Start that New Year's diet already? Fortunately, Megan Romano proves that good desserts don't have to make you feel bad.Succulent blood oranges picked at peak flavor, churned into mouth-puckering sorbet.

The prognosis: death. The doctors had all but given up on Steven Baugh, who says he'd been diagnosed with a form of sickle cell anemia at age 12.

You may have been at the grand opening of the world's largest H&M at the Forum Shops at Caesars Dec. 11.

I was always reluctant to buy into this notion of Las Vegas as a place of second chances and new starts. It seemed too easy.

The irony of the rise in the stress-relief industry, says Ron Lawrence, director of the Community Counseling Center of Southern Nevada, is that many of the same benefits you can get with professional help are available for free by doing things you've had to cut out of your busy schedule. Remember long walks and family picnics?Whatever type you are, you don't necessarily need a pricey therapist or arcane yoga poses to take back a semblance of sanity.

Many of Southern Nevada's cultural institutions have roots in the historic Mesquite Club, the women's organization that does much more than afternoon teaNearly 100 years ago, a group of Las Vegas women gathered for tea. The city hasn't been the same since.

Acrofit I hate gyms. Not honest gyms in honest neighborhoods, local Ys, rec centers and the like.

[HEAR MORE: Want to get your kids off the couch and eating healthier? Listen to experts weigh in on "KNPR's State of Nevada"]Community resources for a happy new youEat wellBet on the Farm! farmers marketOrganized by Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, the Bet on the Farm! market is a foodie's fresh paradise, hidden in a nondescript office park. Just follow the trail of fashionably rumpled suburbo-hipsters and make yourself a dinner to remember.

Ingredients12 ounces butter4 cups sugar3 tablespoons lime zest, fresh8 eggs8 cups all-purpose flour3½ teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon salt3 cups pistachiosMethod For Pistachio Lime BiscottiPreheat oven to 320ºF. In a mixing bowl using a paddle attachment, cream butter until smooth.

Legendary ballerina brings gravitas to Nevada Ballet Theatre's avant-garde movesA legend of dance has been living right under our noses for more than a year. Of course, a secret like that couldn't last.