Prelude to a Feast
The countdown to Thanksgiving has begun, and all over the country cooks are daydreaming about their menus.
The countdown to Thanksgiving has begun, and all over the country cooks are daydreaming about their menus.
Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.12.2011
You all remember the beautiful Nikki Cascone from Top Chef. Well, she's opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in the East Village, the misleadingly-named ...
Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011
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Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 10.05.2011
Every family has a dish, or more than one, that speaks volumes of family history. The aroma brings back memories so powerfully that a single whiff can bring a nostalgic tear to a grown man's eye.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Though Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is among the most common medical problems in the country, it's not a disease you're likely to find celebrities speaking out for.
Saveur | Posted 05.25.2011
This Halloween, skip the usual pumpkin overload in favor of something more literal. Channel your inner flesh-eating monster with thirteen actually cre...
AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.25.2011
DENVER — A Colorado hospital said Friday that it has temporarily suspended live donor liver transplants while it investigates the death of a Sou...
Brad Haskel | Posted 05.25.2011
I have listened to a lot of arguments regarding the treatment of ducks and geese in the production of foie gras, and I have to say that I really don't understand the moral dilemma.
Jay Weston | Posted 05.25.2011
A rabbi recently sent me an amusing email about the Jewish food we all had when young. He made reference to what he amusedly called "The Atkins Schmaltz Diet."
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Medical advances in organ transplantation have extended lives that a few years ago would have been cut short. Yet public solicitation for organs raise...
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011
18 Americans die every day while waiting for an organ transplant, yet the American political establishment has been unwilling to champion non-traditional methods of expanding the organ supply.
Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011
Consider insomnia as a symptom of a deeper problem. The answer is not sleep medication, or psychotropic medication, as the medications themselves are toxic to the organs, have side-effects, are often addictive.
medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.17.2011
A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Sta...
The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.17.2011
Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.17.2011
A new study, published online today in the journal Cancer, finds that milk thistle may help reduce the liver inflammation associated with chemotherapy...
One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011
The food was so satisfying, that before I knew it, I had eliminated dairy, sugar, caffeine and wheat from my diet. Completely!
nytimes.com | Gardiner Harris | Posted 11.17.2011
A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the...
Yahoo! News | Martha Kerr | Posted 11.17.2011
For teenagers who've had a liver transplant, text message reminders to take their medications reduce the risk of organ rejection. That finding com...
Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.17.2011
Obama keeps reminding us that we need to prepare ourselves for making sacrifices in order to correct the excesses of the past. This applies as much to our diet as much as it does to the economy.
Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.17.2011
Some people think that the body is adequately equipped for detoxification, but if it were, we wouldn't have words like carcinogen, teratogens, reproductive toxicants, and endocrine disruptors.
Laura Silverman | Posted 01.08.2012