When it comes to casual entertaining I never gave much thought to food presentation, particularly what I’m serving the food in. I’ve usually used whatever bowl or dish fit whatever I was serving best, also keeping in mind easy clean up and leftover storage. I didn’t realize until we had a small party at work [...]

Last month most of us learned the details of Michael Phelps’ 12,000 calorie a day in-training diet. He eats about 4,000 calories per meal, more than many of us eat in a typical day. He must eat out, because he certainly isn’t carting around all of his food in Swiss Army luggage. He must spend [...]

I don’t mean a channel selling diet pills or anything like that. I mean a channel that dieters could use for support, inspiration and instruction. It could have healthy cooking shows, exercise shows, reality shows and other similar shows. Maybe someone could even create a diet game show, guessing caloric values or something. I find [...]

I’m curious what people snack on when watching tv. There are exceptions once in a while, but most of the time if I want a snack while watching tv I want something crunchy, crispy or salty. My favorites are popcorn (microwave, extra butter), Pringles, cheese doodles and Fritos. It’s isn’t usually sweet snacks, thank goodness, [...]