Food and Cooking

Ever thought about doing a long form fast? Here are some of the benefits.

"Meal prepping" is what all the fitness people on the socials do. They plan out recipes for the week and write out elaborate lists of ingredients. Then they go to the supermarket while their ingredients list is still fresh on their mind --and they go early-- before all the kale is picked over-- and they purchase all of their already planned menu ingredients with a smile and some zeal.

This is not only a story of how a local Utica radio station manifested a new flavor of a beloved local pastry. It's a story about how said local community came together to help make it happen.

McDonald's is launching a few new dipping sauces to accompany with their famed menu, just in time for fall. Chick-fil-a could never.

Labor Day is also probably the last time of year for the ubiquitous "summer cookout". It's important that if you are invited to attend or are hosting a cookout yourself, that the last big fete of the summer is as fabulous and as scandal-free as possible.

Pigeon Tenders were a thing, you say? Why yes. Yes they were.

If we eat these foods now-- will help keep our skin all yummy and non-dry when it gets cold, cold? Is that a thing?

In 2011, a documentary came out that started a world-wide conversation about general health, food and how getting more raw fruits and vegetables in one's body could reverse many food-related health issues.

If you're a native New Yorker, maybe you already know this. But if you're new here, these 5 NY inventions are so cool.

Trick question: What do 'ranch dressing', 'jam' and 'banana' have in common? Serious answer: Absolutely, positively nothing. Except, maybe, yuck-- if eaten together and called "dinner"--as in this viral trend that's been happening on TikTok...

An apple, a sweet potato, a carrot and some cashews enter a bar. Just kidding. They go to a mixer. That was my husband’s joke. Irl, an apple, a sweet a carrot, handful of cashews and a healthy swig of homemade hemp milk get together in a blender to become the flipping most delicious, creamy, flavorful, refreshing unfussy soup that I didn’t know I needed.

This is not medical advice. I'm not telling you what to do. I'm telling you what I did to feel better when I woke up this morning with a sore throat. First of all, I haven't had a sore throat in over 8 years. Yesterday, on my way home from the station, I felt a little tickle happening in the throat region, that was unusual for me. I've had a few of what I call "crunchies" here and there over the years, but I'll throw whole food at it: green juice, ginger, herbal tea infusions, "mama juice", a whole garlic clove, honey, garlic honey, etc. Was it not, Hippocrates who said, Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food.