I had my birthday last week, and I couldn’t help thinking of how much has and hasn’t changed in all these years. On my birthday, I posted...

Do you want a guaranteed way to lose weight? If so, I think I’ve found one. Start backpacking. A lot. Yet the irony is that once you...

Note: Last fall when I went to see Alton Brown perform, he shared five things that he felt confident saying about food. It got me...

Once upon a time I believed that I needed to lose weight to be healthy, that I risked illness and disease and even early death if I...

Have you ever gone on a walk with a curious two and a half-year-old boy? If so, you may have discovered, as I did this weekend, that it...

I’ve been having fun watching old episodes of Cheers, and I recently got to the one with Sam’s bachelor party before his wedding to...

Have you ever eaten in front of the TV because you don’t want to feel like you’re eating alone? Or maybe because you think you’ll get...

How did you learn to love your body? That question came from a recent HARO query, and it made me stop and think, not only about the...

Note: Last fall when I went to see Alton Brown perform, he shared five things that he felt confident saying about food. It got me...

Note: This short story is being incorporated into my friend Allison's blog, in which she's using the week of April Fool's to have her...