Samantha Bonar

Coming around to the idea of Thanksgiving was a little bit of an adjustment for Waterloo & City chef Brendan Collins, a native Brit. "As an Englishman, when I first moved to the States, Thanksgiving felt like having a second Christmas, as it's almost identical to the lunch we serve......

Nuts may be the fountain of youth, according to a new study. In the largest study ever done on the relationship between eating nuts and longevity, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School looked at nut consumption and deaths from all causes among 76,464 women participating in......

Coffee truly might be the magic bean. Not only have studies shown it to fight various forms of cancer and lower your risk of suicide and dementia, now new research sheds light on why it appears to be good for your cardiovascular health. Previous research has shown that moderate coffee......

If you're overwhelmed by your Thanksgiving guest list, Four Seasons Beverly Hills executive chef Ashley James would like to give you a gentle smack. He'll be preparing dinner for 1,000 guests and 300 staff members at the hotel this year. That will include 1,600 pounds of turkey (that's about 90......

When Frito Lay describes its Flamin Hot Cheetos as "dangerously cheesy," apparently it's not joking. The addictive snack is landing some overindulgent kids in the ER. ER doctors say they're seeing kids (and some adults) coming in with gastritis, an inflamed stomach lining and other bad tummy troubles after eating......

You know that french fries and potato chips are bad for you. But it turns out that they are worse for you than you ever thought. Yes, this is going to be one bummer of a blog post. Happy Monday! The delicious potato snacks have the highest levels of a......

The Powder Room, a new cocktail lounge that soft-opened yesterday (with the official opening Nov. 22) on Cahuenga in Hollywood, is soon to be known as "that place with the $500 milkshake." Imagine a spot with white snakeskin bar stools, a black marble–topped bar and curved wood walls, filled to......

Put down that McRib. And not just because it's gross. Sugar and simple carbs might not be the only bad guys when it comes to diabetes. A diet high in meat also could increase your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. According to French researchers,......

Besides hurting your waistline, two new studies have linked drinking soda to an increased risk of kidney damage. In one study, researchers at Osako University in Japan found that people who drank more than two sodas a day had more protein in their urine, a hallmark of kidney dysfunction, than......

Ninety tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches produced by a California company have been recalled due to E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says. (Yes, it's the chicken again. And maybe the ham, too. ) Glass Onion Catering in Richmond, Calif., is recalling almost 200,000 pounds of salads......