People have always had to find ways to keep food safe to eat. Methods to dry, smoke and salt food were invented thousands of years ago. The process of canning is much more recent. This storage method

Even though Sally's wedding happened eight years ago, she still cries about it, but they're not tears of joy. Her wedding was a disaster from beginning to end. It was the hottest day of the year and i

Shopping Not only are we, in the words of Napoleon, 'a nation of shopkeepers', we are also a country of compulsive shoppers. We love to shop! It is our number one leisure activity and accounts for ar

Interviewer: Welcome back after that break. This is Anna James and Talking Points, and today we’re asking, ‘Should parents be allowed to divorce?’Before the break we heard from a number of parents who

Fred: I've got to admit you have a beautiful backyard, James. How do you do it? James: Well, it does take time and patience. But I've also got a few secrets... Fred: OK, OK, what do I have to do

Daughter: Dad. You love me, don't you? Father: Of course, I do. Why do you ask . . . Ah, what's on your mind? Daughter: Well, I saw this great offer for a free cell phone here in the newspaper, and

Florist: Hi. May I help you? Customer: Yeah. Um. You see, I need some flowers for my wife, and uh, and, you know, I . . . Florist: Let . . . Let me guess. You forget your [[anniversary]], and you'

Zach drove over to his [[fiancée]]’s place. She was in China, visiting her parents. Her son Bradley hadn't gone with her. Bradley was a junior in high school. He neither liked nor disliked Zach, even

The [[annual]] teachers’ meeting was the only time that all the teachers got together in one place at one time. It was a 3-hour meeting, from 7 to 10 p.m. [[Lecturers]] talked on various subjects. Eac

Roland was a [[carpenter]] in Virginia. He and Sheila had three kids—two boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of [[infections]] and other probl

Luke didn’t know what to do. He wanted to yell at Kyle, his fiancée’s son, because Kyle continued to argue with his mom. She didn’t even demand very much from him—“Study hard, get the best grades you