Prosciutto and beets liven up spring salads

Looking to liven up your salads?

Dressings, cheeses and toppings such as crumbled bacon are easy ways to add zest to your veggies. Of course, they also bring gobs of fat and calories with them.

Coming soon: Brand-new sitcoms to join TV Land classics

When TV Land was launched in 1996, it was more than just another cable channel. It was a refuge where viewers could revisit old friends like Beaver Cleaver, the Clampetts and Sheriff Andy Taylor. It was a portal into a video past, a carefully tended landscape of idealized TV.

Visions in white: Decorators tricks add versatility, let colors pop

When interior designer Betsy Burnham redecorated her office recently, she made a decision that surprised her staff: She focused on the color white - white walls, white ceilings, white furniture, even white chandeliers.

"I'm a huge color fanatic," she says, "but I just think white makes color pop so beautifully."

Alliums can be staples for the gardener chef

Let's suppose that you don't have much time for vegetable gardening, and precious little space, yet you want to enjoy a healthy, easy-to-grow mix of recipe-driven essentials.

That suggests a starter set of hardy alliums, primarily leeks, garlic, shallots and chives.

Hot Buttonz: 'Final Fantasy XIII' falls flat

During the 1990s, the Square brand was synonymous with the role-playing video game. A generation of gamers got hooked on the challenging quests, quirky characters and sweeping story lines of Square RPGs like "Chrono Trigger," "The Secret of Mana" and, of course, the "Final Fantasy" series.

Democrats sweeten health bill, plan Sunday vote

WASHINGTON - Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.

NYC art exhibit includes nude pair standing still

NEW YORK - Laurence Lallier slipped carefully between two naked women facing each other in a narrow doorway at the Museum of Modern Art.

"I didn't want to step on their feet," said Lallier, a student from Montreal. "We feel shy and they don't, and they're the ones that are naked."