Emily Dwass

There was a whole lot of singing, drinking, cheating and crying this season on the ABC drama, Nashville - but no baking. Which kind of surprised us, considering that lead character Rayna Jaymes has a lime green KitchenAid mixer sitting on the counter of her designer kitchen. If we had......

If you're preparing for Passover, which begins the evening of April 14, right now your head is probably full of visions of charoset, horseradish, gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, tsimmes, roast chicken, brisket,  potato kugel, macaroons and angel food cake. Which pretty much takes care of the first seder, the feast that starts the......

In her role as one of the co-hosts of the ABC food show The Chew, chef Carla Hall comes across as someone who would be a fun and quirky friend. You get the same feeling from her new cookbook, Carla's Comfort Foods: Favorite Dishes from Around the World. The collection of 130......

The controversy-prone Chick-fil-A chain announced that it's building 88 new restaurants nationwide this year, including one being hatched this May in Thousand Oaks. This week it also was announced that within five years Chick-fil-A restaurants will stop serving chickens raised with antibiotics. As reported by CNN, the move reflects widespread concern about drugs......

Now that sugar has been declared Public Enemy Number One, perhaps we should have been more cautious about trying out two new Oreo flavors: cookie dough and marshmallow crispy. We could lie and say we just scarfed down one of each, purely for the purposes of scientific evaluation. That, of......

How's this for a strategically placed billboard? Erewhon Natural Foods Market has put up a double-sided display on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, across the street from a bustling Whole Foods Market. The ad announces that a new Erewhon is "coming soon" to Calabasas. The prominent sign seeks to grab......

Right about now a lot of us are reconsidering our New Year's resolutions, especially those annoying ones that require us to eat less refined carbs and sugar. Helping lead us astray are the folks who make processed foods. This past weekend newspapers carried coupons enticing us to try yogurt topped...

Making a mad dash through Whole Foods Market, buying ingredients for a holiday dinner, I didn't bother to read labels. It wasn't until later, about to shake some "365" brand garlic powder into a pot, that I took a closer look at the jar and saw these words: "Product of......

Holiday shopping can be challenging, especially when seeking the perfect present for your favorite fashionista. We're here to help, with five foodie fashion finds. Best of all, these unique items are gifts for the planet, too, keeping beverage bottles, juice pouches and paper bags out of landfills or bringing clean......

Recent studies have reported numerous health benefits linked to coffee consumption. Harvard School of Public Health says that research shows that drinking coffee "may protect against type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, liver cancer and liver cirrhosis" and possibly cardiovascular disease. But what about instant coffee? It appears that the speedy......