Women and Food

Here at HuffPost Women we love our stock photos -- so much in fact that we often email particularly awkward, confusing and downright hilarious ones ar...

Let's change our definition of 'pretty' to what really matters. Maybe a pretty person is one who is authentic, self-respecting, and kind to others.

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 05/10/2012 11:47 AM EDT on LiveScience Being thin and beautiful doesn't sound like cause...

-- Massaging poultry, dropping food and utensils, and warbling her way through boeuf bourguignon and coq au vin, Julia Child left an indelible mark o...

Just as no hospitable woman would let a guest come in her home without offering something more than a warm or cold libation, no woman of valor should forgo a meal or snack at lunch.

Just because we live in an insane culture doesn't mean we have to be insane, too. Be the one who doesn't do it and see what happens. Someone has to be the one who says, 'I'm not going to do it this way. I deserve more.'"

I've been nit-picking myself about those ten pounds for five years. I've been wanting to get back to my pre-child, pre-40s size. Well I'm done with it and this is why.

The body truly is a vehicle for life rather than something to be controlled. I've heard it said that our bodies are our Earth suits -- simply what we wear on this planet in order to get around. We must nourish this gift in a balanced way.

Lisa Eisenstadt | The Daily Muse It seems like there's a new fad diet or food "discovery" nearly every day that promises to help us lose weight and...

There are moments, with a cloud of duck feathers floating in the air around me, that even I wonder how I got here.

Americans are arguably programmed to overeat on Thanksgiving, yet most people seem to emerge from the experience relatively unscathed. There's som...

Eighteen-year-old Becky* dreams of being a model. She documents her progress toward achieving this goal on her Tumblr, where she routinely charts her ...