Just venture into any health food store and you will be confronted with such a selection of vitamins and minerals, you’re bound to get confused and overwhelmed. What should you be taking? This is the one of the most popular questions asked of Leslie Roehrig, RD, LDN, a registered dietitian and nutritionist for Moravian Village in Bethlehem. The most important thing to keep in mind is that vitamins are very much an individualized matter.

Think back to all holiday seasons past and the trips you make to and from the attic, to and from the home center, up and down the ladder, and the thought is bound to cross your mind, can’t I hire someone to do all this this year—a holiday decorator, perhaps? The difference between you and a professional is the difference between having “something nice and having something fabulous,” explains Scott Rothenberger of Scott Rothenberger’s PLACE. “Designers often look outside the box for solutions and give you something that you could have never thought of on your own.” Possibilities are brought to light and the creativity flows.

Shopping in Style & Comfort This Year!

As if holiday shopping weren’t tedious enough, it can be downright dismal if your feet are aching. Here are 6 great styles to have you walking the mall with ease.

Classic Clog
While a clog is often associated with comfort, its cuteness factor is often in question. Lucky for us, Alegria has addressed this issue with their Classic Black Tooled Clog. This cool take on an old look has a leather lining and is hand-sewn and dyed a vintage black/pewter. This style is enhanced with a removable foot bed made of latex, memory foam, and cork.
Available at: Shuze, 520 Main Street, Bethlehem, $99.95.

How exciting for local Chef Lee Chizmar of Bolete to appear in the cookbook Harvest to Heat: Cooking with America’s Best Chefs, Farmers, and Artisans (Taunton Press, 2010). Chef Chizmar is featured alongside such culinary greats as Jean-Georges Vongerichten (Jean-Georges, Spice Market), Thomas Keller (French Laundry, Per Se) Eric Ripert (Le Bernadin) and Tom Colicchio (Top Chef, Craft). Alice Waters, founder and mother of the Slow Foods Movement, wrote the forward of the book.