The taste of deceit -- and carrots

Will hiding vegetable purees in cupcakes deprive children of an honest affection for foods like squash or kale?

For a healthy meal, try some fish

The average recipe in a cookbook or magazine is scaled to serve six. That’s fine for a family of four to six people. But if your household is just one or two, that means you’re either wasting food or eating the same meal several nights in a week.

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'Nature's Lunchbox' carries message of healthy foods

For years the lunchroom at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum was just a beige box, a place with four blank walls where visitors could get a snack from the vending machines and families or school groups would eat their bagged lunches.

Let tastebuds trump breath. Eat garlic.

This column won't help you get kissed, but it'll perk up your tastebuds.