It seems that peanuts are fraught with controversy these days, especially among those with young families.
The legacy of “conventional wisdom” that advocates avoiding introducing peanuts to babies and children–even up to ages 1 through 3– …

While I promised that this site was not to become a mommy blog once the twins were born, I never said I wouldn’t occasionally write about food topics of interest to the under 3′ tall …

Even the most righteous eaters have a few guilty pleasures, and one of mine is rice noodles.  While I like the linguine-esque thinner ‘rice sticks’ sold dry just fine, my real passion is the wide, flat kind …

Happy Registered Dietitian Day!
In case you missed the dedicated section of greeting cards commemorating this occasion in your local Hallmark store, March 9 is the (albeit self-proclaimed by the American Dietetic Association) day where we …

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 …

All this recent talk about yogurt reminded me that it was high time I took up the issue of probiotics, an area of tremendous growth in the food industry… and equally tremendous confusion among the …