This past week I read an article by Liz Goodwin titled “Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight”. I read...

This past week I read an article by Mark Bittman in The New York Times about initiatives that Philadelphia is considering to make healthy...

I don’t generally follow celebrity news, finding it all rather silly and self-absorbed. (Then again, maybe that’s the point.) But...

Ours is not a society that often considers what we eat to be sacred. Those who take communion may think of the wafer that way, although...

Recently at the Philadelphia International Airport, I tried to make use of a fairly long layover by walking around to exercise. I had to...

On a recent work trip, I was obligated to go out to dinner a couple of nights. The first night I didn’t know where we were going until we...

I recently finished reading a book of Best-Loved Folktales from Around the World, selected by Joanna Cole. Given all my thinking about...

On a recent work trip, I went out to dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant called Scarpetta at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The menu was...

Unlike Snow White’s step-mother, I have never felt the need to ask a mirror, “Who is the fairest of them all?” I’ve never suffered under...

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I expect to find stores brimming with candy in crimson, particularly various forms of chocolate. I...