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As part of research for the new book, I poked around online for information about serving sizes. I stumbled upon a useful interactive online tool from WebMD that equates serving sizes to everyday objects. Definitely worth a look. Time and again, research shows that people with … [Read more...] about How a baseball, dental floss and lightbulb could help you lose weight

This time, it's personal.For those of you who know me, I spend a lot of time working with the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). I volunteer as the head of the Food Writers, Editors & Publishers section, and this year agreed to be on the programming … [Read more...] about IACP preview event in Seattle

It's official. My second book will be published by Viking/Penguin sometime in early 2011. Tentatively titled Changing Courses, the book will be a memoir with recipes, and more or less picks up where The Sharper Your Knife left off. The primary focus will be on a research project … [Read more...] about Book No. 2

Brrrr. It's cold here in Seattle. Time to head for a relatively balmy climate: New York City. Think I'm kidding? It's 22 F here in Seattle right now, and 38 F in New York. Looking forward to some great chow. I'll keep you posted.Subscribe to Eat.Write.Now. … [Read more...] about Heading to New York City

-Posted by Lisa Simpson. My grandmother was proudly the Lunch Lady for nearly 40 years at Walton Verona High School in Boone County Kentucky. My mother and her sisters went to that same school their entire school careers, when I lived there it was for the big kids- 6th through … [Read more...] about The Lunch Lady