Eating 101 
Seasonal Eating in The Dead Zone
According to the calendar, this is the first week of spring—and in much of the country, it actually is. Portland, Oregon ushered in its farmers market season this past weekend, ... ...read more
Glee and the End of Bake Sales
In the most recent episode of “Glee,” the teacher Will Shuester (played by Matthew Morrison) wants to raise money to provide a special bus for Arty (Kevin McHale) th... ...read more
Halloween Candy: Best and Worst
Every time Jerry Cohen announced that he was going trick or treating on Halloween, his father would look at him quizzically and ask “Why?” The candy he collected fro... ...read more
Drinking Wine With Bob Dylan, Meeting The Real Food Stars at The New York City Wine and Food Festival
At the second annual New York City Wine and Food Festival, former President Bill Clinton talked about the need for healthy eating; Jacques Torres presented a brunch entirely of... ...read more
San Francisco, Food Town
In her quirky food tour of San Francisco, which some have started calling “the best food city in America”, my friend Irina Slutsky took me to Zuni Cafe, an elegant ... ...read more
Fasting and Overeating
You could almost say that Jason “Crazy Legs” Conti is an expert in fasting, since he goes without eating for up to 36 hours at a time at least 40 times a year. But if you did sa... ...read more
The Meatball. A Meditation.
The meatball is hot. The word “meatball” appeared in a front-page headline of the New York Times recently; it’s in the title of a Hollywood movie that opens this week, “C... ...read more
First Recipe, Finally Cooked. Or: Why Many People Don’t Cook
Before I show you how the first recipe turned out, I would like to point out that Sarah Palin doesn’t cook at all, at least according to Levi Johnston, the ex-boyfriend of her ... ...read more
First Recipe, Part II: The Hunt For Peperoncino
The recipe I had decided to make from Lidia Bastianich’s new cookbook, pasta with baked cherry tomatoes, listed 12 ingredients. I had gotten the cherry tomatoes. Most of the res... ...read more
Hoboken, Famed for Sinatra, Baseball (?) and, Soon, Food — Thanks to Cake Boss
Before “Cake Boss” began in May to bring millions of television viewers inside Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken — where each week inventive fourth-generation baker Buddy Valastro... ...read moreFollow Us
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