Samantha Bonar

Smothering vegetables in things like cheese sauce, peanut butter and ketchup helps children develop a taste for vegetables, scientists have found. An Arizona State University study found that children introduced to Brussels sprouts with cream cheese were more likely to eat them and say they liked them - even when......

Angelenos love sandwiches, and Lord knows they love yoga. So it makes perfect sense that Subway would think: Why not combine the two? Imagine how hurt the company folks must have felt when slapped with a petition to stop making their bread with yoga mat material. The substance in question......

Valentine's Day approacheth, and despite its falsely soothing imagery of baby-faced cherubs and sweet posies, it is in reality a Day of Judgment that strikes terror into any reasonable man. Now, a gentleman could always give his lady love such tokens as a framed baby picture, chocolate-covered , a hand-written......

A new study has linked eating too much sugar to fatal heart problems (or drinking, since soda seems to be the main source). And it really doesn't take all that much extra sugar to substantially increase the risk. Most Americans consume more than the "safe" amount, according to researchers. For......

There may be an upside to GMOs. Now settle down and hear us out. British scientists have been working on developing a dark purple tomato that contains high amounts of the chemical anthocyanin, which is normally found in berries such as blueberries, cranberries and blackberries. As we reported earlier this......

Great news from a new study: chocolate, wine, tea and berries may protect against type 2 diabetes. These are only a few of our favorite things! The key thread linking the goodies is high levels of flavonoids, dietary compounds linked to reduced insulin resistance and improved glucose regulation. Type 2......

Just to completely unglue the jittery moms of America, Jelly Belly has come out with a new beer-flavored jelly bean meant to emulate the "effervescent, clean, crisp and wheaty taste" of a German Hefeweizen ale. ("No alcohol, but all the flavor," Jelly Belly insists on its Facebook page.) While some......

Big fat Americans who drink diet soda eat "significantly" more than their counterparts who drink regular sodas and other sugary beverages, according to a new study. Researchers from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examined national consumption patterns related to diet beverages and calorie intake to come up with......

We suspect this may just be another crafty angle in the Velveeta "shortage" conspiracy, but Kraft is recalling some of its Velveeta products because the labels inadvertently left off soy, an allergen, as an ingredient. The foodmaker is recalling 1.77 million pounds of Kraft Velveeta Cheesy Skillets Singles Ultimate Cheeseburger......