How to Find Time and Joy in Cooking
Cooking at home is one of the most reliable ways to shift your life in a healthier direction. But where does a busy person find the time? Here’s how you can make good food, fast.
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How Safe Is Microwaved Food?
Microwave ovens are a marvel of modern engineering — but could they also be a menace to your health?
Our Staff’s Favorite Cookbooks
Looking for a great cookbook? Our staff weighs in on their all-time faves.
The Pros and Cons of a Raw-Food Diet
Raw-food diets have many passionate advocates, but the benefits differ for different people. Learn how find a balance that’s right for you.
Making Adjustments
Recipe retrofitting is one way to cut back on unwanted sugars and fats. But it’s not always your best strategy for healthier eating.
Cooking With Grass-Fed Beef: Recipes, Techniques, and More
High in antioxidants, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, meat from pasture-fed cattle is a nourishing delicacy.
Egg Essentials: Recipes, Techniques, and More
Simple, wholesome and healthy, eggs are easy to prepare with panache.
How to Sauté, Sear, and Braise
Learn these simple techniques to bring out the best in your food.
Tips and Techniques for Creating Delicious Stir-Fries
Stir-frying cooks up intense flavors in minutes. Here are a few tips that will make you a wok master.
Kitchen Literacy: 10 Must-Have Cookbooks
After years of working in restaurants and cooking at home, James Beard Award–winning food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl dishes on her favorites.
Revolutionary Act 26: Learn to Cook
Get a dozen healthy, whole-food recipes under your belt, and your lifewill be forever changed. Start by mastering one.
How to Eat More Plant-Based Foods
It’s easier than you might think! Get more vegetables into your life with this practical cooking advice.
A Glossary of Lesser-Known Cooking Terms and Definitions
Ever wonder why a recipe says to “deglaze” the pan, or what it means to “fold” in egg whites? Get familiar with these culinary terms and their definitions.
Eat More Sweet Beets With These Recipes, Cooking Tips, and More
Quick and easy ways to enjoy this colorful, nutrient-packed powerhouse.
Easy Meal Prep: How to Start Component Cooking
Bring more convenience, ease, and variety to mealtime with this batch-cooking method favored by foodies.
Building Kitchen Confidence
EL‘s Heidi Wachter on the surprising rewards of learning to cook.
The Joy of Not Cooking
Living foods provide your body with the very best raw materials for greater energy, vitality and mental clarity.
Conquering the Kitchen
Don’t buy into all that I can’t cook nonsense! You just need a few simple skills, a little kitchen savvy, and these three recipes to build your kitchen confidence.
The Facts About Fat
The low-fat era may be coming to an end — but there’s still a lot you need to know about what’s healthy and what’s not.
How to Cook With Dried Beans + 4 Recipes
Economical and versatile, dried beans are easier to prepare than you might think.