Is Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s the chief propaganda officer of the Culture of Gluttony?
Portfolio’s Joe Keohane reports on the masterminds behind the infamous Gutbuster burger, and the new fast-food culture it has spawned. Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. now emphasize the tremendous number of calories in their meatastic creations as a major selling point.
Keohane sums up the success […]

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Friday I begged for suggestions on how I could get through the weekend without goin’ crazy on the vino. I had already planned some defensive yoga.
Your Tips:
1. Plan in advance and make compromises with yourself, e.g. “I will have X and I don’t need Y.” (Melissa)
2. Remember that booze and stress don’t mix well. […]

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So I had to laugh yesterday when two sites I like — Elastic Waist and Mark’s Daily Apple — had two totally opposite posts on soy!!
Elastic Waist: “It’s no doubt that soy is super tasty and uber good for you…”
Mark’s: “So we find soy in its current circumstances, dissected by the health media, floundering, searching […]

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So right on the heels of my post dissecting her vegan mac ‘n cheese, 101 Cookbooks happened to blog about VEGANOMICON, a new vegan cookbook. I doubt most of you reading my site are vegan — most people in general aren’t vegans, which makes me happy as someone who throws semi-regular dinner parties — but […]

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This weekend I held an impromptu holiday dinner party. I love dinner parties! In order to enjoy them without waddling away from the table, I eat light the day of and make sure to get in some good cardio. And I follow a “one cracker only” rule around the appetizers.
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Appetizers:
Goat cheese under olive tapenade […]

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This weekend I made Fat-Free Chocolate Orange Cake from one of my favorite cooking blogs, Fat Free Vegan, which has a zillion tested-and-true vegan recipes and gorgeous photographs. (No, I’m not vegan, I just occasionally swing that way.) Fortunately most of her recipes aren’t actually fat-free. This one was, but it sounded so good I […]

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The holiday season creates the need for two kinds of recipes: First, those that impress in-laws and children at holiday events. Second, those that are healthy and quick to prepare, but tasty enough so that you don’t feel like you’re taking a respite from the death march (the mall) to be fed some gruel before […]

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I made Weetabix’s Chicken Tortellini Soup yesterday to ease my sore throat. My throat’s still sore and overall I’m worse, but the soup’s damn tasty! Tip: When you want to clean out and feel “light,” eat soup for a couple of meals in a row.
As usual, I used the recipe as a guideline, not a […]

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What’s in my fridge? Let’s see…

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Attention all ye hypoglycemics, diabetics, and sugar sensitives! This Thanksgiving, I’m making a low-sugar cranberry sauce. I’m sad because I love the canned stuff. But alas, it’s all sugar, no fiber.
This recipe is very simple: It’s basically the directions off the side of the bag, replacing sugar with […]

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