Tom Fitzmorris, the prolific and persnickety New Orleans restaurant critic who spent three hours a day, five days a week discussing food on his radio show and wrote what by his estimation was America’s longest-running weekly restaurant review column by a single author, died on Feb. 12 in New Orleans. He was 74. His wife,…
Everyone can benefit from eating breakfast. From weight loss and muscle repair to  improved mood and focus, a morning meal benefits your body. When you sleep, your metabolism slows down. Rather than go through the day with a sluggish metabolism, jump-start it with breakfast. Information from the National Weight Control Registry, a database of more…
Have you ever been told to eat “nutrient-rich” or “nutrient-dense” foods? Or to stay away from foods that have “empty calories”? When terms like these are thrown around, it’s easy to get confused. It’s time to accurately describe the concepts of nutrient density and caloric density and what roles they play in a well-balanced diet. …
Food-combining diets do pretty much what you might think: They promote eating different types of foods, including starches, proteins and fats, in specific, controlled pairings—and avoiding eating some foods at the same time. Proponents of food-combining dietary strategies believe that digestive processes—including the release of digestive enzymes—vary greatly depending on the type of food that’s…
It seems as if food allergies and intolerances have become increasingly common. While one in three people make dietary modifications for perceived reactions to certain foods, only about 5 percent of children and 4 percent of teens and adults have clinically proven food allergies. Many more, however, have intolerance to foods. Although the symptoms of…
When it comes to weight management, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and decreasing inflammation, making small, incremental dietary changes is the way to go. Trying to make too many changes all at once can be a recipe for disaster—this can cause you to feel overwhelmed and make you want to give up. Instead, try modifying…
Eating for athletic performance is more than what you eat before and after you exercise. Choosing nutrient-dense foods and consuming them at certain times of the day will impact the three important phases of exercise—performance, recovery and repair. EAT ENOUGH It’s surprising how many athletes do not eat enough to fuel their workouts and recovery….
When Saori Kawano arrived in New York City in 1978 from Yokohama, most Americans’ ideas of Japanese food ended at instant ramen and onion volcanoes. Since then, if you’ve enjoyed hand-cut soba noodles or an omakase dinner, or admired the graceful curves of a rice bowl or the flash of a Japanese knife blade, you…
Say hello to purple coconuts and goodbye to macros! An analysis of food trends for 2017 reveal that overall, consumers want real food, including purple everything and more coconut-based products. This real/whole-food based approach to eating is crowding out the “as long as it fits your macros” notion, meaning that we are taking to heart…
What was I in the mood to eat? Pacing inside Luv2Eat Express, a Thai restaurant in Hollywood, I sized up a dozen steel vats shimmering with curries and braises. A server behind the counter saw me agonizing over which three dishes to choose. “You can taste,” he said cheerfully, gesturing toward a stack of tiny…