Hardly a day goes by that I don’t eat beans or lentils in some form. Middle Eastern lentils and rice (mujjadara) and falafel… Mexican black beans with quinoa or rice… Indian Chickpeas with Spinach (Chana …

OK, so I may not actually have time for a proper date night with my husband once a week, but I did manage to free up some room on my dance card to rendezvous with …

Necessity is most certainly the mother of invention.
Last weekend, my highly-carnivorous stepfather was smoking a 20 lb beef brisket in his outdoor smoker– a daylong project he undertakes several times per summer with great pomp …

There have been several seemingly unrelated news stories these past few weeks that set off my nutritionist red-flag radar.  Taken together, however, they underscore the ongoing importance of knowing the provenance of the food and …