Bananas Foster, a dessert created by chef Paul Blangé in 1951 at Brennan’s restaurant in New Orleans, is a popular dish made by sautéing bananas in rum, butter, brown sugar, sweet spices, and banana liqueur, then igniting the alcohol to create a flambéed effect. It is still a staple on Brennan’s menu and can be […]
Therapeutic foster care provides troubled children with a healthy family environment and specialized support. Foster parents receive training and work with social workers to develop individual treatment plans. Family-based care is preferred over institutionalization, and individual homes are more effective than group homes. Therapeutic foster care, sometimes abbreviated to FTC, aims to help troubled teens […]
Young people leaving foster care face challenges such as homelessness, unemployment, and mental illness due to lack of support. Foster care systems vary, but in the US, foster children are wards of the state and receive little personalized care. Programs to support aging youth are left to individual states, with some providing stipends or public […]
David Foster Wallace was a talented American novelist and essayist who battled depression for over two decades. He wrote several acclaimed works, including his most successful novel, Infinite Jest. Despite his success, he struggled with mental health and ultimately took his own life in 2008. Novelist David Foster Wallace’s life seemed like a scene from […]
