If you stock your pantry with high-quality basics and foods you love, you won't overspend on last-minute grocery store runs. You'll eat healthier and always be able to throw together a satisfying meal.

For some people cooking alone is a chore rather than a treat, but those people don't know what they're missing.

For me cooking is a means to an end. I cook for my own health and happiness, and for whomever I happen to be sharing my time with at the moment.

It's been a tough month for cooks. First I learned that Sheila Lukins, beloved creator of The Silver Palate, had died. Then I learned that Conde Nast was folding Gourmet.

Healthy cooking doesn't mean you have to become a gourmet chef or invest in special cookware. Simply use standard cooking methods to prepare foods in healthy ways.

Identifying potential roadblocks and personal temptations is an important part of being successful in losing weight. It's important to have strategies ready to guide your response as problems arise.

I never imagined that the birth of my child would trigger adult onset food allergies, and that I would never eat eggs or gluten again. The transition has been hard, but it has also been a blessing.

As chairman and chief executive of IHOP, Julia Stewart is a major force in the restaurant world. With a recent best-seller "I Feel bad About my Neck"...