While the quintessential pairing of ripe tomatoes and lettuce is certainly enjoyable, a good salad can be so much more. Adding fruits, nuts, and other well-chosen ingredients offers a welcome change. More importantly, incorporating a few more nutritious ingredients is an easy way to serve a more healthful dish.
Scientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered.
In 2005, the government's revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans introduced the term "nutrient density," which sounds complicated but simply refers to how much nutrition a food provides. For example, a slice of 100 percent whole-grain bread is loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber, while a slice of regular white bread is lower in all three.
Dear FSB: I work in a small office and my co-worker eats sunflower seeds all day and it's distracting. I've talked to the office manager, who hates confrontation, but she is reluctant to do anything. What should I do?
Good thing Google has an on-site dentist. One of the sweetest perks - literally - enjoyed by employees at the company's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters is the unlimited supply of bite-sized chocolates found in its well-stocked cafeterias.
The recent arrest and sentencing of a British disc jockey in Dubai highlights the need for foreign travelers to pay close attention to the United Arab Emirates' strict rules on prohibited substances, a legal charity said Wednesday.
A casual shopper might think that the last thing the world needs is another snack food company, but that didn't stop Kelly Flatley and Brendan Synnott, two high school friends who wanted to redefine the natural-foods market with their homemade nutty granola.
More than any other meal, breakfast is an investment in good health. Eating in the morning helps you stay focused and energized through busy days. Breakfast increases the likelihood of meeting recommended daily doses for essential vitamins and minerals that help prevent disease. And recent research makes the idea of a morning meal even more appetizing. A study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that individuals who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight -- and more likely to exercise -- than non-breakfast eaters.
Try out the drinks and dishes the stars have been whipping up in their kitchens this summer.
It's a sweet time for honeybees in the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania, and the ones humming around Dennis vanEngelsdorp seem too preoccupied by the blooming knapweed nearby to sting him as he carefully lifts the top off their hive. VanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania's state apiarist, spots signs of plenty within: honeycomb stocked with yellow pollen, neat rows of wax hexagons housing larval bees, and a fertile queen churning out eggs.
While the quintessential pairing of ripe tomatoes and lettuce is certainly enjoyable, a good salad can be so much more. Adding fruits, nuts, and other well-chosen ingredients offers a welcome change. More importantly, incorporating a few more nutritious ingredients is an easy way to serve a more healthful dish.
Scientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered.
In 2005, the government's revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans introduced the term "nutrient density," which sounds complicated but simply refers to how much nutrition a food provides. For example, a slice of 100 percent whole-grain bread is loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber, while a slice of regular white bread is lower in all three.
Dear FSB: I work in a small office and my co-worker eats sunflower seeds all day and it's distracting. I've talked to the office manager, who hates confrontation, but she is reluctant to do anything. What should I do?
Good thing Google has an on-site dentist. One of the sweetest perks - literally - enjoyed by employees at the company's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters is the unlimited supply of bite-sized chocolates found in its well-stocked cafeterias.
The recent arrest and sentencing of a British disc jockey in Dubai highlights the need for foreign travelers to pay close attention to the United Arab Emirates' strict rules on prohibited substances, a legal charity said Wednesday.
A casual shopper might think that the last thing the world needs is another snack food company, but that didn't stop Kelly Flatley and Brendan Synnott, two high school friends who wanted to redefine the natural-foods market with their homemade nutty granola.
More than any other meal, breakfast is an investment in good health. Eating in the morning helps you stay focused and energized through busy days. Breakfast increases the likelihood of meeting recommended daily doses for essential vitamins and minerals that help prevent disease. And recent research makes the idea of a morning meal even more appetizing. A study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that individuals who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight -- and more likely to exercise -- than non-breakfast eaters.
Try out the drinks and dishes the stars have been whipping up in their kitchens this summer.
It's a sweet time for honeybees in the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania, and the ones humming around Dennis vanEngelsdorp seem too preoccupied by the blooming knapweed nearby to sting him as he carefully lifts the top off their hive. VanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania's state apiarist, spots signs of plenty within: honeycomb stocked with yellow pollen, neat rows of wax hexagons housing larval bees, and a fertile queen churning out eggs.
Typically, men think about their health at one time -- during a crisis. But the problem with that wait-and-treat approach is that men are constantly responding to health emergencies rather than preventing them.
Nantucket is not just for preppies with deep pockets. To enjoy this classic getaway, all you need is a pair of wheels and a sense of adventure.
In 2005, the government's revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans introduced the term "nutrient density," which sounds complicated but simply refers to how much nutrition a food provides. For example, a slice of 100 percent whole-grain bread is loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber, while a slice of regular white bread is lower in all three.
When it comes to iconic baguettes, flaky croissants and melt-in-your-mouth pains au chocolat, the French capital delivers.
Caryl Schivley says her son, Brenton, was always very careful about what he ate -- until last September 1, when he was at a friend's house and took a cookie from a bowl on the kitchen table.
Since the 1930s, researchers have known that a diet that was both nutritious and very low in calories could extend the life in lab rats and mice. It's still unknown whether it could have the same benefit for humans, but April Smith and Michael Rae follow a calorie restriction diet in the hopes that it will.
At a routine breakfast nearly eight years ago, Maureen Yandrisevits spread peanut butter and jelly on her bagel, wiped off the knife and then spread jelly on her 11-month-old son's bagel.
Innovative Valentine candies made by small companies.
Money Magazine put together a panel of women ages 20 to 70 to sample 5 popular Valentine's Day chocolates. Taste and presentation were considered, along with value.
A little trivia: The phrase "food of the gods" might well refer to chestnuts, which, legend has it, grew abundantly on Mount Olympus.
Believe it or not, the humble baguette was headed for extinction not long ago. In the 1960s, boulangeries scrapped old-style methods in favor of industrialized baking, and the bread lost its flavor.
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Time is an abstract concept on Ranguana Cay. It's useless anyway on a 2-acre sand spit in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Central America. Here, salt-baked sands bleach under a constant white sun; if not for its movement from one side of the hammock to the other, you might never know the day has passed until it's just you, the moon and the faint lights of Honduras to the south.
These 10 overvalued cities have run their course and home prices are expected to drop in 2007, reports Business 2.0 Magazine in its November 2006 issue.
You're driving up the East Coast and admiring the fall colors. But something seems off.
For anyone who loves to eat, Seattle is one of the most dynamic and satisfying places to be in the country.
Clement Kagwa, hands gloved in thick rubber, expertly wields his 7-inch knife, slicing into a fleshy 3-foot-long perch caught by fishermen only hours before. He cuts off one fillet, decapitates the fish, then carves out a second fillet. He flicks the fish's head into a bin below his cutting table, then places the gleaming pink fillets onto a conveyor belt. Time elapsed: 52 seconds.
Fish tacos, ulu, misoyaki, lihing mui -- cuisine in Hawaii features twists on standards and a variety of exotic and tasty treats all their own.
From the moment I arrive at Montpelier Plantation Inn, bone-weary after 14 hours of air travel and a bumpy ride up the mountain, something feels different.
One way to solve some of the "mysteries of the mind" is to keep your mind active as you get older.
When Baskin-Robbins offered free scoops of ice cream for two hours on Japan's Ice Cream Day last month, 700,000 customers showed up at its 750 stores. But the hottest new thing in ice-cream-crazed ...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a possible European offer for incentives, including a light-water nuclear reactor, in return for giving up uranium-enrichment program.
Cruises don't have to be "mega." They can feature kite-flying from the deck, a Saturday-night fish fry in a church basement, bagpipe music drifting across a fog-shrouded harbor -- and Fairly Honest Bob.
No matter which way you see Louisville, you'll make it to the winner's circle. A bumper sticker sums it up perfectly: "I wasn't born in Kentucky, but I got here as fast as I could."
At 5:45 on a brisk morning, before even the first streaks of light hit San Francisco Bay, Teresa Marchese leads a group of eight women in a series of heart-pounding sprints down a waterfront trail at Crissy Field.
Most mass-produced bacon found at the supermarket is cured in water. Thanks to artificial flavorings, it tastes smoky but never sees any smoke. That might work for a weeknight BLT, but true bacon c...
Anyone who's ever endured a cross-country red-eye, only to dash straight from the airport to a morning meeting, knows that the life of a road warrior can be like running a marathon in a wool suit. ...
A couple who kept their five children on a strict raw foods diet was cleared of aggravated manslaughter Monday for the death of their 6-month-old baby, but convicted of four counts of child neglect.
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Is there such a thing as "wholesome" snacks? That's the moniker food manufacturer Kraft Foods is using for its soon-to-be launched new line of 100 percent whole-grain crackers, chocolate-chip cookies and Fig Newtons.
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Indian Navy doctor, Commander Gopalan Parthasarathy, was spending a relaxing weekend at home when the phone rang.
Here are some of the recipes mentioned in the article "Sinful tastes, healthy eating" from Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson's "Juice!":
Here are some of the recipes mentioned in the article "Sinful tastes, healthy eating" from Tyler Florence's "Eat This Book":
When I drove a $90,000 Jaguar XJ Super V8 into a parking garage on the last day of its loan to me, I told the attendant that someone else would be picking it up later that morning. He had only one question:
One day after the United States agreed not to block Iran's application to join the World Trade Organization, Iran's leader has said his country is ready to temporarily suspend its uranium enrichment program.
The United States has dropped its opposition to Iran's application for membership in the World Trade Organization in an effort to bolster European negotiations with the Tehran regime over its nuclear program.
Nine people who survived the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in southern Asia have been rescued on a remote island off the coast of India, officials in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands said.
The Indonesian Health Ministry said Wednesday that the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis killed 166,320 people in Indonesia, jumping the regional death toll for the disaster to 212,611.
It's not just the planes you board that constantly require fuel: Without food, the levels of blood sugar needed to keep your mind humming can drop precipitously after just three hours. And where, m...
President Bush celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with turkey "leftovers" Thursday in Texas and had birthday cake as his twin daughters turned 23.
Munch your way through any packet of pistachio nuts and there will inevitably be a small pile of uncrackable shells left over.
I recently went by Paul McGlothin's house in Westchester County, N.Y., to watch him eat breakfast. At 5:45 in the morning he began his first course by measuring out exactly eight ounces of unsweete...
In an episode of "The Sopranos," two members of Tony's inner circle, Christopher Moltisanti and Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, get into a major beef over which one of them should pick up the check for an expensive dinner. The disagreement leads to a major and violent confrontation.
Neither as sturdy as bars nor as fragile as truffles, these rich confections are ideal gifts. Just don't buy them too far ahead; they are at their best for only a fortnight or so. Here, listed alph...
BEND, ORE. (CNN/Money) - Starbucks debuted in Paris in January, marking its first entrée into France.
"Fork down," Arnold Carbone implores gently. "Fork down." Oh, sure, Arnold. Here I am, devouring a king-sized wedge of the best damn sour cream apple-walnut pie this side of the Danube, and this ch...
Melanie Turner has forgotten her shopping list. But the 42-year-old pension consultant, who has just entered Costco's 133,000-square-foot warehouse store in Norwalk, Conn., doesn't seem to mind. Tu...
America is full of foods that are deeply woven into the fabric of their local regions while remaining virtually unknown in other parts of the country. But what if you don't have the time to travel ...
Like many entrepreneurs, Raven P.D. Dennis III, 34, started his business at home, making his first sale at age 13 when the school secretary bought two coconut pies for $2.50 each. "I ran a cake bus...
You mentioned Baycol in your last column. Since then, it's been withdrawn from the market. What's the story?
To many of us, shopping online for at least some holiday gifts has become a matter of course. No crowds, no lines, no packed parking lots--not to mention the ability to comparison shop in a matter ...
Around the corner from my apartment, about a five-minute walk away, is a Haagen-Dazs shop, and a few blocks past that is a Carvel. Both of them offer a yummy array of cones, sundaes and floats, but...
"Pearls absorb the warmth of the oceans," wrote pearl merchant Takao Ohyama, "and reflect a mysterious countenance." If this holds for pearls in general, it is especially true of the "black" pearls...
I'm annoyed. I'm annoyed all the time. I'm hoping there is a cure. But I fear there is not. At the end, I am convinced, I will see that big white light coming at me from the end of the last tunnel....
The Los Angeles night had set in a couple of hours before, after one of the truly spectacular sunsets that filter the last glimmers of sunshine through the wheeze and exhaust of a million moving ca...
Phil Sokolof, the multimillionaire owner of Phillips Manufacturing Co., a building supply manufacturer in Omaha, is giving food company executives a bad case of angina. Sokolof serves as president,...
You stumble home from work, ravenously hungry, make your way to the kitchen and press that magic button. Presto! A delicious meal materializes on the table. If cooking in the late 20th century only...
The U.S. farm trade surplus sinks to its lowest level since 1972. A record 200 million tons of unwanted grain gathers dust in silos around the world. Clearly the U.S. farm crisis is not going to di...
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