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Five mistakes that are sabotaging your weight loss

Are you putting in the work but not seeing the results you expected? You are not alone. Many people make these five common “wellness” mistakes without realizing they are slowing their progre...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Columnists

This Tuscan flatbread is a colorful, gluten-free alternative to classic crostini

In Tuscany, schiacciata – which is pronounced skee-ah-CHA-tah and roughly means “crushed,” “flattened” or “squashed” – is a versatile word applied to a variety of breads and bread-like thing...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

A classic Italian cookbook finally gets an English edition after years of effort

NEW YORK – As a child growing up in Italy, Lidia Bastianich recalls seeing one particular cookbook in just about everyone’s kitchen. It was called “The Talisman of Happiness,” and it was oft...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Italian cooking and its rituals get UN designation as world heritage

ROME – Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes. The U.N.'s cultural agency Wednesday gave foodies another reason to celebrate th...

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

The many ways that baking is winter therapy. With a delicious ending

When people talk about baking, they often focus on the final product. The tender cookies, the domed muffins, the rich brownies. But the real draw of baking starts long before you roll out th...

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Craft beer crisis? No, say the brewers, it’s more like a needed adjustment

People are drinking less and breweries are closing in Colorado. But industry insiders believe the steady flow of bad headlines doesn’t tell the full story. Instead, the optimists see a busin...

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Tis the season for sweets … and smart choices

It’s the most wonderful time of the year … When loads of sweet treats and desserts make their way to our plates. Despite us all “knowing better,” the average American still is consuming too ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Lidia Bastianich’s recipe for Pumpkin Ravioli, a fall dish using butternut squash

Lidia Bastianich notes that the traditional ﬁlling of pumpkin ravioli is simple. Instead of the traditional roasted Mantova squash, she uses butternut here and says it’s a good substitute. S...

DATE: Dec 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Chef Lidia Bastianich hits the road in search of community in a divided country

NEW YORK – Lidia Bastianich grew up in a small town in Italy where neighbors were like extended family. If children came home from school and mom was out, they went to the neighbors for a sn...

DATE: Dec 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

German Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite

NINOSHIMA, Japan – Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started making the treat that has thrive...

DATE: Dec 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

These 6 kitchen tools can make or break your Thanksgiving dinner

It’s Thanksgiving week, the time when home cooks across America suddenly recognize the daunting task ahead. More than 90% of people in the U.S. celebrate the food-centric holiday and more th...

DATE: Nov 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Sweet potato or pumpkin? The Thanksgiving pie debate

FLOWOOD, Miss. – They’re both round, orange and probably bad for your health, but which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: Pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely de...

DATE: Nov 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food