Viewing the world of food from a healthful eating lens
Cookbooks tout such recipes and on a subtle level, they communicate "you must suffer for your fat sins" or even more dangerously, "you can lose weight while not having to think or substantially change your life and how it looks."
I've yet to meet an maintainer who subscribed to either philosophy. It's one subtle example...
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When you think of food in macro-nutrients, you have a foundation upon which to get creative with. The health/weight aspect's addressed -- then cooking just becomes a process of wedding the nutrients you need with flavors that fascinate you. Somewhere in there you build a newfound confidence from knowing that you’re not what you...
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If you think of food in terms of cuisines and standard recipes, it's much more difficult to eat healthfully because, on a cuisine-by-cuisine basis, the available dishes are more limited.
So to make interesting health food, I simply stopped thinking that way. Gastronomic purity -- a fancy term for "eating Italian exactly like an first-generation...
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In some ways, Angela’s review of key maintenance predictors yesterday was a nice validation for those of us who’ve been slugging out on our own. After all, the National Weight Control Registry’s research is pulled from surveying successful maintainers. Yet in my interview with Graham Thomas, he explains that while they were able to...
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When I have both diehard food snobs and traditional dieters scoff at me, I know an angel got his or her wings today. That’s because I advocate playing both sides against the middle – the blind adoration of butter and refined sugar is as offensive as the righteous damnation of any fun in healthful...
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As the heat skyrockets this summer, a stimulating glass of tea can mean far more than a refreshing drink. To a point, of course. It's still just a glass of tea . But it's the simple things that make a difference between a life you enjoy and one that's uninspiring -- which coincidentally makes...
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Ever wondering how the food writer-weight loss combination works out in practice? I distilled my strategy for each scenario down and offer it to you. I talk about "making it work" all the time, it of course being life and your goals. But this is something more significant than that. This is about making...
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Flanked by endless groups of booths and countless shrimp and grits variations, I was determined to discover healthful recipe ideas. Most people would think I’m absurd, or at least at a severe handicap. So much for most people. Not only was it possible, I walked away with a recipe and some fresh ideas.
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Many cooks say that wine’s alcohol burns off quickly in cooking. This suggests that wine is essentially free flavor, since the calories burn away with the alcohol.
But there’s no free pass on calories when you use wine for cooking. The USDA Table of Nutrient Factors, published in Dec. 2007, listed various cooking methods according...
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There’s a question I dread that inevitably surges forth, Jaws-like, just to complicate the hell out of any discussion of ethnicity in American dining. I hear the Jaws theme cue after any story about an ethnic restaurant appears. The phone rings, and in my mind I see ocean waves frothing from fresh movement. It’s...
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