Cooking & Food

Live to 100 — One Recipe at a Time

Blue Zones researcher and Netflix’s Live to 100 host Dan Buettner shares recipes from his new book, The Blue Zones Kitchen One Pot Meals: 100 Recipes to Live to 100.

By Dan Buettner

Cooking & Food Food Culture

4 Fall Recipes Using Canned Pumpkin

Crack open a can of pumpkin and make these sweet and savory fall recipes, including Pumpkin Butter Chicken and Pumpkin Halwa.

By Mish Sen

Cooking & Food

5 Hearty Mains Featuring Cruciferous Veggies

Cruciferous vegetables like bok choy, broccoli, and cabbage are packed with vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. These recipes feature them at the center of your plate.

By Kate Morgan

Cooking & Food

Level Up Your Cooking With Beer, Tea, Coffee, and Other Flavorful Liquids

Coffee, tea, wine, beer, and even pickle juice can add flavor and complexity to some of your favorite dishes. Here's how.

By Susan Pagani

Cooking & Food

Environmental Working Group (EWG) Releases 2025 “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” Lists

Here are the most contaminated — and cleanest — fruits and veggies.

By Arielle Patin

Cooking & Food Nutrition Tips

5 Dairy-Free Milks to Try Now

Tired of the same old almond milk? Try these nondairy alternatives made with walnuts, pistachios, pecans, oats — and bananas!

By Experience Life Staff

Cooking & Food Product Reviews

bowls of various nuts around a quart of milk

5 Things to Pay Attention to in Dairy-Free Milk

The nondairy milk aisle can be overwhelming. Cut through the confusion with this advice.

By Stephanie Soucheray

Cooking & Food Nutrition Tips

5 Recipes That Are Fresh, Flavorful, and Full of Herbs

These nutritious recipes make fresh herbs the star of the show.

By Kate Morgan

Cooking & Food

5 Healthy DIY Alternatives to Ice Cream

These refreshing summer desserts don’t require any special equipment — but they’ll give you that ice-cream feeling with whole-foods ingredients.

By Maddie Augustin

Cooking & Food

5 Recipes to Help Fight Candida

These recipes feature plenty of plants, lean protein, gluten-free whole grains, and other ingredients that help fight candida overgrowth.

By Kate Morgan

Cooking & Food Gut Health

How 7 LifeCafe Experts Mix-and-Match to Build Their Perfect Shake

Eyeing the create-your-own shake option on the LifeCafe menu? Take inspiration from these team members’ go-to orders.

By Callie Fredrickson

Cooking & Food Membership

6 Food Swaps to Try at the Grocery Store

If you’re always buying the same few things at the grocery store, try these swaps.

By Camille Berry

Cooking & Food Mindful Eating

4 Vegetarian Recipes That Will Change the Way You See Mushrooms

With their earthy flavor, meaty texture, and wealth of nutritional value, these meatless recipes are sure to satisfy.

By Maddie Augustin

Cooking & Food

5 Anti-Inflammatory Recipes

Soothe systemic inflammation with these recipes featuring nutritious foods like fatty fish, cruciferous vegetables, berries, and more.

By Robin Asbell

Cooking & Food Inflammation

What Are the Best Heart-Healthy Foods?

Experts share which ingredients they keep in their heart-healthy pantries — and which foods they try to avoid.

By Lauren David

Cooking & Food Heart & Cardiovascular Health

Garlic-seared steak with asparagus on a plate next to a bowl with a side salad and smaller bowls of pesto and parmesan.

4 Dinner Recipes With 30 Grams of Protein

Add these high-protein meals to your weekly weeknight rotation.

By Life Time

Cooking & Food

The Truth About Ultraprocessed Foods

These products are everywhere. Here's a closer look at the many ways these food products can harm your health — and why it’s worth the effort to avoid them when you can.

By Catherine Guthrie

Cooking & Food Food Addiction