Eating Healthy

Growing up in Brooklyn, our refrigerator was home to the imitation Idaho potato, sticks of Parkay, and the lone liter of Schweppes ginger ale. One summer, my mother and I subsisted on bags of potatoes cooked every which way one could fix a potato. We cut them into wedges and...

East Harlem and East LA may be a continent apart, but they have one geographic trait in common: they're both "food deserts," i.e., neighborhoods where it's often easier to buy drugs and guns than greens or oranges. Not coincidentally, residents of both places also suffer disproportionately high rates of diabetes...

If you would have asked me if I had a boyfriend a month ago I would have said absolutely not. It has been years since I had a serious relationship and about 18 months since I even ventured out into the dating world. But on December 1, 2007 I met...

This week, the Today Show announced that we will consume 5,000 calories in one Thanksgiving meal.

Meredith and Matt showed us the individual count for every drumstick, each serving of stuffing, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. Enough food to nourish me for four days. The pilgrims had to pork up...

Before I left for college, I thought I knew what I would miss most: My parents, my friends, my dog, and my room. I was wrong. Although I do miss all of those parts of my life, in the age of video chats, none of them seem that far away....