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7 Alternative Milks to Try
Made from rice, soy, coconut, almonds and more, alternatives to cow’s milk abound. Here’s how to make sense of your options.
Love at First Bite: Strawberries
Simple yet sublime, the innocent strawberry has the power to seduce all of your senses at once.
Ham on Wry: A Culinary Saga in 4 Acts
The fever dreams of nutrition-minded food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl struggling to digest her family’s food history.
The Health Benefits of Raspberries
Raspberries delight the senses and serve up an impressive dose of antioxidants. Here are recipes and preparation techniques for making the most of this summer’s harvest.
Boost Your Energy With Protein Snacks
How protein-rich foods can increase your energy and mental alertness.
Cooking With Spinach
A dark leafy green, spinach packs an impressive nutritional punch.
Smart Juicing: 4 Recipes and Preparation Techniques
Trying to eat more veggies and fruits? Here’s what the experts, including The Juice Lady, Cherie Calbom, MS, say about the pros and cons of juicing.
The Splendid Stalk: Asparagus
With its elegant, slender shape and delectable flavor, asparagus has stolen many a food lover’s heart. But can it appeal to your kid’s picky palate?
6 Creative and Unusual Carrot Recipes
Delicate and flavorful, freshly grown carrots are full of nutritional surprises — and are quite different from their supermarket cousins.
Take-Charge Cooking for Too-Busy Cooks
When cooking from scratch seems out of reach, do the next best thing. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl explains how.
The Health Benefits of Parsley and How to Eat More
Long regarded as a ho-hum herb, parsley has finally arrived.
How to Eat More Mushrooms: 4 Creative Recipes
Rich and meaty, mushrooms are an easy way to add earthy flavor and nutrition to your meals.
The Iron Age
TV shows like Iron Chef make cooking a simple meal an action-packed, adrenaline-pumping adventure. They’ve also made many viewers too intimidated to cook at home.
Happiness on the Half Shell: Oysters
As exotic appetizers for a celebratory repast, or the centerpiece for an aphrodisiac feast, oysters offer a bonanza of unexpected health benefits.
4 Creative Cauliflower Recipes
Don’t let this understated vegetable fool you. It’s bursting with culinary potential and nutritional oomph.
Sweet Potatoes: Recipes, Techniques, and More
Packed with flavor and phytonutrients, sweet potatoes are a holiday treat that deserve to be served more often.
Investing in Stocks
Homemade stocks are not a vestige of a bygone era or the exclusive territory of professional chefs. They’re a healthy, thrifty, practical tradition — and a great way to make the most of stuff that might otherwise go bad in your fridge.
How to Cook a Heritage Turkey
There’s real beauty in choosing a free-range heritage turkey. You’ll get richer flavor, better nutrition — and the satisfaction of supporting a rare breed of poultry farmer, too.
How to Eat More Garlic
For centuries it’s been worshiped for its protective powers and its culinary potential. To fully appreciate garlic’s appeal, make it a part of your everyday cooking.
More Suggestions for Eating by the Rainbow
Eat more colorful produce and gain phytonutrient benefits.
For the Love of Heirloom Tomatoes
Vine-ripened, oddly shaped, and packed with flavor: There’s nothing like an heirloom tomato. We asked farmer Gary Ibsen, who’s been growing and selling these beauties for almost 40 years, for a personal introduction.