As if healthy eating while gluten and soy free wasn’t enough of a challenge, I’ve recently gone (temporarily) dairy and nut-free as well on the advice of a lactation consultant who claimed that certain proteins …

Pears don’t seem to get as much attention as I think they deserve, and tend to be overshadowed by other, more-anticipated cold-weather fruits like apples and clementines.
But having gorged myself all week on an insanely …

Who was it that decided Brussels Sprouts should be the archetypal fearsome food forced upon children by their mean parents?
In my experience, well-prepared Brussels Sprouts are a quintessential comfort food, and can be more addictive …

So it’s been awhile since I’ve experimented with a new gluten-free flour, perhaps having grown overly comfortable being surrounded  by the powdery likes of chestnut, chickpea, buckwheat, quinoa and teff flours, one of whom always …

Once upon a time, food was food.  It didn’t require too much thinking about, and what you saw was pretty much what you got.
Not so today.
Our industrial food system has complicated food beyond reason, and …

A recurring theme I hear from friends and clients alike is the desire to eat healthier, and to do so by preparing more meals at home.
The biggest obstacle most people seem to encounter, though, is …