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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.




5 Spring Wines, with Seasonal Pairing Ideas
    Celebrate the warm weather by toasting to the great outdoors with these delicious natural wines, including processco and sauvignon blanc.

Ground Beef Recall: Nearly 100,000 Lbs of Hamburger Patties May Be Contaminated with E. coli
    Nebraska Beef Ltd. is blamed for yet another recall of beef with E. coli bacteria.

With Free Jumbo Beef Hotdog Coupon, Oscar Mayer Joins Free Food Frenzy
    If you ate a free Denny's Grand Slam for breakfast, a free Oscar Mayer hot dog for lunch and a free KFC grilled chicken for dinner, you'd consume two to nearly three times as much cholesterol, fat and sodium as you should in a day.

Bill Would Require Calorie Counts at All U.S. Chain Restaurants
    The MEAL Act would require calorie counts, sodium, fat, saturated fat, trans fat and carbohydrate labeling on all chain restaurant menus.

Get (Real) Food, Not Vitamin Supplements, Says New Study
    Four reasons to avoid vitamin pills and to get your vitamins from a real food diet instead.

Cook Better, and Greener, with New Recycled Utensils
    Lamson & Goodnow has released a new line of green cutlery, kitchen utensils made from recycled metal and paper.

Dining at Rouge Tomate: Surprising Flavors Without Any Eco-Guilt
    Rouge Tomate, one of 75 restaurants recommended by Clean Plates, is a delicious surprising restaurant that lets you indulge free of guilt about the environmental impact of your food choices.

Video Recipe: Coconut Rice
    A video how-to from the Kitchen Caravan make coconut rice a soulful one-pot meal.

Latest FDA Peanut and Pistachio Recalls: Search All FDA Nut Recalls
    Search this updated list of peanut and pistachio products recalled by the FDA. Salmonella prompted recalls of both pistachios and peanuts, and more recalls are announced nearly daily. Search all recalls.

Video: Farming and Food Philosophies with the Barefoot Farmer
    Video interview with the Barefoot Farmer Jeff Poppen

Video: How to Preserve Foods with Fermentation
    Video shows how to use fermentation and pickling to preserve foods, and make pickles, kimchi and sauerkraut.

Ready for the Easter Bunny? Easter Dinner Made Easy
    These Easter Sunday Recipes Feature Heritage Livestock and Organic Ingredients.

Video: Baked Camembert with Pears and Cranberries Recipe
    A video how-to from Handmade TV. Spring and summer are the best seasons for Camembert cheese so be sure to serve this dish at your next party.

A Recipe for Healthy Hair
    Video shows how to make Egg Rapunzel, full of ingredients that will make your hair shiny and healthy, naturally.

Video: Herb Pull Apart Rolls Recipe
    A video how-to recipe from Holiday Kitchen for Herb Pull Apart Rolls. These rolls are fun to put together and pull apart.

The Clean 15: Foods You Don't Have to Buy Organic
    Buying organic makes sense for the health of the earth, farm workers and your family ... But if you're pinching pennies, these are fruits and vegetables that are least likely to have pesticide residue.

Video: Sugar Glazed Pecans
    A video how-to from Holiday Kitchen. Try this quick and easy snack with drinks at your next party.

Tour One Community's Local Food Network
    Video: How San Miguel grew its local food movement.

10 Food Visionaries Delivering Local, Organic and Healthy Foods to the American Mainstream
    2009 Heart of Green award nominees in the food category. People and organizations helping natural organic and local foods go mainstream.

Video: Carrot Pecan Wild Rice
    A video how-to from Holiday Kitchen. Carrot Pecan Wild Rice is perfect with chicken or turkey.

Video: Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
    A video how-to from Holiday Kitchen. Try this meatless twist on the St. Patrick's Day favorite.

Video Recipe: How to Cook Mexican Roasted Pork
    A video from the Kitchen Caravan shows you how to cook a Mexican roasted pork.

5 Ways to Save on Organic Food
    Shopping for organics can cost you more than conventional products. Here are a few tips to help you save when buying organics, like buying in bulk, seeking coupons and buying generic store-brand versions of your favorites.

Video Recipe: Mexican Cactus Souffle
    A video from the Kitchen Caravan shows you how to cook a Mexican cactus souffle recipe.

Vitamin B12 Deficiency Can Lead to Childhood Brain Damage
    New research highlights the importance of Vitamin B12 in the proper development of the brain, and emphasizes how important it is for pregnant women, and women who may become pregnant, to eat enough Vitamin B12. See top sources of Vitamin B12.

Country of Origin Labeling on Food to Expand In March
    Country of origin labeling on food expands in March to include many meats, nuts and fruits... But be aware of the many exemptions to the rule.

An Oscar Night Party Menu ... Or Is That a Menu Party?
    A video from the Kitchen Caravan imagines food taking a turn down the red carpet for the Oscars.

Video Recipe: How to Make the Perfect Mole Sauce
    A video how-to from the Kitchen Caravan helps you make perfect chocolate-flavored Mexican mole sauce.

State May Ban Food Additives Linked to ADHD
    Maryland may become the first state in the nation to require warning labels of ban the use of certain food additives for food coloring because they have been linked to ADHD, hyperactivity and other behavioral problems.

How-to Video: Famous Fish Tacos Recipe
    A video how-to from the Kitchen Caravan helps you make a fish tacos.

Top 10 Real Food Sources of Iron: Superfoods to Build Muscle
    Healthy recipes featuring iron superfoods -- those real food ingredients that have the most iron. Build healthy muscles and more with the Real Food Diet.

Top 10 Real Food Sources of Calcium: Super Foods for Healthy Teeth
    Use the Real Food Diet and the Super Food Index for healthy recipes that use the most nutritious ingredients. In this feature, the 10 most calcium rich foods, and the recipes you need to cook delicious meals with them.

Strange News of the Day: How to Name a Fish
    The FDA has published a new flow chart -- no joke -- to help name fish.

Fast-Food Diets Reverse Benefits of Breast Feeding
    Eating fast food erases the benefits of breastfeeding when it comes to asthma.

Top 10 Real Food Sources of Vitamin B12: Brain Food
    The top 10 real food sources of Vitamin B12. Super foods that have a lot of Vitamin B12.

How-to Video: Citrust Grove Salad Recipe
    A video how-to from the Kitchen Caravan helps you make a citrus grove salad, a good natural way to fight colds.

Bush's Last-Minute Legacy on Food Labeling
    The Food and Drug Administration, in a last-minute move before Bush leaves office, has extended the labeling of foods with "qualified health claims" that are based on inconclusive science about the disease-fighting properties of nutrients.

More Melamine Found in U.S. Infant Formula
    Melamine, a toxic industrial chemical, has been detected in more U.S. infant formula. See which brands and get tips for reducing the risk to your child.

Beware: Sugary Kids' Snacks Labeled Nutritious
    A court will hear the case against Gerber Graduates Fruit Snacks, which were advertised as containing natural fruit juice but which are made primarily with corn syrup and sugar.

Don't Know What Food Is in Season? Use the Seasonal Food Wheel
    Don't know what food is in season but you want to eat local? Try the new Chew on This food wheel, which shows what farm produce in the New York area is fresh and in season, by month.

How to Make Pistachio Lover's Pasta
    A video how-to from the Kitchen Caravan helps you make a luxurious, delicious pasta with pistachio flour.

2009: Vitamins Out, Healthy Diets In
    Vitamin supplements don't help prevent cancer, but healthy balanced diets are still considered essential to good health. Cook with these foods to get healthy doses of Vitamin C, Vitamin E, calcium and iron.

The Food Was Labeled Organic. It Was Not.
    An investigation has found that a fertilizer used on many California organic farms producing fruits, nuts and vegetables, including Earthbound Farm, was not organic.

Melamine Scare: Are Chinese Fish Imports Safe?
    Are Chinese fish imports safe? Maybe not, given that seafood on fish farms are "routinely" fed feed laced with the industrial toxic chemical melamine.

Some Gourmet Hot Cocoa Products Tainted with Melamine
    G&J hot cocoa products have been recalled because they may contain melamine, the toxic industrial contaminant.

Are Your Christmas Biscuits Safe?
    Melamine has been detected in U.S. biscuits made by Wonderfarm. It's the latest food safety scare to result from contamination of the toxic industrial chemical.

Organic Milk: Is That Cow Grass-Fed?
    The USDA could alter its organic certification so that milk labeled organic must be derived from cows fed largely on grass in a pasture, rather than feed in a concentrated feed lot.

How to Make Viking Apple Cake
    A video how-to from the Kitchen Caravan helps you make a delicious Swedish-inspired Viking apple cake, spiced with buckwheat and cardamom.

79,000 Lbs. Fresh Pork Recalled Due to Presence of Toxic Dioxin
    Pork from Ireland is being recalled in the U.S. because of the presence of dioxin.

FDA to Recommend More Fish for Pregnant Women
    A new study says that babies aren't getting enough omega-3 fatty acids to sustain normal brain development, but it doesn't consider the possibly damaging effects of mercury from certain contaminated fish.




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