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You are what you eat, so its good to know what goes into your food and into your body. We'll help you plan meals that are safe, healthy, and delicious.
A Raw Burger? Believe It.
These vegan raw food recipes will change your mind about raw food.
How Nutrition Labels Lie
Nutrition labels on food packaging often deceive consumers with health claims. Here's how the Center for Science in the Public Interest would redesign labels to better inform consumers of health facts.
5 Flavorful Meat-Free Dishes
Vegetarian salad recipes for meat free meals in any season.
5 Ways to Protect Yourself From ... Chicken
Consumer Reports has found two-thirds of chicken contaminated with one or both of two potentially deadly bacterial pathogens, salmonella and campylobacter. Here's how to protect yourself.
4 Farm-Fresh Seasonal Winter Recipes
Local seasonal farm fresh recipes from Gigi's Trattoria, as published in Hudson Valley Mediterranean.
A New Question at the Fish Counter: Fresh or Frozen?
Forget wild or farmed salmon, organic or conventional... the biggest choice you make for sustainable fisheries at the fish counter is whether you buy frozen or fresh salmon.
A Week's Worth of Restaurant-Caliber Meals for the Home Cook
Five easy fall recipes from NoTakeOut.com.
Recipes That Make Root Vegetables Taste Good
Facts about and recipes for cooking root vegetables, like carrots, turnips, beets, garlic, carrots, onions, parsnips, rutabaga, potatoes, sweet potatoes.
8 Boxed Wines and 8 Meals to Pair Them With
Boxed wine was once the step-child of vino; these wines have come their own, but not just for their convenience and quirkiness. They taste great, and they're eco-friendly too.
Beef Sold at Several Supermarkets Recalled Due to Contamination
A recall on beef packaged by New York firm Fairbank Farms
Six Recipes for Your Vegan Lunch Box
Six easy, international vegan recipes from Jennifer McCann's Vegan Lunch Box: Around the World.
6 Tests School Cafeterias Fail
The Institute of Medicine has made a series of recommendations for updating the outdated school lunch nutrition standards that guides school meal programs.
8 Safe Fish for Pregnant Women
The pregnancy fish! Eight fish safe for pregnant women to eat, because they are low in mercury and PCBs, and high in Omega 3 fatty acids key to healthy pregnancies.
Cloudy with a Chance of Allergies, Thanks to a Poisoned Food Supply
As food safety problems loom in America, and poisonings are on the rise, we need to take a closer look at genetically modified foods, which may be causing allergies.
Pumpkin Recipes: Way Beyond Pumpkin Pie
Interesting pumpkin recipes, including surprising desserts that aren't pumpkin pie, homemade pumpkin puree, pumpkin soups, pumpkin appetizers and more.
6 Disgusting Facts About Hamburgers (and 10 Other Frequently Contaminated Foods)
Disgusting facts about E. coli in hamburger ground beef patties, and the slaughterhouse and meat packing conditions that make contamination possible.
Autumn Recipes from the Big Green Cookbook
Recipes and tips from Jackie Newgent's newest cookbook, Big Green Cookbook.
Check the Latest Product Recalls
The CPSC now has a widget that shows the latest product recalls for health and safety reasons.
A Week of Easy Dinners: 5 New Recipes from NoTakeOut
Delicious and easy dinner recipes for weeknight cooking.
A New Easy Way to Eat Local
New York is a fast-paced city and New Yorkers don't always have time to eat right. Kelly Geary, founder and chef at Sweet Deliverance, wanted to help. This Blue Hill trained chef brings your CSA share to life with delicious dishes delivered to your d
3 Surprising Facts About the Food We Eat
Surprising facts about our food, from farmed fish to local and organic foods and nanotechnology being used in food and food products.
Salmonella Prompts Red Pepper Spice and Green Onions Recalls
Salmonella has prompted two new sets of recalls - of Texjoy red pepper spices from the Texas Coffee Company and of iceless green onions from a Mexican farm distributed by several companies.
Getting Out of the Fast-Food Comfort Zone
Car-less residents living near fast food restaurants are at greater risk for weight gain.
As Local as Fish Gets
In her latest video Liza de Guia interviews Chef Jennifer Meadows of Montauk, Long Island's Fishbar.
6 Natural Soda Brands: A Tasting by Real People
This taste test of natural soda will tell you which natural soda brands taste good.
Is a CSA Right for You?
Questions to ask before joining a CSA.
Study: High-Fat Diets Not Only Make Us Fat, But Lazy and Stupid, Too (In as Little as 4 Days!)
A study shows that eating a high fat diet may not only make us fat, but lazy and stupid as well.
Drug-Resistant Salmonella in Beef: An "Epidemic"?
The recent recalls of antibiotic-resistant salmonella point to much larger problems with factory farms, human health, animal rights.
2nd Recall of Beef Contaminated with Drug-Resistant Salmonella
Another recall of ground beef, this time with antibiotic-resistant salmonella, raises more questions about the safety of America's factory farming system.
Got Milk (and Sunshine)?
Easy ways to combat vitamin D deficiency in children.
House Passes Landmark Food Safety Bill
The House has passed the Dingell Stupak food safety bill, which would increase inspections empower the FDA to order recalls and otherwise lessen the chance of food illness outbreaks. It has opponents, though.
Top 8 Real Foods with Lycopene: The Cancer-Fighting Phytonutrient
A list of the top 8 superfoods with lycopene, the cancer-fighting phytonutrient. Part of the real food diet.
Half of Fast-Food Restaurant Workers Don't Wash Hands
A study found that more than half of fast-food employees fail to wash their hands or wear gloves that prevent the spread of disease.
Is Organic Food Healthier? A New Study Says, 'No'
Is organic food healthier? A new study says no -- but nutrition is not the only reason people buy organic food.
How Much Do You Pay for Obesity?
Community tips for battling obesity.
4 Reasons Why Grass-Fed Beef Is Better
The benefits of grass fed beef are numerous, when compared to conventional beef cattle raising.
Morgan Spurlock to Make Supersized Graphic Novel
A graphic novel from the director of Super Size Me
Should Moons Over My Hammy Come with a Warning Label?
Dennys is being sued over the sodium content of its menu, and the lawsuit seeks to list on menus the sodium content of meals like Moons Over my Hammy.
Nearly Half a Million Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled
Another recall of ground beef, this time with antibiotic-resistant salmonella, raises more questions about the safety of America's factory farming system.
Nathan's Famous and Other Hot Dog Companies Sued by Vegan Advocacy Group
Vegan advocacy group is suing hot dog companies.
Chipotle Sponsors Free Food, Inc. Screenings
Food, Inc is playing for free at a theater near you.
The Sexy Barramundi: Sustainable Fish Recipes
Great ways to enjoy delicious, sustainable fish.
15 Ways to Eat More Local Food
15 tips to help you eat more local food, from Kitchen Gardeners International, the group that helped convince Michelle Obama to plant an organic vegetable garden at the White House.
Warning: Oysters May Be Deadly
Oysters kill 15 people every year, but can be rendered safe with a treatment like pasteurization.
30+ Gluten-Free Recipes: From Breakfast to Dessert
Gluten free diet recipes, like gluten free bread, gluten free cookies, gluten free desserts and other gluten free recipes for those suffering from celiac disease.
Celiac Disease, a Wheat Gluten Intolerance, Is 4 Times More Common Than 50 Years Ago
Gluten intolerance is increasing, according to a new study. More and more people have celiac disease, and need to start gluten-free diets. It isn't a fad.
A Vegetarian 4th of July Menu
Add some seasonal and organic dishes to your feast, and keep your guests coming back for seconds, thirds, even fourths. Recipes for a Fourth of July menu including, chicken burgers, dessert and more.
3 New Almost Meatless Recipes
Recipes from Almost Meatless: Recipes That Are Better for Your Health and the Planet
8 Ways to Eat Healthy (and Green), Even When Eating Out
The author of Clean Plates NYC offers 10 tips on choosing a good, green restaurant and making sustainable food choices when eating out.
Xtreme Eating Awards 2009
Today the CSPI released its treme Eating Award list. According to the CSPI, Xtreme appetizers, entrees and desserts at America's chain restaurants are making Americans fatter and sicker.
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