By Dinna Chan Vasquez
Chocolate is a universally-liked food in practically all its incarnations. According to a study, people do not become addicted to chocolate. Rather, they desire chocolate because of the sensation of eating it. “Chocoholism” is a word coined to refer to chocolate craving.
Go light and start the year right
After the holidays, we hear people complain about gaining weight and losing control of their diet. For weight watchers and diabetics worrying about weight gain, bigger tummies, blood pressure and hypertension, the New Year’s resolution is to bring themselves back to their pre-Christmas weight and proper diet.
By Ed Biado
Cocktails are an evolutionary minefield. You never know what’s gonna be exploding next. Favorite vodka brand, Absolut, always has a detonator on hand, unleashing flavor after flavor of vodka even before we could get used to the last one. Their newest variants, New Orleans, Pears, Los Angeles and 100, have spawned more cocktail recipes inspired by their names. Grab your shakers, people, because here they come:

