Before you open a coffee shop, you should consider a few things. Most people who are considering opening one have little to no experience with food or coffee, and they assume they will just make a quick buck. However, it is not uncommon for people who only understand the financial…
Are M&M’s gluten free? In the US, yes. The original milk chocolate M&M, peanut butter M&M, and heart gift box are all gluten-free. However, the red, white, and blue M&M’s are not. Read on to find out what you can eat if you’re looking for a gluten-free alternative. These delicious,…
Wolf spiders are very common in Southwest Florida homes and can be found scurrying on walls outside and inside. This type of spider bites when they feel threatened, but the bite doesn’t contain dangerous venom. Wolf spiders don’t pose a threat to people. It is possible to be allergic to…
Canada Goose jackets are products of cruelty, and it’s not just coyotes who are killed. The company also uses down from birds who died violently. Geese used for their down are inevitably sent to the slaughterhouse, where standard practice is to hang them upside down, stun them, and then slit…
It’s true: yams and sweet potatoes are totally different plants and are not even closely related. In fact, these tasty starchy veggies are actually in two different plant families entirely! Yams are members of the genus Dioscorea and are in their own special family, Dioscoreaceae. Yams are an edible root…
Celebrity Tomatoes are not heirloom tomatoes because they are grown from hybrid seed, not from open-pollinated seed. Additionally, they were developed after 1950, and therefore are also not old enough to be considered heirlooms. Celebrity is actually a hybrid tomato. It is a disease-resistant product of a breeding laboratory that…
Stink bugs are nuisance creatures that cannot do any damage to the structure of your house/apartment. Homeowners typically notice stink bugs when the weather starts to warm up. Killing or vacuuming stink bugs may release a foul odor. This odor will not attract other bugs. Stink bugs do not bite,…
Anglers often call the same species different names based on their life forms: large colorful males can be called bream, while smaller individuals of the same species are dismissed as perch, sun perchsun perchThe growth of the bluegill is very rapid in the first three years, but slows considerably once…
In my experience getting a basic, no frills dehydrator was a godsend compared to using a conventional fan oven. The foods I did dehydrate were of a much better quality and were done much quicker than by using an oven. A dehydrator helps keep quality, healthy food at the center…
Hawaii banned high CRI fluorescents starting January 1, 2021. Any linear fluorescent with a CRI greater than 87 is now considered illegal. Read more about what’s behind the ban on high-CRI linear fluorescents here. You can shop products currently for sale in Hawaii by clicking here. The Ecodesign Regulation set…