Cooking & Food

Gluten-free desserts have gone mainstream — with good reason. The best recipes are sinfully enticing, and healthy, too.

Winter is the perfect time to cook winter squashes — and to treat your body to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory goodness.

Simple, wholesome and healthy, eggs are easy to prepare with panache.

Twelve easy and healthy salad dressings you can make at home.

The foods you eat can have a major effect on your brain’s health.

In the fall, farmers’ markets are full of “root-cellar” produce you can roast all winter.

Made from rice, soy, coconut, almonds and more, alternatives to cow’s milk abound. Here’s how to make sense of your options.

Simple yet sublime, the innocent strawberry has the power to seduce all of your senses at once.

The fever dreams of nutrition-minded food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl struggling to digest her family’s food history.

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.

Think sugar and caffeine boosts energy? Research suggests protein may better support alertness and help you fight fatigue.

A dark leafy green, spinach packs an impressive nutritional punch.

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.

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?

Delicate and flavorful, freshly grown carrots are full of nutritional surprises — and are quite different from their supermarket cousins.

When cooking from scratch seems out of reach, do the next best thing. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl explains how.

Long regarded as a ho-hum herb, parsley has finally arrived.

Rich and meaty, mushrooms are an easy way to add earthy flavor and nutrition to your meals.

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.

As exotic appetizers for a celebratory repast, or the centerpiece for an aphrodisiac feast, oysters offer a bonanza of unexpected health benefits.