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CACAO – Get To Know The Raw Plant and Learn How to Take Advantage of Its Many Healthy Properties

A cacao ceremony is a labor of love. Participants’ hands grow sore as they crack, shell and grind hundreds of roasted beans. Grit collects under their fingernails, leaving...

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Eating Clean and Green in LA

Fabulous Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in LA Summer is nearly over, but you still have time for a beach trip or two before the days start getting shorter and the nights start...

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NYC DELIVERY DINING AT ITS FINEST

Grubhub, Doordash, Ubereats. Food delivery and take-out is expanding and there are many restaurants in New York offering these options, including many finer dining spots that you...

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Livin’ La Vida Vegan!

Even on a stormy night in New York City, the turquoise and pink-accented interiors of Jajaja Plantas Mexicanas evoke sunny, south of the border feels. From the piled high nachos...

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Old World, New Style: Antico

Once again proving the point that the best restaurants in Los Angeles are in strip malls, Antico is the latest contemporary Italian eatery to hit the town. And not a moment too...

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STK Steakhouse: This is Fine Dining with a Side of Sex Appeal

For diners, restaurant week in New York offers a chance to either check out something new, taste something exotic, or sample a brand-new experience. For restaurateurs, it’s...

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Man Who Lost Weight

This Is a List of the Crazy Things I Did to Lose Weight

After endless ups and downs on a weight-loss roller coaster, Kevin learns what works, what doesn’t and what he was craving all along. I Love Food The quickest glance in my...

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These Are 4 Cleansing Programs to Fire Up Your Fitness

Have you built up frustration with your diet routine? Try these four tasty cleansing programs to deliver a fresh lease on life. Once again, the majority of Americans have resolved...

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This Is What’s Really in Your Food

It’s time to give your shopping list a spring cleaning! Rick offers advice on what to buy organic and what not to buy at all. Everyday health is sustained by how we fuel our...

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This Is Why New York Is a Top Queer Coffee Destination

New York’s obsession with coffee is legendary and well-documented in Erin Meister’s New York City: A Caffeinated History. Historically, Lower Manhattan was the coffee district...

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This Is What It’s Like When You Have to Cancel Your Garden Party

In a city with a rich culture of urban gardening, Sebastian and his fiancé want to celebrate the work they put into their bit of earth. Unfortunately it RSVPs to their party as...

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New American Recipes from the Nation’s Top Foreign-Born Chefs

A Place at the Table: New American Recipes from the Nation’s Top Foreign-Born Chefs Edited by Gabrielle Langholtz & Rick Kinsel; Prestel Press; $40.00 Despite rabid...

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