Janet Rorholm

By Meredith Hines-Dochterman/The Gazette IOWA CITY – Highpitched voices and giggles echo in the gymnasium as the girls enter the …

By Bill Daley/Chicago Tribune Growing up in Connecticut, our family dinners revolved around thick grilled steaks, roasted chickens, the occasional …

By Meredith Hines-Dochterman/The Gazette IOWA CITY – Cheeseburger platters sit on the counter next to coffee mugs bearing the Hamburg …

By Diana Nollen/The Gazette Marc Brown had to learn a life lesson before the “Arthur” author could begin teaching life …

By Diana Nollen/The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS – Embroidery expert Anne Hanson makes it sound so simple. “People say it’s too …

Candy Sagon/The Washington Post Home decorator Jennifer Schweikert, of Just My Style By JMS in Burke, Va., has worked with …

Casey Seidenberg/The Washington Post My 9-year-old saw a headline in my e-mail that read “10 Foods You Should NEVER Eat!” …

By Bill Daley/Chicago Tribune As interest continues to grow nationwide in all things Southern food – restaurants, chefs, cookbooks – …

By Meredith Hines-Dochterman/The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS – Tima Smejkal remembers shadowing the women of the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids, …

By Julie Deardorff/Chicago Tribune Decades after revolutionizing the fitness world, Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons are back doing what they …

By Monica Eng/Chicago Tribune Home cooks and grocery shoppers wield enormous influence when it comes to controlling the No. 1 …

By Andrea Weigl/McClatchy Newspapers I was in the presence of a wok doctor. Award-winning cookbook author Grace Young was in …

 The Gazette Duluth, Minn. – Brianna Palumbo, 20, of Cedar Rapids has been selected as one of 12 winners in Maurices …

By Lenny Bernstein/The Washington Post The spring 5K season is upon us, a time when thousands of people will hit …

By Vikki Ortiz Healy/Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – Claudia Peyton went to the doctor’s office alone to receive the terrifying diagnosis. …