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Diet and Nutrition

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Treehouse Bakery: Great for Vegans and Pretty Good for Everyone Else

    When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few item ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Flour Power: A Pastry Chef's Guide

    Amy Morris​Welcome to our new(ish) column, "Ask the Pastry Chef," by Amy Morris, a pastry sous chef at J&G Steakhouse. Have a question for Amy? Leave it in the comments section. Today's question: Can you tell me about these different kinds of flour I see on the grocery shelf? The kind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Vegetarians and Carnivores Can Unite at Hillstone

    Whether meeting family or friends, chances are good that once or twice this month, you'll go out to eat somewhere fancy. A majority of diners settle for steakhouses, the one place that all Americans are supposed to love. Vegetarians, however, might not be too thrilled with that idea.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Vegan Meal Time, My Drunk Kitchen and Others Take on Epic Meal Time

    Vegan Meal Time: keeping people carnivores one video at a time​Ever since Epic Meal Time landed on the scene last year, Youtube cooking shows, blending hearty amounts of internet humor and ego with varying levels of culinary talent, have been on the rise. In the digital age, where everything and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    ZPizza Helping "Kids LiveWell" and Eat Well

    ​The NRA (not that NRA), the National Restaurant Association, is rolling out a new initiative to encourage restaurants to offer something different from cheezburgers, grilled cheeze, nugget shapes, fried potatoes and a "juice" on kids' menus. It's called "Kids EatWell." The focus is on "inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Forks Over Knives: The Vegans Are Coming, And They Are Bringing Data

    ​If you were to boil and mash food documentaries Super Size Me and Food, Inc. together and then add a dash of Inconvenient Truth and serve on a bed of pro-vegan rhetoric, you'd get a film like Forks Over Knives.   Following a familiar filming path that documents ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

    ​If you were to boil and mash food documentaries Super Size Me and Food, Inc. together and then add a dash of Inconvenient Truth and serve on a bed of pro-vegan rhetoric, you'd get a film like Forks Over Knives.   Following a familiar filming path that documents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Vegetarian Street Food Cooking Class Tonight at Andy Food

    courtesy of Sandy Liberman Green Chili Lentils Ole Taco​ "I will no longer eat anything that has a face!" proclaims your teenager. For Sunday night dinner-your sibling is bringing an "oh-by the way they are vegetarian" date. Your book club has finally gotten around to reading Michael Pollan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    The Five Most Obnoxious Food Movements

    guygonecaveman.com​We truly live in a golden age of food awareness. Where once Americans ate whatever grew or grazed around them, we now find a nation of extra-regional culinary tribes; whole dietary religions based on what food we should or shouldn't put in our bodies, how we prepare it, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Free Screening of Lunch Line Presented by ASU & Slow Food Phoenix

    Catch a free screening of the documentary Lunch Line at the downtown ASU campus February 28. It's a regular smorgasbord. Seems like everyone is trying to improve school lunches these days. Of course there's Michelle Obama. And our Michele Laudig blogged about a recent event in Scottsd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Baby Food Diet Recipes

    ​ We hear a hot diet trend for 2011 is the Baby Food Diet. The idea is simple: Substitute two meals a day with baby food purees and you'll have a slim, baby-sized waistline. Hollywood types most likely have their people mix up homemade concoctions of the mush to ensure organic mixes. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Jessica Seinfeld on Her New Book and Being First in Line at Pizzeria Bianco This Weekend

    Image courtesy of Jessica Seinfeld​ Jessica Seinfeld is ready to turn over a new leaf -- or a page from a new book, rather. In April, a federal appeals court ruled in her favor after claims that the ideas behind her first cook book, Deceptively Delicious, had been copied from another author. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Rikki Cupcake of Seitanic Vegan Heathen and Pomegranate Cafe

    If you think vegans can't bake, Rikki Cupcake is going to make you think again. The vegan of two-and-half years is the mastermind behind the devious-sounding and diet-defying blog Seitanic Vegan Heathen and the vegan cupcakes at Ahwatukee's Pomegranate Café. Go, try, become a believer.

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Caffiend: Unbound Energy

    ​There aren't many negative things we can say about Unbound Energy. It's cheap (around two bucks a can), tastes good, and provides a nice energy boost. For years, we've been waiting for an energy drink that we liked as much as Monster -- and we may have finally found it in Unbound Energy.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Slap Energy

    ​Forget regular old energy drinks - sustained energy is the thing now, or so those 5-Hour Energy drink commercials would have us believe. Slap Energy is advertised as a "multi-stage energy supplement," and its manufacturers claim that an energy "sensation" builds as you drink it.

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Xtreme Eating Awards Announced, or Hey, Jabba, Jabba, Jabba!

    ​Way to go, Cheesecake Factory. Congratulations, California Pizza Chicken. Jabba the Hutt would be pleased. Along with P.F. Chang's, Chevy's, Bob Evan's, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and Outback Steakhouse, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has named scale-tipping fare from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Five Mexican Meals That Could Do More Than Just Make You Shit Your Brains Out, Compliments of The Cancer Project

    www.roflrazzi.com​In honor of Cinco de Mayo, The Cancer Project has compiled a list of foods at Mexican restaurants, which, after eating, could potentially cause more than just the standard day of ass-fire. The Cancer Project did a study of several meals consumers can find at different Mexican re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Caffiend: Sambazon Amazon Energy

    E. Groves​It's no secret that constantly ingesting tons of sugars and artificial flavoring and coloring is bad for you, but when it comes to energy drinks, the aforementioned "bad stuff" is almost unavoidable. Most of the energy drinks on the market are full of artificial ingredients, and the hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Caffiend: Ol' Glory

    E. Groves​There are so many energy drinks on the market these days, and so few that truly stand out -- even visually. A walk down the energy drink aisle at the store becomes a monotonous montage of black and silver aluminum, decorated with various logos in bright orange and florescent green. But t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    St. Patrick's Evening Run/Walk

    E. Groves​There are so many energy drinks on the market these days, and so few that truly stand out -- even visually. A walk down the energy drink aisle at the store becomes a monotonous montage of black and silver aluminum, decorated with various logos in bright orange and florescent green. But t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Eat More Bananas, Lose Weight?

    ​That's the message Dole wants to convey. The company recently launched a "banana diet" plan that includes lots of consumption of the yellow fruit in hopes of trimming down waistlines of consumers. According to www.dolebananadiet.com, bananas are high in resistant starch, which boosts fat b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Caffiend: Ironclad Energy

    ​According to its shiny aluminum can, the Ironclad energy drink was "specially formulated for the industrial athlete." The drink's blend of Taurine, caffeine, electrolytes, and B vitamins is supposed to provide an unusually high-octane boost for active folks, while also preventing dehydration. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Caffiend: Killer Buzz

    In the beginning, there was Red Bull, and it was said that Red Bull "gives you wings." At its stateside genesis in 1997, the little silver can that could stood alone on the frontier of a new market, soon-to-be-borne of the "energy drink" craze. Now energy drinks have gone forth and multiplied, to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Caffiend: Guru

    E. Groves​There are seemingly a gazillion energy drinks on the market, loaded with sugars and artificial flavors and colors. And while we're fans of the sweet stuff, sometimes we like to try and get a boost without all the artificial additives. Hence, the appeal of a product like Guru, a "100% Nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Cooking School Secrets: All Calcium's Not Created Equal

    I've been taking a calcium supplement for years. It was hard to get into the habit, but the tasty chewable ones make it easier. Turns out that I was taking calcium every day but not in a way that was most effective. When you take calcium, what you take with it and how much you take at one time can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Caffiend: Jolt's Wild Grape Endurance Shot

    Jolt Cola, created in 1985, was the first soda to contain obscene amounts of sugar and caffeine, well before the first "energy drinks" started to hit store shelves. So it's not unrealistic to expect Jolt's new Endurance Shots to offer a high-octane rush superior to other energy shots, such as the "5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Caffiend: Sobe Adrenaline Rush

    I've never been a huge fan of Sobe's juice drinks, but the Sobe Adrenaline Rush energy drink is by far my favorite of all energy drinks (and I've tried tons). It's delicious and loaded with caffeine, and a 16 oz. can of AR contains less sugar than a 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew.

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Veggie Boy vs. the Corn Refiners Association

    I've never been a huge fan of Sobe's juice drinks, but the Sobe Adrenaline Rush energy drink is by far my favorite of all energy drinks (and I've tried tons). It's delicious and loaded with caffeine, and a 16 oz. can of AR contains less sugar than a 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    The Skinny: 75 Thai Taste

    I've never been a huge fan of Sobe's juice drinks, but the Sobe Adrenaline Rush energy drink is by far my favorite of all energy drinks (and I've tried tons). It's delicious and loaded with caffeine, and a 16 oz. can of AR contains less sugar than a 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    The Skinny: Ichiban Teppanyaki & Sushi

    I've never been a huge fan of Sobe's juice drinks, but the Sobe Adrenaline Rush energy drink is by far my favorite of all energy drinks (and I've tried tons). It's delicious and loaded with caffeine, and a 16 oz. can of AR contains less sugar than a 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew.

  • Dining

    June 26, 2008

    How do health-conscious stores Fresh & Easy, Sprouts, and Sunflower compare with the mainstream?

    I've never been a huge fan of Sobe's juice drinks, but the Sobe Adrenaline Rush energy drink is by far my favorite of all energy drinks (and I've tried tons). It's delicious and loaded with caffeine, and a 16 oz. can of AR contains less sugar than a 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    What will they think of next?

    I've never been a huge fan of Sobe's juice drinks, but the Sobe Adrenaline Rush energy drink is by far my favorite of all energy drinks (and I've tried tons). It's delicious and loaded with caffeine, and a 16 oz. can of AR contains less sugar than a 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew.

  • News

    May 10, 2007

    Diet From Hell

    A valley vegan couple's fear of obesity was no picnic for their kids

  • Dining

    January 4, 2007

    Slim Chance

    Resolving to eat better? Here's a week's worth

  • Dining

    June 29, 2006

    Tofu U

    A very strange enchanted soy

  • Culture

    November 25, 2004

    Thanks for the Mashed Cauliflower

    Elizabeth Harris still wants you to toss your cookies

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 30, 2004

    BEST PLACE TO LOW-CARB

    Low Carb Mall

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    The Real Deihl

    How a Paradise Valley snake-oil salesman sprayed his way to success

  • Film

    May 27, 2004

    McRibbing

    A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2004

    LET'S GET PHYSICAL:

    Pumping up and slimming down

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 18, 2003

    BEST HEALTHFUL EATING

    Soma

  • Dining

    June 26, 2003

    Number Crunching

    Calculating tasty calorie, after tasty calorie

  • Dining

    February 20, 2003

    Low calories, high steaks

    Calculating tasty calorie, after tasty calorie

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Barring Good Sense, Arguing Good Taste

    Letters from the week of July 25, 2002

  • Dining

    November 8, 2001

    Garden Notoriety

    Middle Eastern cuisine gets a peaceful treatment at Persian Garden

  • Dining

    January 9, 1997

    Second Helpings

    Middle Eastern cuisine gets a peaceful treatment at Persian Garden

  • Dining

    August 10, 1995

    FEAST AND FAMINE

    Middle Eastern cuisine gets a peaceful treatment at Persian Garden

  • Dining

    April 27, 1995

    HEALTH'S KITCHEN

    Middle Eastern cuisine gets a peaceful treatment at Persian Garden

  • Dining

    January 26, 1995

    SECOND HELPINGS

    Middle Eastern cuisine gets a peaceful treatment at Persian Garden

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