Everybody loves a good yard sale. And when it involves a bunch of celebrities cleaning out their closets and cupboards to benefit a children's charity, it becomes a great yard sale! And thus we have Teri Hatcher's Third Annual Celebrity Yard Sale...

You open the front door to embark upon your regular morning run and are met with blowing snow and wailing wind -- your run is now a slog, and a short one. Dark has fallen long before dinnertime, and a lean chicken breast and steamed vegetables hold no allure --...

I remember quite clearly my first moment of awareness of this traditional Italian repast: a December cover article in Gourmet magazine, more years ago than I care to acknowledge, promising recipes for seemingly endless courses of piscatorial delight. But I never quite got around...

First things first: you know that ubiquitous greenish-orange round melon covered in a curious netted pattern that we've been calling a cantaloupe ever since we could handle three-syllable words? It is actually correctly identified as a muskmelon, not that our moms had ever even...

Ask a random passerby when was the last time he or she had turnips, and you're likely to get one of the following responses: "Hmm-mm -- 1973?" or "Not since my mother made me eat them when I was six" or -- the...

If you've spent a New Years Day in the Deep South, then you know that nothing starts the year off right like a "mess o' greens." For luck and good fortune, you simply must have black-eyed peas and greens on the first day of...

Let me say right up front -- I am the last person to espouse a Grinch-like attitude toward the holidays. Christmas was always a huge deal in our household when I was growing up, and the delights of the table were front and center. Family and friends gathering together to...

Now that the overwhelmingly gustative holiday season is nearly upon us, thoughts of turkeys and sweet potatoes and other culinary delights begin to intrude upon our everyday cogitations. Those of us who strive for a reasonable degree of environmental consciousness in our menu planning...

By this time, we all pretty much know that we're supposed to be eating whole grains, and lots of them. But if you're anything like me, your notion of exactly what constitutes a "whole grain" (as opposed to what, a "partial grain"...

Many more years ago than I care to acknowledge, when I was a wee nipper in rolled-up pants and short-sleeve shirts, my brother Brian and I used to look forward every spring to visiting a local patch of woods up the street in suburban...

Feeling a little short on cash these days? Plant some ginger in your yard, it will guarantee prosperity. Or maybe you're apprehensive about dragons and serpents? A few stands of lemongrass around your home should effectively repel them. Looking to attract and hold onto...

You can see the Hollywood sign from just about anywhere on the campus. Only a few miles away, it floats against a rippling ridgeline and a blue sky, a legendary symbol of glamor and riches that has inspired countless youths to pursue their lofty dreams.

But for most of the...

Time was, opening a new restaurant in Los Angeles often involved offering a menu with any number of exotic ingredients from remote corners of the globe and fielding an intimidating staff with a whole lot of attitude. But as the classic Dylan tune would have it, "the times, they are...

May is National Mediterranean Diet Month, so what better time to think about adopting healthy food habits that have been shown incontrovertibly to benefit just about every conceivable portion of your life and physical well-being -- cognitive abilities, disease prevention, and heart health to...

Mr. McGrath. I hadn't remembered that name in years. He was my mother's butcher when I was a wee lad, in a small town in New York. It was always an adventure and a treat to accompany my mom on her weekly visits...

If any vestiges still remain of the history lessons of your early school years, you may recall that Benjamin Franklin favored the turkey to be designated as the national bird, and was deeply disappointed when the bald eagle won that title. But did you know that centuries earlier, the Aztecs...

Given the current vampire craze in pop culture (what, you aren't a fan of Twilight or True Blood or Vampire Diaries?!), I find it a little disappointing that the classic age-old protection against these seductive creatures of the night has not been getting more...

However you want to spell or pronounce it, this beneficially altered version of milk could save your life, or at least prolong it! There's a wealth of nutritional goodness to be had here, but the real treasure trove is the unique presence...

I don't know if it's the strange moon-rock-like appearance, or perhaps the fact that overcooking results in a bitter and unappealing mushiness, but cauliflower has always been the under-appreciated step-sister in the cruciferous vegetable family. Upright stalks of broccoli get to dine with prime steaks, and common cabbage is considered...

"To beef, or not to beef - that is the question..." Okay, so Shakespeare is twitching a little in his grave right now; but punning aside, this is a valid and hotly-debated question in food and nutrition circles, and invites discourse in the environmental arena as well. I could produce...