I have started working out w/ a trainer 3x a week as part of my journey to health and fitness but found I was starving by the time I left and made really bad food choices as soon as I got home. One of the nutrition coaches...

of nutritional goods we've been sold.

Where do we now stand on the issue of cooking in aluminum. Some years ago we abandoned it out of fear that it might cause Altzheimers, but I've heard that questioned since then. What is the current best thinking on that?

I saw prune plums last year around this time and later at the Union Square farmer’s market. The same vendor is there this year (can’t remember the name) so I assume they will be available there soon.

Your dinner has passed, but I’ll throw in my two cents anyway. I've gotten takeout at both places – once from the barbecue place, about five years ago, and twice from Natural Tofu, the last time two years ago...

I've been making vegetable, lentil and bean soups for years with Tetrapak or canned chicken broth. The other day I had a leftover roast chicken and decided to try making my own stock. I used the carcass and added onion, celery,...

"I am a teacher and we’re not allowed to call it “recess” anymore- nutrition break it is!" Wow that’s depressing, I love how we've sucked all the joy out of childhood. So there is no snack time? And I...

I really like Nature Valley Chewy Trail Mix Fruit and Nut (140cal, 4g fat). Kinda like a old fashioned granola bar, but not brittle. For more nutrition, Balance Bars are pretty tasty, with a lot more protein and vitamins....

Any reports on any of the three Loving Hut locales? I’ll confess that I've stepped inside the Milpitas location twice now and haven’t tasted anything. The first was when it had only been open for a couple days. But...

in that neighborhood you also have to look forward to a new Sushi-Ko outpost sometime "soon" somewhere in the newly built place around Bloomingdales. and word is that talks are ongoing with Rosa Mexicana to open a branch up there...

Hopefully this is not a blasphemous thread to my Philly brethren, however, I do enjoy a good chicken cheesesteak. Since I am trying desperately to give up meat, my one weakness is a good chicken cheesesteak. I've had several...

I've learned that freezing the beans separates the natural oils and therefore compromises the flavor and quality of the bean once it is ground for use. I really don’t know if this is indeed true but in all my years of...

I've been to all 3 in this area, Sterling, Woodbridge and Fairfax, each one is bigger than the last one. They are opening one in Lake Manassas (aka Gainesville) soon. I can’t wait.

Yes to Cooking Light! I've reached a point where I only buy food magazines and cookbooks with full nutritional value listed so I can calculate (or at least eye ball) the points values. I am sometimes astonished at how not-light...

. (Pollan said in an interview that nutritional science today is where surgery was in 1650 – tons of potential, but currently doing more harm than good). I've been on the local/organic train for years, but I find both books...