Celebrate Another New Year
This year, look to the rat to make the dragon dance as we welcome in the Chinese New Year on February 7th. While you’re at it, try this recipe for Fish with Ginger Scallion Sauce.
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Pizza: Your Choices Make the Difference
Americans love pizza — but can you guess how many calories are in each slice? Is it 150, 320, or maybe even 530? Depending on the type of pizza and size of the slice, all of these answers are right.
A Surprising Spinach Salad
This makeover of the traditional French salad, Frisee au lardons, is the perfect introduction to lesser-known members of the lettuce family.
Make Your Muscles Work
While the term “strength training” may elicit images of a Speedo-clad Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilders encompass only a fraction of strength-training enthusiasts. In fact, from marathoners to moms, everyone can benefit from increasing their muscle mass.
All You Can Eat: The Trouble with Buffets
The next time you’re overcome by the temptations of an overflowing buffet table, you can attribute at least a part of your overindulgence to natural instinct. But how do you approach a buffet table and not over-indulge?
Salmon Chowder Beats the Chill
If you enjoyed an abundance of decadent dishes during the holiday season, getting back to sensible choices is likely to be on your to-do list. Soup is the perfect one-dish meal; it is simple to make and can be prepared quickly.
Zero Trans Fat: Does It Mean It’s Healthy?
When you see a food labeled zero trans fat, can you automatically assume it’s a better choice? Not so fast…
Comfort Food for the Holidays
A roast chicken dinner is one of life’s true pleasures. Depending on how the bird is presented (and what accompanies it), the meal can take on many different characteristics – from romance to comfort to festiveness.
The Accidental Soup
As a trained chef, it’s easy to forget how intimidating cooking can be to the novice. Teaching cooking classes reminds me, however, just how uncomfortable many people feel in the kitchen. Trying new recipes is a chief source of discomfort for many of my cooking students. To ease their anxiety, I often start beginners out making soup.
Does Pregnancy Affect Long-Term Weight Control?
The Stockholm Pregnant and Women’s Nutrition (SPAWN) study is a follow-up study that has followed about 500 Swedish women through pregnancy and for more than a decade post-partum.
A Fresh Way With Fish
When you first hear the words en papillote, the French term sounds refined, even pretentious. Yet this simple method of preparing fish roasted in foil is actually quite modest.
Get Creative With Gazpacho Dip
Try this recipe for “Gazpacho Dip with Garlic Pita Chips” and you may be surprised to find how easy and inexpensive it is to make something refreshing and delicious.
How Much to Exercise
The emerging message of exercise studies seems to be: the benefits of physical activity vary with how much you do. This article discusses several studies and what the results may mean to anyone interested in getting into shape.
Making a Great Quesadilla
Friends in Los Angeles insisted I try the corn and spinach quesadilla at a now defunct eatery in Santa Monica. The chef was utterly devoted to making his Mexican offerings deliciously interesting as well as sensible. The result was a light quesadilla with a satisfying succession of warm crunch, rich cheese and tender vegetables.
