Less Than Meets the Eye

You’re guaranteed to lose weight if you cook only from “The Ultimate Diet Cookbook”: The book has bindings at both sides, making it impossible to open. If you truly need one, write Calibogue Collections, Box 22476, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29925, for information.

Chug That Ginseng

If you buy the argument that ginseng gives you increased vigor and helps you stay young, you can now drink your daily dose in beer. Yen Sum Beer, which contains 1/4 gram ginseng extract per bottle, was developed by Joseph Owades, a master brewer from Sonoma County. His partners, incidentally, are Ron and Diane Disney Miller, the son-in-law and daughter of Walt Disney.