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When else but on St. Patrick's Day is it acceptable to eat anything so shockingly green? Our round-up of the best green food from around the web will hopefully inspire you to use your own exorbitant amount of green food coloring this year.

1. Lucky Green Velvet Baby Cakes (above) from Picky Palate are an easy green dessert for St. Patrick's Day.

2. Pandan Pistachio White Chocolate Cookies from Pham Fatale are so very vibrantly green!

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3. Mint Ice Cream from One Perfect Bite gets it's lovely pale green color from fresh mint leaves.

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4. Your local McDonald's doesn't offer Shamrock Shakes? Make your own like The Homesteading Housewife does!

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5. What would the French think about a green version of their traditional Madeleine cookie? These Macha Madeleines from Evan's Kitchen Ramblings get their green color naturally from macha, a green tea powder.

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6. It doesn't get greener than this: Green Coriander Chutney found on No Recipes.

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Corned beef and cabbage often gets a bad rap. That's probably because most of us only come into contact with it once a year on St. Patrick's Day, and even then it's usually some sort of sad, sub-par version chased with a plastic cup of green beer. No wonder so many Americans hate it. And, it's so rarely eaten in Ireland these days that some people have even dared to ask the most sacrilegious of questions: Is it even Irish?

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Well, here's some news you can use, my friends: Corned beef and cabbage may not get a lot of love, but it is most definitely Irish. And I'm going to let you in on a little secret -- it's about to make a comeback.

But first things first: What is "corned beef" anyways?

Corned beef is simply a cut of of meat -- usually brisket -- that has been "corned," a.k.a. preserved in a dry rub or salty brine. "Corn" refers to the large grains of salt that are typically used in the

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My apologies to the Irish people and all the "Irish for a day" folks too, but I've got a problem with St. Patrick's Day. Every year it is on March 17. Which means most years it falls sometime mid-week.

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So the one day it's practically un-American NOT to drink a few pitchers of green beer, and you have to go to work the next morning ... with a wee bit of a hangover? Not cool St. Pat. Not cool.

But since y'all are sticking to the 17th, and we're Irish too (for the day!), here are 17 hangover cures that really work (either science or my friends claim they do!). You might want to post this on the office wall:

1. Drink a glass of ginger ale or suck a ginger candy. Ginger has been scientifically proven to soothe nausea.

2. Drink a tall, cold glass of Hawaiian punch. The flavor will knock out the taste of that stale beer.

3. Know someone in the medical field? Ask her for an IV and an oxygen mask. Hey, it's worth a shot.

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Abby Lee Kershaw

Now that bobs are back and bigger than ever, one type of bob in particular is suddenly getting lots of attention:

The aptly-named mushroom bob.

Supermodel Abby Lee Kershaw is sporting one in Versace Atelier's spring 2011 lookbook, and you know what they say ...

If Abby Lee is doing it, EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE DOING IT NEXT MONTH.

Okay, I totally made that up, but still.

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I'm skeered.

How about you?

The last time this look was truly en vogue was back in the late '70s/early '80s, I believe, when elementary school teachers ROCKED THAT MUSHROOM BOB OUT.

At least, that's how I remembered it. Now, though, it seems ennui-filled 20-something angsters are giving it a shot.

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Elle.com advises that the mushroom bob looks best on "on a tall, lanky girl with very feminine accessories."

I say

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working moms legal adviceWhen I stumbled upon Lisa Pierson Weinberger's website, Mom, Esq., I thought, "Huh, why do moms need special legal advice?" So I asked her. And now I realize how many mistakes I made as a new mom, who was also a working mom. D'oh.

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Which is exactly why Weinberger started her practice. A former employment lawyer at a large Los Angeles firm, Weinberger's perspective changed after her son was born. As it tends to do. Now, Weinberger is helping new moms on both sides of the employment line with their own leave rights and the right way to hire child care help.

We need to know this stuff, and most of us don't. When I asked Weinberger what were the three most important things a new mom needs to know, legally, she gave me the following answers:

1. Make sure that you're not leaving money on the table when it comes to your maternity leave benefits. Many employers provide some paid leave when their employees have or adopt

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Beer, it's not just for kegs, cans, bottles, and buckets anymore. In fact, it's moved beyond the tap into a whole new territory -- food. With St. Patrick's Day, the most popular beer holiday, just around the corner, it's the perfect time to sample foods that feature beer as a main ingredient.

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Behold these nine ways that you can have your beer and eat it too:

1. Fried Beer: It was inevitable really, since everything from Twinkies to tomatoes have found themselves sizzling in grease, but it took just the right guy to actually figure out how to do it. Beer is poured inside a salty dough, sealed in a ravioli-like pouch, and fried. When you bite in, beer oozes out. You must be 21 or older to eat it.

2. Beer Ice Cream: Earlier this month, Slash Food reported on the Denver Beer Ice Cream Fest, which served up flavors like Smoked Porter S'mores and Maple Pale Ale.

3. Beer Candy: Straight from England, you can order Pint Pots--

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Just because your man doesn't lose his cushy job, go off his rocker and publicly rant about tiger blood and fire-breathing fists doesn't mean you don't have your own worries that are worthy of our ears. Here at Ask Dad, problems are like penises. There's no such thing as one that's too small. Or at least we smile and pretend that's the case, in order to spare your feelings. So whip 'em out!

My boyfriend asked me if I'd ever had a threesome. When I said 'yes,' he got excited. But then he learned that it was me and two guys. Now he stomps around the house like he's learned I'm some secret slut. How do I convince him he's wrong?

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I can't believe you answered honestly, but I don't think you're a slut, secret or otherwise. Besides, sluts are people too. They take drunken nights and turn them from mere mistakes into stories you can tell your grandchildren. And without them, we'd have no reality TV.

Plus, I admire your

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We all know that beauty has changed a lot over the years. I have always had the theory that most people are beautiful, but some of us were just born in the wrong era for our looks. The truth is, styles and body types come and go in and out of style and we are lucky if we are living in a time where our style happens to be in.

For instance, how psyched were lean, flat-chested girls in the 1920s flapper era? All they had to do was bob their hair and they were the picture of beauty.

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The video below reveals beauty through the ages and is very interesting in terms of how looks have changed. What era do you think would have been your best? See below:

The Guardian recently had a piece about beauty through the decades and their findings were very interesting. Here is what they had to say:

1950s

This decade was all about ponytails, glasses, and bouffants, thanks to the invention of hairspray. Curves were also in at

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