Monmouth Health & Life

Is Your Baby the Cutest?

Moms and dads: Think your bundle of joy is the most adorable in Monmouth County? Enter the Cutest Baby contest for a chance to have your baby featured in Monmouth Health & Life!

New Year Re-boot

This is the year you shed the weight, the baggage, the excuses. The trick to a fresh start? Thinking in new ways.

Pearls Aplenty

Make the fashion world your oyster in these enviable and distinctive pieces.

Island Idyll

People not only travel to get away; sometimes they travel to get together. On Turks & Caicos you can live like a well-to-do islander, if only temporarily.

Sweet and Gluten-Free Endings

Is dessert forbidden? Many of us have begun to think so. But you can have scrumptious desserts without gluten, dairy or refined sugar. These recipes prove it!

12 Drinks of Christmas

Your holiday party will be a hit when you serve up these colorful cocktails— alcohol-free ones included.

Fabulous Fennel

Discover the varied delights of fennel. This aromatic herb is a cancer fighter... and an antidote to humdrum menus.

Sexually Active? Read This

It’s an STD epidemIc that not enough people know about. The human papillomavirus is common, potentially deadly—but also preventable.

Monmouth's Cutest Baby

It wasn't the most difficult work, "oohing" and "aahing", but with 55 local babies, deciding on a winner wasn't easy. Meet the winner and 3 runners up of our first ever Monmouth's Cutest Baby contest!

The Betsy

On Ocean Drive in South Beach, a strip known worldwide for its concentration of art deco hotels, The Betsy stands out as a different kind of grande dame.

Cheers for Cherries

The cherry's got it all: handy size, pert round shape, ruby-red hue and a flavor so beloved it’s borrowed by everything from cola to cough drops. Not to mention health benefits galore.

Gin is Back... Hold the Tonic!

American craft distillers are pioneering some delicious variations on the classic botanical spirit. This summer, ditch the tonic, which would overpower the delicate flavors, and add fresh fruit or herbs to your glass.

Time to Cleanse?

These days, all the cool, gorgeous girls are doing dietary cleanses. Should you?

Peter Max: The Man Behind The Icon

Peter Max has painted six US presidents, music idols, a World's Fair mural and a super jet. Here, the artist talks about his craft, his recipe for a balanced life and what he can't live without.

Best Restaurants

Whether it's cheap eats, steak restaurants or anything in between, check out our listings for the best of the best, brought to us by you.

Best Health & Beauty Services

Whether you're changing your look at the salon or changing your lifestyle at the gym, the readers have spoken and we have them all!

Best Shopping

Are you a Monmouth shopaholic? The Best of Monmouth Reader's Choice Awards has the best of it all, hand-picked by you.

Win Tickets to "50 Shades! The Musical"

Over the next three weeks, Monmouth Health & Life will be offering not just one, but three chances to win a pair of tickets to "50 Shades! The Musical", the original parody of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.

When War Touched New Jersey

Legend contends that Gen. George Washington called fellow patriot commander Gen. Charles Lee a “damned poltroon” after Lee’s retreat during the June 28, 1778, Battle of Monmouth Courthouse. Alas, we cannot tell a lie—Washington never really said it.

Eating in Color

Having trouble finding nutritional balance? Here’s a simple but powerful strategy- keep the color spectrum in mind when wheeling your shopping cart through the produce aisle, and add some vibrant hues to your skillet, saucepan or salad bowl. The health benefits will naturally follow!