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The Mediterranean Diet: Healthy and Delicious

Debbie Gisonni | Posted 05.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Debbie Gisonni

Characterized by ingredients such as fresh seafood, olives, legumes, soft cheeses, fresh herbs, spices, tomatoes, and a glass of red wine with dinner, the Mediterranean diet will delight anyone's taste buds.

A Diet Rich In This Could Help Stave Off Memory Loss

Posted 04.30.2013 | Fifty

A Mediterranean-style diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids -- but that avoids saturated fat, meat and dairy -- may help preserve memory and thinking abili...

Carrot Cake With Cardamom, Currants and Ginger-Crème Fraîche Chantilly

Viviane Bauquet Farre | Posted 04.25.2013 | Taste
Viviane Bauquet Farre

Cardamom, one of my favorite spices, pairing magnificently with the carrots in this cake.

The Scientific Study: Yesterday's News?

Yogi Cameron Alborzian | Posted 04.19.2013 | Healthy Living
Yogi Cameron Alborzian

When we feel thirsty, hungry, or tired, do we need a scientist to help us determine if those feelings are true? No, we know these things to be true because our body is programmed to send those messages to our brain.

The Beauty of Garlic Confit

Jeffrey de Picciotto | Posted 04.19.2013 | Taste
Jeffrey de Picciotto

Garlic confit gives you all the flavor and texture of oven-roasted garlic without the mess.

Oven-Roasted Carrots With Fennel

Nik Sharma | Posted 04.04.2013 | Taste
Nik Sharma

It might be chilly outside, but there are already some wonderful signs of delicious and fresh produce from the local farms in the area. When I saw these gorgeous rainbow carrots, I knew I had to have them at my dinner table.

New and Healthy Food Finds

Susan B. Dopart, M.S., R.D., C.D.E. | Posted 05.25.2013 | Healthy Living
Susan B. Dopart, M.S., R.D., C.D.E.

This year, I carefully planned which companies I wanted to visit at Natural Foods Expo West in each of the six huge exhibit halls. Here are my finds of the day, which are all made from whole foods with minimal ingredients.

Olive Oil Shortage Empties Wallets Worldwide

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.06.2013 | Business

A global olive oil shortage looms as the effects of last year's drought, which affected Spain and areas in Southern Europe, begin to hit the marketpla...

'Now That's Italian!'

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.04.2013 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

As a nice Italian boy, as well as a former runner-up in the Newman's Own & Good Housekeeping Recipe Contest for a dish I called Zezima's Zesty Ziti Zinger, I have many remembrances of things pasta.

Mediterranean Diet Best Diet Ever? Not So Fast

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 05.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Jonny Bowden

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of the concept of Mediterranean eating, even though I've never seen anyone definitively define what "the Mediterranean diet" actually is.

NYC's Sultan Of Olive Oil

NARRATIVE.LY | Posted 02.01.2013 | New York

“Do you remember how to do this? It’s going to be loud, but that’s okay,” warns Nick Coleman. We’re sitting at Del Posto, the celebrity chef...

13 Lies Dieters Tell Themselves

Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D. | Posted 02.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D.

The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Before the holiday season eating extravaganza is upon us, here are a few common diet lies -- and how your better angel would react if he were awake.

Good Fat Vs. Bad Fat, From Joy Bauer (WATCH)

Posted 12.07.2012 | MarloThomas

Joy Bauer, health and nutrition expert, joined me on Mondays With Marlo to discuss how to replace bad fats with good fats. When it comes to cooking, s...

Making Liquid Gold In Tuscany

Elyse Pasquale | Posted 12.21.2012 | Travel
Elyse Pasquale

I stand at the end of the production line, clutching a thin slice of toasted bread in my hand and eagerly awaiting the new oil.

A Quick Nightly Routine For Healthy Skin And Hair, From Terri Walsh (WATCH)

Posted 10.17.2012 | MarloThomas

All women would love to have glowing skin and shiny, healthy hair. Luckily, celebrity fitness trainer and lifestyle expert Terri Walsh has a secret fo...

Scratch the Pam: Make Your Own Organic Cooking Spray

Organic Authority.com | Posted 10.01.2012 | Taste
Organic Authority.com

You could use a store-bought cooking spray to keep from getting in this sticky situation, but you might as well just spray your food with unnecessary additives and chemicals.

5 Ways To Eat Like A Greek

Elena Paravantes RD | Posted 11.05.2012 | Home
Elena Paravantes RD

The traditional Greek diet circa 1960 is considered one of the healthiest, if not the healthiest diet, in the world. It served as the basis of the Mediterranean diet as we know it today. Let's see 5 healthy habits of the Greeks.

Try This Dish: Boubouki's Fluffy & Moist Olive Oil Pear Cake (NYC)

Liza de Guia | Posted 10.11.2012 | Home
Liza de Guia

On any given day at Boubouki, a teeny-tiny artisan Greek food stand in the Essex Street Market, there are only eight slices of Rona Economou's fluff...

The Hungry Traveler

Cary Kelly | Posted 10.10.2012 | Home
Cary Kelly

With my first taste of fresh pasta, freshly harvested vegetables barely blanched and dressed with luscious and fruity extra virgin olive oil, I thought I'd never be the same. Well, indeed, I wasn't.

Kitchen Trick: Preserve Fresh Herbs In Frozen Olive Oil

Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste

We all know the feeling: you and the beautiful fresh herbs in your refrigerator are engaged in a stand-off. You're out of cooking time, they're threat...

Butter Is Back, Baby

Advertising Age | Posted 06.26.2012 | Home

Pass the butter -- er, margarine. Or is it the olive-oil spread? In the so-called oil-and-fats category, it's getting tougher to tell which is whic...

Slippery Politics Put The Squeeze On Olive Oil

Zester Daily | Posted 08.22.2012 | Home
Zester Daily

There's a problem with Spanish olive oil, and it's not just in Spain.

'Fresh' Is the New Word in Olive Oil

Rozanne Gold | Posted 08.20.2012 | Home
Rozanne Gold

Chile has emerged as the promised land for premium extra-virgin olive oil, the kind of unconventional gift that leaves a lasting impression on your palate and finesse on your dinner table.

5 Tips for Choosing Healthy Fats

Amie Valpone | Posted 08.18.2012 | Home
Amie Valpone

With a variety of fresh fruits, herbs and spices -- your taste buds are in for a party without the saturated fat and believe me -- they won't know the difference.

Sex, PAM Spray Led To This Woman's Arrest

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 06.14.2012 | Crime

She was lubed up, then locked up. A Florida woman was fine with bringing olive oil, and even PAM cooking spray, into the bedroom. But when her boyf...