DEAR DR. ROACH: My blood work showed that I was slightly low in vitamin D, so my doctor recommended that I take a supplement. My pharmacist was concerned and told me that vitamin D does not get absorbed in people with dark complexions and tends to get deposited in the arteries. The pharmacist ...

There are basically two ways for declarer to play this hand. One is right and the other is wrong. Let’s say West begins by leading three rounds of diamonds, declarer ruffing the third. South sees that he has two likely club losers and that his best chance for the contract is to try to ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Every corner of Italy has its own culinary traditions, from carbonara in Rome to tortellini in Bologna. Winter Olympics co-host Cortina d’Ampezzo’s signature dish is the colorful, stuffed pasta known as casunziei. The ravioli-type dish, also known as ...

Sticky rice, aka sweet glutinous rice, is best steamed so its plump, chewy grains are ready to sponge up all the flavor. This dish from my cookbook “The Chinese Way” is a riff on lo mai gai, a dim sum classic. I created it almost by accident when I was obsessed with tomato paste and the ...

This column has to be out earlier than usual so with having written a column just a few days ago, I decided to do some reminiscing and look through my past columns of more than 23 years. I would have forgotten some of the stories I wrote about the children if I hadn’t written them down. If ...

Dear Annie: I am 52, and I have a good life on paper. I am married, I work full-time, and I have two teenagers who keep me busy. But lately I have felt oddly lonely, and I am not sure if I am being overly sensitive or finally noticing something I have ignored for years. I have a close group ...