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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 96: Can There Be Moral Victories for Serious Dieters?
Thanksgiving leftovers, a latke and brisket-filled Chanukah party, a chocolate chip cookie tasting, and last night's ten-course meal—help! Thanksgiving leftovers by themselves are a buttery, greasy, slippery slope when it comes to serious dieting. Nothing good can come of availing yourself of the copious amounts of mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, and worst of all, pie. But then in my case, I add diet insult to injury by throwing in another early Chanukah party's worth of fattening leftovers into the mix. Needless to say, it wasn't a pretty week. Let me explain. We had my wife's family over on Thanksgiving at 2 p.m., which means we're digging into leftovers by Thursday night. But because I was weighing in on Friday...Video: Fooditude, a Food Show for Kids
Fooditude is an upcoming food show for kids that covers cooking and nutrition, food science, environmental stewardship, culture and history, and gardening, with the purpose of empowering kids to eat more healthily. Here's an overview of what's to come. Watch the video after the jump....Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 95: Weighing In The Day After Thankgiving
Am I brave or just stupid? At the Serious Eats staff meeting this week, I announced that I was going to post about my diet on Thanksgiving Day instead of today, Friday, the day after, for obvious reasons. My pronouncement was met by derisive snorts and laughter. Everyone here at HQ knew I didn't want to face Thinner and all of you the day after Turkey Day, also known as Serious Dieter Armageddon. But I am going to show all the HQ dwellers that when it comes to facing down what can only be described as public humiliation of the worst sort, I am not afraid. Serious eaters, I come before you and Thinner and my maker the day after...Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 93: Can Pizza Be Diet Food?
From Ken's Artisan Pizza in Portland, Oregon. Read more here» [Photograph: Adam Kuban] Why do I ask this question? Because over the course of the last few weeks, Adam and I have been hitting pizzerias all over the country for a March Madness-like tournament of pizza we are writing up for Rachael Ray Magazine and posting about on Slice. While Adam has been to Seattle (twice), Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix in the last three weeks, I have been to two pizzerias in Atlanta, five in Chicago, four in Philadelphia, one in New Haven, and half a dozen in New York City. You will be reading more about our adventures in the coming weeks, but suffice to...Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
Raise Your Hand For Chocolate Milk is a new campaign from the National Dairy Council and Milk Processor Education Program to promote keeping chocolate milk in schools and prevent them being banned as schools have done with sugary sodas and candies, reports the AP. Unlike soda and candy though, chocolate milk can be touted for having nutritionally beneficial calcium. Supporters say that the health benefits of chocolate milk outweigh the negative effects of the sugar content, and kids are more likely to drink chocolate over regular milk; the opposition says kids already get enough calcium without chocolate milk, and they don't need more sugar in their diets. Whose side are you on? Do you think chocolate milk should be kept...Rice Krispies Will No Longer Claim to Boost Immunity
Kellogg announced that they would stop marketing Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies as immunity-boosting foods for children in light of the attention being paid to swine flu, says Ad Age. Kellogg has been adding antioxidants to the cereals since last year, but don't want to look like they're "preying on fears of the H1N1 virus." (The official Rice Krispies website still shows the claim of boosting immunity.)...Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 91: Diet Armageddon or Hell Week
Is what I'm about to tell you a form of diet armageddon or Hell Week? Either way, it has been bad, and I mean seriously bad. It's been so bad, I thought long and hard about not posting about my diet—then I decided that would make it even worse. You all have stayed with me through fat and almost thin, and almost every shape in between, so I figure you'll stay with me even this week, when I might hit 220 pounds, a number that I'm terrified of seeing on Thinner. I don't know how that scary number could have been avoided, given what in many cases I had to to eat this week. Maybe had to isn't an apt...All-You-Can-Eat Restaurants: Great Deal, Or Bad Policy?
[Photo: Robyn Lee] In the United States, all-you-can-eat restaurant franchises are hardly a novel concept, but in the UK, they're more of a new arrival. In a piece about the new British buffet chain Taybarns, BBC News asks whether all-you-can-eat buffets encourage excessive eating. With warnings that the UK is following the US with rising levels of obesity, isn't this sort of dining experience a cause for concern? "When I come here I pig out," one diner is quoted as saying. "I've had two puddings already. I'll be regretting it when I go on the scales next week." Others echo similar sentiments. Sure, you might fill up a plate with more than you need, when you've already paid for...Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 90: The Return of Thinner
"I know there are all kinds of theories out there about how often you should weigh yourself when you're trying to lose weight." [Photograph: Ed Levine] I returned from three days of cold and rain on Cape Cod to my beloved Thinner, though truth be told he did not welcome me with open arms. In fact he greeted me with a weight of 220 pounds. That freaked me out. So as the week progressed, I looked for signs of life. I got down to 218 pounds by Thursday, so I had a chance of at least minimizing the damage caused by not having Thinner with me. In fact, I really didn't go crazy on the Vineyard without Thinner. I managed...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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