Recently my neighbor had to have one of her cats put to sleep. It just so happened that I made chocolate chip cookies that day. Knowing...

I just finished reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, a book that is, in some ways, all about food – or rather, the lack thereof. It’s...

Last week I wrote about how “guilt-free” food advertising encourages feelings of shame about eating, so perhaps that made me all the more...

You may have seen Special K’s recent ads that invite you to consider, “What will you gain by losing [weight]?” They even have a section...

We’ve been having something of a heat wave here in Maine, although that didn’t stop me from getting out to pick blueberries last Monday...

For a long time, my only association with the term “talking heads” was the musical group and newscasters (in that order). But as I gained...

Such an innocuous question, and yet somehow I struggled with my answer. The reason was that it was a few days before celebrating the 4th...

One common suggestion for getting in shape is to take the stairs. Here in Maine, we don’t have many tall buildings, so that seems pretty...

Some of my newsfeeds on Facebook include before and after pictures from weight loss, which isn’t a surprise considering that I’ve Liked...

I hadn’t given any real thought to my recent potato consumption until I visited my friends in Ireland last week. Only when seeing how...