This weirdo plant reverses sour and sweet in your tastebuds for an hour after you eat it — a little reminder from nature that perception is everything.

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Well, you didn’t ask for it, but you’re getting it. Here is (after the jump, that is; as Perez Hilton would say, if you are easily offended, do not click here!) the scary state of me in my favorite dress, or what was my favorite dress 5-8 pounds ago. Please, no reassuring comments; no negative […]

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This past weekend, I broke a major rule I had long ago learned to respect: Don’t buy anything that doesn’t look AWESOME right there in the dressing room. I made that rule to end my terrible habit of buying clothes that would look great, if only I lost five pounds. What that gets you is […]

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Check out this interesting glimpse of what a popular couture model eats during an average work week. What she eats is pretty similar to what I eat. Except, uh, I eat at least one-third more! Amanda at Parting Gift agrees - chicky needs to stop skipping dinner!

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Today Mark Sisson offers a very sane guide to holiday eating.

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The NY Times Magazine has an entertaining little piece on upscale Hollywood’s “food issues.” Poking fun at Hollywood’s weird, pseudo-scientific food trends and obsessive-compulsive eating behavior is fair game and worth some — OK, a lot of — ridicule. The town’s capacity for self-indulgence and neuroses is historic and inarguable.
But things get interesting when a […]

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This molasses loaf is so rich and flavorful that you only need a tiny slice to satisfy, with a cup of tea or coffee. Now, let me stress: If you don’t like molasses, you won’t like it. Despite cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger all being on the ingredient list — and the fact that the original […]

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My favorite holiday is fast approaching. The photo above was the sun setting over the Pacific right before we sat down to eat during Thanksgiving 2006.
I’ve seen people at the grocery store already laying in supplies, so I think that this Meal Planning Week. How will you approach the holiday?

Declare it a glorious day of […]

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On Javachick’s recommendation, I decided to find out whether “yogalates” would be as much torture for my tushie as straight-up pilates.
Happily, I liked Crunch: Super SlimDown, “blending yoga and pilates.” It was a very comfortable challenge but I finished it feeling energized and worked-out. It was interesting to see which exercises yoga had prepared me […]

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Q: Would you pay someone to shoot a staple into the most sensitive part of your ear?
A: No way! What kind of question is that?
Q: What if they promised it would help you lose weight?
A: Hmmmn…how much would it cost?

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