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Fun and inexpensive Lunar New Year at home

There are two Lunar New Year celebrations in Des Moines -- one this weekend and one next weekend. Families can celebrate at home with the following...

Navidad in the Metro - How to do it up right!

In the midst of shopping for that just right gift for your loved ones, if you’re Latino, you’re also shopping for hay, coconut milk and...

Welcome to my American kitchen; Food is personal

The taste and smell of food takes us to amemorable point in our life or creates our ownnewfound memory.This column is dedicated to all you foodies...

Lincoln Park's Palette Bistro announces Thanksgiving day special!

(article written by Michael J. Burkholder - Lincoln Park Restaurant Examiner and Founder of Kitchen 212, Inc.) THANKSGIVING DAY ALERT! Chef Todd...

Medicine Wheel

If just one conceptcould be selected to gain an understanding of Native American culture, the Medicine Wheel would be the one.The Medicine Wheel...

Traditional Japanese Culture: Kokeshi Dolls

It is uncertain how these little wooden dolls came to be, but the kokeshi dolls of Japan have a warm association to the Japanese spirit...

Replacing Last Year's Ofuda and Omamori

Omamori are a type of talisman associated with Japanese Buddhism (and Shinto) that are meant to offer protection for the owner; the name comes from...