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Dieting and Diet Foods

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2012

    Five frozen meals that don't taste like crap

    People have a love/hate relationship with frozen dinners. They hate the calories, the fat, the sodium and the bloated, gassy abdominal episodes that often follow eating them. But they love the convenience, the price, the fast preparation and, perhaps most of all, the delicious flavors of cognitive d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    A food critic's commitment problem nearly derails her un-fatting

    Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in this series: It's been almost a year since that full-length mirror-initiated wake-up call sent me to Jamie Atlas, Bonza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    No one trusts a skinny food critic

    Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in this series: No one trusts a skinny food critic. That sentiment was a pretty awesome excuse to gorge myself on pastries ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    A food critic creates a sustainable workout routine

    Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part ten of this series: Ow, every single part of my body hurts -- even my eyelashes, I think. I wish I could distill a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Top five diet trends -- and why everyone quit caring about them

    ​ Superfoods are the latest cool diet trend, despite the fact that most people couldn't pick an antioxidant or a free-radical out of a lineup. Sometimes knowing why some foods are better for you (clever marketing tool) than others isn't as important as carting around an expensive bottle of ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Reader: Bar Belle and dieters dissing gluten do a disservice to those with celiac disease

    ​"I was really hoping you'd go on the Jason Sheehan diet: whiskey, cigarettes, and Lucky Charms," writes Mantonat in response to the second installment of Bar Belle, Laura Shunk's new series about how a food critic can indeed get fit. In last Monday's installment, Shunk kicked gluten to the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Fat to the rescue -- an epilepsy cure?

    A Flickr photoA fatty breakfast a day keeps the seizures away​A story in last week's New York Times Magazine about a child on a 90 percent fat diet was not an expose of child abuse. The article described a family's desperate attempt to control nine-year-old Sam's epilepsy by feeding him bacon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Journal of a gastric bypass alternative: My week with the beFull Solution

    ​I am not a dieter. I am not equipped with the willpower required to say no to delicious morsels like pork belly buns or triple creme brie or basically anything that's battered and fried. Likewise, I'm never going to forgo a particularly good bread basket; in fact, I'm going to slather that s ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 16, 2006

    Campo de Fiori

    Making sacrifices

  • Dining

    September 22, 2005

    Wyman's #5

    Don't forget to call.

  • Dining

    August 19, 2004

    Drunk of the Week

    Hops Grillhouse and Brewery

  • Dining

    May 27, 2004

    Drunk of the Week

    Sports Column

  • Dining

    April 22, 2004

    Drunk of the Week

    Blue Line Bar and Grill

  • Dining

    February 5, 2004

    Bite Me

    All Atkins, All the Time

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