As I got my weekly True Blood fix with its passion, intrigue, and gore, I thought about the vampire diet and what their diet mainly consisted of. Hands down, they mainly eat from a live source, and in rare cases when they do have something in a bottle, they are the first to admit that it doesn’t taste nearly as good.

Find out what Stanford and my favorite food chemist Harold McGee discovered about keeping your bubbly to retain its effervescence longer after the bottle is opened…

Chipotle is a jalapeno all grown-up, ripened, smoked, and slightly shriveled. You can buy them dried, but I prefer the canned chipotle in a spiced tomato sauce called adobo. It’s the secret to my spicy lime mayo – a delight for anyone who appreciates the heat, depth, and tang that chilies bring to the meal.

Healthy snacks under 100 calories have been the topic of morning TV segments, in blogs and in magazines, but I find that some of those snacks mentioned don’t satisfy me when I’m really hungry before meal time. So here are some ideas for snacking on real foods that are under 100 calories each!

You shouldn’t feel guilty for craving sweets! It’s a natural, biological urge to crave sugar since it’s the fastest form of fuel for the body. But as lives become more sedentary and processed foods have less of the nutrients we need, limiting sugar becomes more and more important to maintain a healthy weight and a healthy body. I’ll show you some easy ways to do it.

While I was searching for nutritional info for cracker packets, I came across these hilarious pewter snack crackers and pretzels – reminding me that there are many ways to appreciate food beyond eating it!

These bright orange berries, each about the size of a marble, caught my eye in my local grocery store the other day. Often I like the challenge of creating a recipe around a single ingredient that I don’t use very often, and the color of these were irresistible.

What’s the perfect lunch for the first really hot day of summer? Lunch had to be something “stove free” for sure, but I also wanted something light yet sweet – find out how I came up with this recipe for Watermelon Tomato Salad.

You don’t need a special occasion to entertain, sunny weather and Friday summer hours are reason enough. Here’s a large selection for your next seaside inspired brunch – all the dishes can be prepared up to one hour ahead and served room temperature.

One of the joys of cooking at home is having a bounty of ingredients to whip together soul satisfying meals that are healthy too. So I was very excited to try out my brand new copy of Joy Bauer’s new cookbook “Slim and Scrumptious”.

The holiday season is a wonderful opportunity to connect with friends and family, and to celebrate and share the big and small events of the year. If you love entertaining, but wonder how to pull it off smoothly, download my latest digital booklet on Healthy Holiday Entertaining with how-to tips and recipes for five holiday cookies...