Food

The fear that meatless cooking is less satisfying or less flavorful has proved groundless. What vegetarian food actually requires is technique, not apology.

August 27, 2011 · 1 min read

An Imperial College study found that a mother's pre-pregnancy BMI shapes her newborn's body fat — including liver fat. The obesity fight may start in the womb.

August 23, 2011 · 1 min read

After a quadruple bypass and a stent, Bill Clinton adopted a plant-based diet and lost 20+ pounds. The story of the most famous vegan convert in politics.

August 23, 2011 · 2 min read

Professor John Speakman's energy-expenditure research found we are not less active than in the 1980s — we just eat a third more. The fork beats the treadmill.

August 9, 2011 · 2 min read

A 2011 University of Tennessee study found marriages happier when the wife's BMI was lower than the husband's. But the headline was better than the truth.

July 19, 2011 · 2 min read

The USDA retired the 19-year-old food pyramid for MyPlate: a simple four-section plate icon unveiled by Michelle Obama and Tom Vilsack.

June 18, 2011 · 1 min read

Floyd Cardoz won Top Chef Masters with wild mushroom upma polenta — a milestone for Indian cuisine in American fine dining.

June 16, 2011 · 1 min read

Mango mousse, mango lassi, and shrikhand — three Indian fruit desserts that ask more of the ripe fruit than of the cook, perfect for summer.

June 3, 2011 · 1 min read

In May 2011 a killer E. coli strain swept northern Germany. Cucumbers took the blame — but the real culprit was fenugreek sprouts.

June 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Parents are buying and selling breast milk online. The demand is real, the risks are real, and the regulated supply can't keep up.

May 25, 2011 · 1 min read

Two ways with peak-season watermelon: a frozen margarita with lime salt, and a spicy watermelon-corn salad with chaat masala.

May 16, 2011 · 1 min read

Ron Levy trained as a fine-arts painter. Then he fell for the clay tandoor — and became America's leading builder of the ancient oven.

May 12, 2011 · 1 min read

A University of Colorado study found fat removed by liposuction returns within a year — elsewhere. Why the body defends its total fat mass.

May 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Blotting a greasy pizza slice or pakodas with a napkin removes a little surface oil — a few dozen calories at most. Modest, but real, and worth knowing.

April 30, 2011 · 1 min read

What the evidence actually supported in 2011: protein's real role in weight management, separated from the fitness industry's hype around binging on it.

April 25, 2011 · 1 min read

Idli in Chennai, parathas in Punjab, kochuri in Kolkata, dhokla in Gujarat — a tour of India’s regional breakfasts, a mosaic of dozens of distinct mornings.

April 19, 2011 · 1 min read

Liquid calories don’t satisfy hunger the way solid food does — and the research on sugary drinks, diet drinks, and alcohol was surprisingly clear even in 2011.

April 4, 2011 · 2 min read

Methi deserves its place in the winter kitchen — fiber, flavor, and genuinely interesting blood-sugar research. But it is not antiviral and not a cure for

January 25, 2011 · 2 min read

Kids come home starving at 4pm. Here is how to build after-school snacks that truly satisfy -- fresh, simple, and Ayurveda-friendly, minus the sugar crash.

January 25, 2011 · 2 min read

Four lunch salads worth adding to your rotation: warm lentil, white bean and tuna, chickpea with tahini, and shaved fennel with citrus.

January 19, 2011 · 1 min read