Diet and Nutrition

7 Favorite Spots for Vegan Baked Goods in Metro Phoenix

We're sweet on baked goods -- particularly when they're vegan. That means no bacon (duh!), but also no eggs or dairy products. Not as rare as they used to be, quality fresh-made vegan treats are still tough to come by in the Valley. So we've compiled a list of our favorite spots to score 'em. You're ... More >>

Have You Seen PETA's Newest Animal Sex Ad to Recruit Vegans? (NSFW)

This isn't the first time PETA has gotten sexy to try to persuade people to give up meat or fur or whatever else they want to deprive people of. But its newest ad, created for a PETA Europe campaign, isn't even trying to be subtle with its graphic imagery of animals, ahem, getting it on. See also: ... More >>

This Is What 2,000 Calories Actually Looks Like

You might know that the FDA recommends people consume on average around 2,000 calories a day. But what does 2,000 calories actually look like? This video lays it all bare, often depressingly so. See Also: --24 Legitimately Fascinating Facts About Beer --Study Concludes Sex Only Burns 21 Calories P ... More >>

Watch a Man Destroy the Entire "The Hobbit" Denny's Menu in 20 Minutes

When we reviewed "The Hobbit" menu at Denny's, it should be noted that it took two reporters, including one who writes a column called "Guilty Pleasures," and we still didn't eat everything on the menu. Yet here is a man who single-handedly polished off everything on the special menu in one sitting ... More >>

9 Simple Steps to Eating Healthier in 2013

It's that special time of year, when your blood sugar has reached near-critical levels, your cholesterol numbers are well above your IQ, and you vow to really start eating healthy. No seriously, guys -- this time you mean it. And while the dramatic conclusion to trek off into the abandoned wildern ... More >>

5 Cleanses to Detox the Holidays Away

With the another holiday season full of gorging on rich, fatty food and binge drinking with friends and relatives, it might just be a good idea to consider washing away all that trouble we caused our bodies and start anew. Cleanse diets are pretty hip for weight loss, but really they're beneficial ... More >>

Last Minute Christmas Gift: Dirt Candy's Comic Book Cookbook Is Hilarious, Has Pandas

The Book: Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant The Sell: A cookbook presented as a comic book with vegetarian recipes good enough to intrigue even the most diehard omnivore. "Dirt Candy: A Cookbook" is a cookbook about vegetables told thr ... More >>

"The Real Bears" Takes a Jab at the Coca-Cola Bears

Preempting Coca-Cola's polar bear themed holiday advertising campaign, the healthy eating advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest has launched a campaign aimed squarely at the lovable ambassadors of sugary delight. Their campaign called "The Real Bears," plays on the cute imagery of ... More >>

10 Meatless Songs in Honor of World Vegetarian Day

October is a fun month to start planning Halloween costumes and sip on pumpkin spice lattes or pumpkin flavored beers. The month of the gourd serves another purpose- vegetarianism. Today happens to be World Vegetarian Day, which kicks off Vegetarian Awareness Month, so stock up on some hummus. If ... More >>

Anatomy of a Vegan Cupcake with the Sizemore Sisters of Treehouse Bakery

See also: Treehouse Bakery: Great for Vegans and Pretty Good for Everyone Else See also: Vegan-Friendly Treehouse Bakery (Finally) Gets Its Storefront When you're cooking, it's all about a dash of this and a splash of that. But baking is another matter, an exact science. In this series, we're going ... More >>

Veggie Burger Battle: Hillstone vs. FEZ

Veggie burgers have come a long way since yesteryear's pre-processed, cardboard-flavor hockey pucks. Nowadays, they are made-in-house masterpieces full of whole grains, spices, and tasty stuff like black beans and mushrooms. And you can find them in one form or another on many restaurants' menus. ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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.

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.

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

St. Patrick's Evening Run/Walk

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Veggie Boy vs. the Corn Refiners Association

The Skinny: 75 Thai Taste

The Skinny: Ichiban Teppanyaki & Sushi

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

Slim Chance

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

Tofu U

A very strange enchanted soy

Thanks for the Mashed Cauliflower

Elizabeth Harris still wants you to toss your cookies

BEST PLACE TO LOW-CARB

Low Carb Mall

The Real Deihl

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

McRibbing

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

LET'S GET PHYSICAL:

Pumping up and slimming down

BEST HEALTHFUL EATING

Soma

Number Crunching

Calculating tasty calorie, after tasty calorie

Low calories, high steaks

Barring Good Sense, Arguing Good Taste

Letters from the week of July 25, 2002

Garden Notoriety

Middle Eastern cuisine gets a peaceful treatment at Persian Garden

Second Helpings

FEAST AND FAMINE

HEALTH'S KITCHEN