The folks at Fitness, the magazine that is, are savvy to our changing nutritional needs. As we age our bodies and our lifestyles change. Curious if you are meeting the nutritional challenges of your generation? If you're a 30 something here's some food for thought. Eat Folate More and more women are waiting to have children in their 30's, making folate an important nutrient for your diet since Read more

Today would have marked the 99th birthday of prolific writer Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (most commonly known as M.F.K. Fisher). She was a prominent food critic and one of the great culinary writers of the 20th century. To commemorate her birthday I thought I'd share my favorite M.F.K. Fisher quote with you: "It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed Read more

See children? Everything in this room is eatable. Even I'm eatable! But that my dear children. is called cannibalism; and that is frowned upon in most societies. Read more

A good dinner is of great importance to good talk. One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Read more

I have long believed that good food, good eating is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime "associates," food, for me, has always been an adventure. Read more

"Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music." Read more

Good olive oil, good butter, milk - they give food taste and depth and a richness that you can't reproduce with low-fat ingredients. Read more