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Come the middle of April—no matter how cold the weather or how hard the rainfall, regardless of whether the Lenten rose is blooming, or a single song bird has appeared, shivering, from the south—I can always depend on one harbinger of spring: the opening of our local farmers’ market. |
Lasagna is like a sandwich: You can put anything between the layers and it’s still lasagna. In America, that tends to mean a supersize stack of tomato sauce, cheese, vegetables, what-have-you—with calorie counts and fat grams to match.
Americans throw out 25 percent of the produce we buy because it’s gone bad. How to stop the waste? Know when to shop, learn which fruits and veggies don’t get along—and put one of these egg-shaped gizmos in your fridge. |
A menu inspired by one of Italy’s picture-perfect Tuscan hill towns shows off springtime vegetables. Though I adore the pizza of Campania and the pesto of Liguria, I can’t help being partial to the fare of Tuscany, a region famous for its straightforward seasonal cuisine. |
The Bible is not generally thought of as a recipe book, but food is definitely important in the Scriptures. And diet advice was dispensed from the beginning, when Adam and Eve were commanded to subsist on plant foods alone (Genesis 1:29). However, God didn’t get seriously involved with weight loss until fairly recently, when Bible-based diet books started becoming best sellers. Do they work better than South Beach, the Zone or plain old calorie counting? Here’s the skinny from dieters and experts.
With more and more manufacturers bringing hybrids to market, it’s a good time to examine their pros and cons. What’s best for you? For the environment? For your wallet? We’ll help you find the answers, but first, a little background.
Nothing takes the chill off a winter’s day the aroma of a pie in the oven. As the author of a great big book on pie, it’s no secret that these crust-and-filling delicacies are my passion.
Sure, bulgur is nifty and quinoa is cool, but rice remains our No. 1 grain—the daily staple for more than half the world’s population (can you imagine Mexican or Chinese food without it?).
Visit the Fitness Pointe health center in Munster, IN, on a weekday evening and you’ll likely come across a 30-something woman doing bicep curls while quietly whispering to herself, “Increasing my strength gives me power. I can be whoever I want to be.”
Grilling summer veggies outdoors yields delicious salads - without heating up your kitchen indoors! When the thermometer tops out, who wants to cook? You will - once you've tasted a grilled vegetable salad.
How one determined couple did what many of us long to do: chucked a high-rent life for what really matters
In the fall of 2003, in one of the biggest wildfires in California history, 22 people lost their lives, thousands more lost their homes, and hundreds of thousands of acres burned. Yet, by recent standards, 2003 wasn’t off the charts. In 2002, 7 million acres burned.
Simply switching from white to whole wheat bread can lower heart disease risk by 20 percent, according to research from the University of Washington reported in the April 2, 2003 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
There is a world of reasons to go meatless, from heart health to animal welfare. But nutritionally, there’s one tricky trade-off. To help you fill in these gaps, we tapped the expertise of nutritionist Cynthia Sass, RD.Romantic cooks—from chocolate chefs to vegetable lovers—are inventing new ways to use vanilla.
On the least developed of the US Virgin Islands, natural beauty reigns, and we are its subjects.
Want to keep your skin looking and feeling healthy and refreshed—versus tired
and drawn—all winter long? Try these five simple strategies.
In general, do people need to take a multi? a well-substantiated argument for—or against—a general multivitamin.
Americans’ battle with the bulge might be lost over a can of soda or sugar-sweetened fruit drink.
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