This time of year poses one of the greatest produce dilemmas one could fathom; a veritable Sophie’s Choice of  botanic proportions:
Should one allocate one’s finite capacity to eat high-fiber foods on a watermelon, peach, tomato …

For those of us who didn’t grow up in California, it’s understandable that our only association with figs may be as the sticky sweet filling for the Fig Newtons of our childhoods.
In most parts of …

One of the most common questions people as me is whether paying more for organic is “worth it.”
The answer, of course, depends on a whole number of factors, and, like most questions, is best answered …

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and at the risk of being the downer who sucks all the fun out of grilling season, I decided to go ahead and offer some thoughts on how to …

 
I don’t know about where you live, but here in New York, it hit 90 degrees this week.  And it’s not even May.  No sooner did the flip flops come out did I find myself …

At the risk of being kicked out of nutrition school, I’ve decided to come clean and admit a shameful thing: I don’t particularly like to eat salad.  I look across my classroom night after night …