When the mixture is clear, turn off the heat, and let it sit for 1 – 2 minutes.
Very carefully pour the hot mixture from the measuring cup into the molds. If the syrup gets too thick, you can reheat it a little. If the candies contract a fair bit as they cool, top them off with a second round of the gelatin mixture. Place the mold in the freezer for 10 minutes, then in the refrigerator for another 5 – 10 minutes. Peel them out of the molds, and serve.
Doris Day was the number one female box office star in the '50s and '60s. She has a presence like sunshine and a voice like heaven. She’s a singing sensation, beloved beauty, animal humanitarian — and so much more.
April 3 marks Ms. Day’s 92nd birthday. Day won the hearts of millions as the quintessential girl next door, starring alongside some of Hollywood’s most handsome leading men. Most known for her songbird voice and iconic romantic comedies, her roles showed her uncanny ability to make you feel something no matter what character she played. Sometimes, she didn’t even have to say anything to move you.
True triple-threat stars like her don’t exist anymore. So take a sentimental journey and celebrate this lady legend with six of her must-see flicks.
Share a party line with sophisticated and single Jane Morrow and playboy composer Brad Allen (Rock Hudson) in the film that made Day box-office royalty. Smart, fresh and fun, this bubbly sex comedy will have you coming back for more of Day and Hudson’s charming chemistry — a match made in silver screen heaven.
Take the stage with '20s torch singer Ruth Etting through her volatile journey from back-alley club entertainer to the toast of Broadway. In this Oscar-nominated role, Day ditches her good-girl image and gives a powerfully profound performance that will move you to tears.
"Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be." You’ve undoubtedly heard the song. Now see the thrilling story behind it. Join Jo McKenna in her desperate and distressed search for her son who was stolen on a family vacation in Morocco.
If you love this one, you’ll also enjoy Midnight Lace
Be a part of housewife Beverly Boyer’s fast rise to fame after she inadvertently lands a commercial gig. While she’s away, comedic chaos ensues at home as her handsome doctor husband (James Garner) attempts to adjust to her celebrity. Ahead of its time in confronting gender roles, this film bubbles with fresh fun that the whole family can enjoy.
Jet set from one glamorous location to the next with innocent Cathy Timberlake and debonair millionaire Phillip Shayne (Cary Grant). She’s looking for the love of a lifetime, while he’s searching for a fling. Day’s knack for physical comedy shines as much as the seducing script.
If you love this one, you’ll also enjoy Teacher’s Pet
Go on a pill-popping romp of marital misunderstandings. When hypochondriac George Kimball (Rock Hudson) believes he’s dying, he plots to find a suitable new husband for his loving wife Judy, leading to numerous complications. An immortal sitcom-style flick, Day and Hudson are in full bloom in their final onscreen pairing.
Once you spend some time with Ms. Day, you’ll fall in love with her too — it’s impossible not to. With a presence that can brighten a room and a genuine charm that will warm your heart, she’s a true treasure, and there will never be anyone like her again.
What separates a foodie from a person who likes to eat? It may all come down to the name that you give your baby.
All jokes aside, foodie trends are buzzing through all the major cities in the U.S., and as a result, foodie baby names have become kind of a big deal. And of course, we may have hit shows like Top Chef and Hell’s Kitchen that brought talented chefs and new techniques into our living rooms (along with the return of offal and the high-tech world of molecular gastronomy) to thank.
As you search for the perfect baby name for your little one, pick through these sweet and savory baby names inspired by the world of cookery. We’ve taken a look at everything from famous chefs to delicious ingredients to find you the freshest baby names of the season.
Baby names inspired by top chefs
The biggest names in cuisine also have some of the biggest personalities. Give your little one a namesake known for creativity and amazing talent. These 28 celebrity chefs bring great food and major charisma to the table.
Looking for a creative foodie name? Try examining the elements that make up a beautiful meal. These 36 fresh baby names are inspired by food and delicious ingredients.
Hungry yet? Don't go overboard on snacks as you try these baby names on for size. (Who are we kidding? Indulge your pregnancy cravings.) Remember, if you want a dash of foodie goodness without going full-on culinary with your baby name, tag a foodie name onto a more traditional name for a perfect combination. Consider coming up with a foodie baby name of your own, but don’t think too far outside of the box. You don’t want your child to be the only one named Spaghetti Bolognese in his kindergarten class. Likewise, try not to match two food names together. Rueban Rye is just a little too yummy.
