Grease, Sugar and Heroin, Together at Last

If you have ever wondered why people just can’t stop eating chips, sweets and fatty meats, even when they know they should give it a rest, a recent study has the answer. Junk food is more addictive than heroin. Researchers from the Scripps Research Institute set up...

Vegetarian On the Road

My book, New Vegetarian, is the very good reason that I didn’t blog last week. I was in a two week-long period of travel, starting with a tour of Texas and ending in a stint in New York City. I had a great time cooking and demonstrating, and came back ready to...