January 2001

Features

• Patricia Wells Eats and Runs

  This Paris-based restaurant critic had a spa epiphany and lost 30 pounds. Here, she shares her secret, plus seven of her favorite healthy recipes.

• Cay to Happiness

  A new chef and spa have made the Caribbean's Parrot Cay resort even more enticing. Just ask Bruce Willis or Robert De Niro.

• A Clean Start

  FOOD & WINE road-tested both new and classic cleaning products to find the ones that truly shine.

• A Wine Country Spa Escape

  At a Sonoma retreat, a writer and her husband soak in mineral baths and otherwise work up an appetite for the delicious spa food.

• Back Talk

  What exactly is the Wine & Spine Society? Our wine editor finds out when she falls down some stairs and meets a group of wine-loving spine surgeons.

• Cooking Healthy

  After cooking and tasting all day, our test kitchen staffers long for light, healthy dishes at night. Here, 15 favorites from Marcia Kiesel, Grace Parisi and F&W alum Diana Sturgis.

• Zen Palate

  An eating tour of Japan's timeless Kyoto, where the spirit of Zen Buddhism permeates everything from the architecture to the food.

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• The Best Champagnes

  For one critic, New Year's Eve means the top-of-the-line Champagnes known as prestige cuvées. Here, his favorites.

• The Green Party

  David Raccuglia believes organics can be fun. He's shown it in his innovative line of food-based beauty products; now he proves it again with a (mostly) healthy New Year's Eve dinner in his eco-friendly house.

• Trend Report 2001

  The year's hottest trends in eating and drinking, as reported by FOOD & WINE's well-informed (and well-fed) editors.

• Mood Food

  Feeling sad? Angry? Tired? Wired? Read on for eight fantastic foods that can improve your every mood.

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