December 2006 Articles

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Ask American Profile 12/31/2006

Appeared In the 12/31/2006 issue

Overcoming New Year's Resolution Hurdles

by Mary Dixon Lebeau

Many Americans start the New Year resolved to be better, thinner, healthier, stronger—and then find those resolutions almost impossible to keep.

Appeared In the 12/31/2006 issue

Apple-Pecan French Toast

Apple-Pecan French Toast recipe

Appeared In the 12/31/2006 issue

Ask American Profile 12/24/2006

Appeared In the 12/24/2006 issue

Acts of Kindness

by Marta W. Aldrich

Each year, American Profile publishes a collection of stories about ordinary people doing remarkable deeds for others without expecting recognition or acknowledgement in return.

Appeared In the 12/24/2006 issue

Making Baking a Jiffy

by Marti Attoun

When Mabel White Holmes saw the hard-as-rock biscuits that a single father had baked for his sons in 1928, she set about finding a fix.

Appeared In the 12/24/2006 issue

Tillie's Cheese Potatoes

by Tillie B. Vaughn

“My mother-in-law used to bring our family dinner once a week in the 1970s when our children were growing up and we were both working. This recipe of hers is still the family’s favorite.”

Appeared In the 12/24/2006 issue

Ask American Profile 12/17/2006

Appeared In the 12/17/2006 issue

Poinsettia Ranch

by Marta W. Aldrich

Paul Ecke III drives his pickup truck north on Interstate 5 in southern California, recalling the sea of poinsettias that once covered thousands of sun-splashed acres farmed by his family when he was growing up in San Diego County in the 1960s.

Appeared In the 12/17/2006 issue

Make Ahead Snacks

If the holiday time crunch has you wondering what snacks to have available for unexpected guests and on-the-go family members, consider these two no-fail, make-ahead recipes.

Appeared In the 12/17/2006 issue

Enabling Disabled Skiers

by Karen Karvonen

Nothing thrills ski instructor Hal O’Leary more than seeing a dozen empty wheelchairs parked at the base of the ski slopes in Winter Park, Colo.

Appeared In the 12/17/2006 issue

Finding a Good Contractor

by Katie and Gene Hamilton

Finding a good professional home contractor—from an independent handyman to large-scale builder—is not always a speedy process.

Appeared In the 12/17/2006 issue

Waking Up to Sleep Apnea

by Esther M. Bauer

Nearly everyone feels sleep deprived and irritable once in awhile, but when excessive daytime sleepiness is the norm after a full night’s slumber, it may be due to a medical condition.

Appeared In the 12/17/2006 issue

Ask American Profile 12/10/2006