Well-Being
FROM THE MARCH, 2012 ISSUE
Gail Simmons's Favorite Healthy Recipes
When she’s not eating crazily on the set, the Top Chef star makes healthy dishes at home.
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February, 2012
Healthy Dessert Recipes: Chocolate
Blogger Joy Wilson uses every smart trick for eking out maximum flavor with minimum fat.
January, 2012
Best Vegetarian Recipes by Chef Annie Somerville
Chef Annie Somerville shares fantastic recipes inspired by California’s famed Tassajara Zen retreat.
December, 2011
Healthy Mexican Recipes
Tacos, slaw, even margaritas: Here, a light, fresh, healthy Mexican menu that's ideal for holiday parties.
November, 2011
Food Rules Inspired by Michael Pollan
Inspired by Michael Pollan's new edition of Food Rules, F&W proposes our own set of healthy dictums and dishes.
October, 2011
Amazing 600-Calorie Meals (with Wine!)
An F&W editor shares the low calorie meals that allow her to eat, and drink, the French way.
September, 2011
Jessica Theroux: Healthy Dinner in an Hour
The wisdom of nonnas inspires cookbook author Jessica Theroux's speedy three-course meal.
August, 2011
Herbal Remedies
For Jovial King, the herbalist behind Urban Moonshine, natural herbal remedies begin in the garden and finish in the kitchen.
July, 2011
Quick Healthy Recipes: Speedy Strategies
A cook and competitive cyclist explains the smart thinking behind his quick, healthy recipes.
June, 2011
A Lesson in Persian Food
After enduring hardship, an Iranian chef finds comfort and inspiration in the Persian food flavors of his youth.
May, 2011
Mediterranean Food
A take-out expert's dishes are anything but authentic Mediterranean food, and that's how he likes it.
April, 2011
Alexandra Guarnaschelli's Healthy Wine Pairings
Alexandra Guarnaschelli proves you don't need to use a lot of fat to make a healthy dish wine-friendly.
March, 2011
Joël Robuchon: From Haute to Healthy
With little fat and lots of inventiveness, legendary French chef Joël Robuchon creates big flavors.
February, 2011
Make-Ahead Vegetarian Recipes
A private chef reveals her best vegetarian recipes to make on the weekend and reheat during the week.
January, 2011
Danish Food: The Un-Mediterranean Diet
Nordic food sounds heavy enough to sink a Viking ship. But a new Danish food cookbook reveals its lighter side.
November, 2010
Holiday Survival Tactics
On the day after Thanksgiving, weight-control expert Jordon Carroll's clients sometimes call her in a panic. She helps them recover with healthy dishes like the ones here.
October, 2010
Seamus Mullen: A Chef's Healthiest Tapas
After discovering he had rheumatoid arthritis, chef Seamus Mullen experimented with "hero foods"—kale, anchovies, extra-virgin olive oil and more—and created incredibly tasty tapas.
September, 2010
A Carnivore's Best Vegetarian Dishes
How did a guy with a boar's-head tattoo become so incredibly good at inventing vegetarian dishes? Atlanta chef Kevin Gillespie uses his granny's wisdom.
August, 2010
Bobby Flay's Best Healthy Salad Dressings
"I can't be on the cheeseburger diet all the time," jokes the chef. Here, his favorite salad dressings.
July, 2010
Healthy Farmers' Market Recipes
Chef-activist Michel Nischan wants all Americans, rich and poor, to eat local fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets. His delicious dishes show how.
June, 2010
A Pro Eater's Healthiest Grill Recipes
Tasting Table editor Nick Fauchald eats out five nights a week, trains for triathlons and—in his spare time—gives his grill a workout with the recipes here.
May, 2010
Why French Women Don't Stay Fat
Valérie Orsoni, founder of the weight-loss site LeBootCamp.com has an invaluable ally: her chef father, who created the simple, healthy chicken dishes here.
March, 2010
Mexican Favorites Made Healthy
Inspired by Baja stands hawking innovative "supertacos," California chef Deborah Schneider creates her own takes on Mexican street-food favorites.
February, 2010
Healing Recipes to Fight Pain and Panic
Inspired by Albert Trummer's therapeutic cocktails at Manhattan's Apotheke, F&W's Melissa Rubel Jacobson creates delicious recipes from the same ingredients.
December, 2009
Supercharged Breakfast Recipes
Restaurateur Marisa May runs around all day and night in (very) high heels. She stays energized with healthy breakfasts like the Italian-inspired ones here.
November, 2009
Lightened American Classics
With tasty, healthy recipes like Italian-American minestrone and Southern-style chicken legs, chef Mark Peel is championing the not-yet-extinct family meal.
October, 2009
Joe Bastianich’s Energizing Italian Recipes
Looking to lose weight, star restaurateur and winemaker Joe Bastianich began running. And running. Now a marathoner, he stays energized with the recipes here.
September, 2009
Makeovers for Healthy (but Dull) Dishes
The founders of Fresh beauty are great home cooks, but their healthy recipes were starting to bore them. Superchef Barbara Lynch teaches them a few simple tricks.
August, 2009
Eat Like a Food Critic and Stay Slim
Restaurant reviewer Joy Manning keeps the pounds off with a tell-all blog and a semi-vegetarian diet at home—the subject of her new cookbook, Almost Meatless.
July, 2009
Chefs Go From Flabby to Fit
Inspired by TV’s The Biggest Loser, chef Tim Cushman and his staff are competing in a 10-week fitness and weight-loss contest. Cushman aims to win with healthy salsas.
June, 2009
A Top Chef’s Weight-Loss Secrets
After competing on Bravo’s Top Chef, Lee Anne Wong dropped 50 pounds. Her regimen: Eat less meat, more fruits and vegetables and lots of delicious soy dishes.
May, 2009
Healthy Recipes From a Fitness Retreat
For travelers passionate about both food and fitness, there’s a new way to explore the world: Escape to Shape’s retreats, complete with classes on yoga, Pilates and cooking.
April, 2009
America’s Best Vegetarian Cooking
For restaurateur Sandy Lawrence of Napa’s Ubuntu, extraordinary vegetarian food begins with the biodynamic garden behind her ultra-eco rammed-earth house.
January, 2009
Natural Sugars 101
Cooks are discovering that agave nectar, Indian jaggery and other natural sweeteners have nuanced flavors that white sugar doesn’t; plus, unprocessed sweeteners may be richer in minerals and less likely to cause spikes in blood-sugar levels. Plus, some F&W recipes (right) that use the natural sugars listed below.
December, 2008
The Cure for Holiday Excess
Spending a day eating simple, tasty and pure recipes from cookbook author Adina Niemerow is the perfect way to recover from holiday overindulgence.
November, 2008
Yogurt: The New Superfood
Trumpeting new evidence about yogurt’s health benefits, two California yogurteurs are preparing exceptionally good muffins, dressings and more.
October, 2008
Healthy Italian Hors d’Oeuvres
True believers in the Italian aperitivo, the team behind New York’s Dell’anima restaurant serves tempting but healthy snacks with light and refreshing wines.
September, 2008
Jamie Oliver’s Healthy Home Cooking
The star chef’s backyard garden has inspired his most delicious recipes, including Moroccan carrot and avocado salad, creamy rice pudding with strawberry jam and grilled tuna with tomato-cilantro salsa.
September, 2008
Jamie Oliver’s Gardening Sources
Chef Jamie Oliver on home-grown ingredients: “Growing your own food is the way to move forward, and it’s really therapeutic.”
July, 2008
The 100-Mile Workout Diet
To refuel between 100-mile bike rides, Best New Chef 2002 Laurent Gras loads his healthy pastas and salads with the best summer vegetables.
June, 2008
Simply Delicious Raw-Food Recipes
Ani Phyo isn’t evangelical about raw food; she just wants to create healthy, inspiring meals with ultrafresh ingredients, like zucchini “pasta” with tangy no-cook marinara.
May, 2008
A Pastry Chef’s Healthy Desserts
A delicate pavlova, supermoist chocolate cake and creamy panna cotta by Marisa Churchill of the new Yoshi’s San Francisco are all delicious and stealthily healthy.
April, 2008
Healthy Dishes That Won’t Weigh You Down
Heavy meals and trapeze workouts don’t go so well together. Amateur aerialist Stéphane Vivier, a Napa winemaker, has mastered light, healthy cooking.
March, 2008
How to Eat Constantly and Lose Weight
Cookbook author Pam Anderson figures out how to eat satisfying and nutritious meals throughout the day—and still keep her weight down.
February, 2008
Winter’s Healthiest Recipes
Chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier’s delicious dishes make the most of the season’s freshest ingredients—including those they grow themselves.
December, 2007
A Master Baker’s Healthy Breads
People in his native France might snub ingredients like spelt flour, but Lionel Vatinet has no trouble in North Carolina finding fans of his healthy, delicious creations.
November, 2007
How a Slimmed-Down Chef Stays Thin
After losing weight, chef Jan Birnbaum stays healthy with daily workouts and delicious, oven-roasted dishes like the ones at his new restaurant.
October, 2007
Delicious Food to Fuel a Workout
Between international travel and a rigorous triathlon-training schedule, winemaker Andrew Murray recharges with splendid, healthy dinners.
September, 2007
Recipes from an Italian Garden
From her garden planted with Italian vegetables, San Francisco cookbook author Viana La Place recreates the fresh flavors of her mother’s homeland.
August, 2007
How to Kick Healthy Cooking Up a Notch
On television he extols bacon and butter, but at home, Emeril Lagasse cooks low-fat, vegetable-loaded dishes with his children.
July, 2007
Light, Delicious Brasserie Dishes
Los Angeles chef David Myers keeps his customers healthy with reimagined brasserie dishes and his staff fit with surfing sessions.
June, 2007
A Minimalist’s Big Flavors
Blogger Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan creates streamlined recipes in a tiny kitchen. Here, three of her healthiest, tastiest recipes.
May, 2007
French Food That Won’t Make You Fat
Tired of cooking ultrarich dishes, star chef Sandro Gamba is creating healthy haute cuisine at the new Four Seasons Westlake in California.
April, 2007
A Winemaker’s Comfort Cooking
When she’s not making organic wine, Nichole Birdsall unwinds by preparing healthy, flavorful recipes like spicy pork tenderloin tacos.
March, 2007
Super Salad Specialists
Three friends have turned backyard suppers into an eco-friendly restaurant serving healthy, ultrafresh salads. Here, their favorites.
February, 2007
How to Be a Natural Cook
Blogger Heidi Swanson replaced processed ingredients in her kitchen with all-natural ones. The result: these inventive recipes.
December, 2006
The Skinny on Great Dinner Parties
With the three elegant party recipes here, cookbook author Melissa Clark shares her philosophy of eating well without overindulging.
November, 2006
Soul-Soothing Soups
Mary Ellen Diaz’s soups are good enough for Chicago’s best restaurants. Instead, she gives them away to people in need.
October, 2006
A Vintner Lives Strong
How does a star vintner stay healthy? For Brian Talley, the answer is 20-mile bike rides and wonderful meals featuring vegetables from his farm.
September, 2006
Vegan Sweets That Pass the Taste Test
How could wheat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, sugar-free cakes and scones possibly taste good? Manhattan's BabyCakes NYC convinces the skeptics.
July, 2006
The New French Paradox
A serious French chef who opts for brown rice and tamari over buttery potatoes and cream—now that's a paradox. Cyril Renaud of New York City's Fleur de Sel shares the recipes he and his wife swear by.
April, 2006
Healthy Pastrami & Other Makeovers
Los Angeles-based personal chef Nicki Reiss helps celebrities like Damon Dash eat well with dishes that seem indulgent but aren't.
March, 2006
Party with a Healthy Glow
At botanically minded beauty emporium Malin+Goetz, Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz throw some of Manhattan's best dinner parties.
February, 2006
Beauty of Mushrooms
Holistic healer Dr. Andrew Weil is passionate about mushrooms—foraging for them, cooking them and praising their health and beauty benefits.
November, 2005
Out-of-the-Box Organics Idealist: Ann Withey
Ann Withey, creator of Annie's Homegrown mac and cheese mixes, has a passionate following. Here's how she stays healthy the organic way.
October, 2005
Cookbook: Healthy Eating Is All In The Famiglia
A new cookbook by a father-daughter duo shows that eating like an Italian isn't simply pleasurable—it's healthy too. Just don't forget the wine.
July, 2005
Diet Right
An occupational hazard of being a chef is overeating, but many chefs have managed to slim down—and keep the weight off. Collectively, Nancy Oakes of Boulevard in San Francisco, Mark Strausman of Coco Pazzo in New York City and Jeff Tunks of DC Coast in Washington, D.C., have lost a total of 200 pounds. Here are the recipes that helped them do it, plus tips for dieters on how to navigate a restaurant menu.
June, 2005
Veggie Might
Is it really possible to eat nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day? The USDA recommends this amount in its new dietary guidelines, but that goal seems ambitious. For realists, cookbook author Melissa Clark created delicious, nutrient-packed recipes that make each serving really count.
May, 2005
Shrimp
Growing up in the Midwest, Corbin Evans didn't even know shrimp had heads until he was 16. As co-owner and chef of the new Lulu's in the Garden in New Orleans, Evans buys only wild, heads-on Gulf Coast shrimp from local farmers' markets to make dishes like the delicious, healthy, eclectic ones here.
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