If ever you should find yourself screaming for an epidural, take heed: It could be worse. • Missouri mommy resurrected after giving birth "postmortem":Erica Nigrelli, an English teacher, was 36 weeks pregnant when a heart problem essentially killed her: She collapsed at work, foaming at the mouth, and lost her heartbeat. Fast-acting coworkers did their best to revive her before paramedics arrived and brought her to a… Read More >>

Suddenly, Mel Brooks is hot …again! At age 86, the writer/director of such comedy classics as The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein, is being honored all over the place. PBS featured him in an American Masters Broadcastwhich will also be released on DVD by Shout Factory. And he was recently honored by Twitter and Comedy Central. After witnessing all the hubbub… Read More >>

Thanks to his History Channel show, Only in America, Larry the Cable Guy gets around. As the new season gets underway this month, he shares with us two of his favorite episodes from past seasons: “At the Space Museum outside of Roswell, New Mexico, they have a heat tile from the first space shuttle. It cost them $10,000 and they’re real proud of it. The curator… Read More >>

You might not be surprised to see water at the top of the list of ingredients in soups. After all, soup does require a lot of water. It's more surprising to find it so prominent in prepared foods such as packaged sauces, condiments, frozen meals, and more. And when water is first on the list of ingredients, that's a clue that there's a long list of other… Read More >>

My stomach is pleased: It's been a big week in the food world. This past weekend, I spent time at the New York Culinary Experience,  sponsored by New York Magazine and the International Culinary Center. I spent the majority of my hours cooking (cough cough, embarrassing myself) with food greats like Iron ChefMarc Forgione, Chopped judge Marc Murphy and Chocolate King Jacques Torres. On Monday, I went to Lincoln Center for the James Beard Foundation…ceremony (a… Read More >>

A few months ago, I wrote 11 Convincing Reasons Eating Vegan Isn't Crazy. I knew all the white lab-coated researchers, respected authors and peaceable rabble-rousers were on to something, but I wasn't sure how to make the lifestyle work for me. Between editing the food section of a magazine and dwelling in the Omnivorous Epicurean Haven that is Manhattan, there ain't much room to be picky. Salvation… Read More >>

Hungry for a midnight snack? Be glad you live in this century. Here's why: • Anthropologists confirm Jamestown colonists ate people: Scientists have at last proven that colonists in Jamestown, Virginia resorted to eating human corpses in hopes of surviving a brutal winter back in the early 1600s. As the saying goes, "waste not, want not." Eighth-grade history class just got a lot more interesting. • Man blows entire…"For once in my… Read More >>

Last month, I sat down with renowned podiatrist Phil Vasyli, founder of the Vasyli Think Tank, Vionic, Orthaheel and Dr. Weil Integrative Footwear. I knew pounding up 27 flights of stairs (my idea of exercise on days when I can't get to the gym) couldn't be good for my feet, but I was shocked to learn that these seemingly harmless behaviors, along with lifestyle factors, can wreak havoc on your hooves as… Read More >>

Got an ear for financial news? Then you've likely heard of bitcoin, the digital currency that's recently been thrust into the spotlight. The baseline idea, despite layers of complicated, tech-y specifics, is simple: What if there was a standardized currency that could be "mined," like gold, and used anonymously across the World Wide Web and in select real-world locations?… Read More >>

Hey! Did you know we have a Facebook page dedicated to the funny stuff we just found sitting around the Internet, gathering digi-dust? Well, we do! Think of it as a big online yard sale, except everyone there is wearing a clown nose and has a bunch of kittens in their pants. In case you missed it, here's a sampling of the funniest stuff we found around the web last week: Titanic RetoldThere are two… Read More >>