After years of sticky summers in small city apartments, my childhood memories of air-conditioned houses started to feel more and more distant. Living in buildings with small, oddly-shaped windows or ...

On paper, the IcyBreeze is the ultimate gadget to beat the heat. The marketing behind it clearly targets campers and athletes. I’m sure they had something with a tent in mind when they sent it my way.

Dear Heloise: I love to bake and make desserts frequently. Last week, I made a couple of banana bread loaves from scratch, and they turned out well. Just before we were going to sit down to dinner, a ...