Planet Lactose

The name Carper has inspired both derision and doubts about my authenticity - I was a critic and book reviewer for years - but at least it...

Vitamin D is necessary for many reasons, not least because it helps the body absorb calcium better. I've been telling you You Need More ...

Following yesterday's post on a chef who apparently didn't know the meaning of dairy-free, I find another chef who apparently doesn...

"A deliciously light healthy meal" is the article called this complete dinner, created by Maria Cachia. The starter, a delicate p...

From an apparently authentic interview with Santa Claus. I mean, it was printed in a paper , so it has to be real, doesn't it? Q: Do you...

Functional foods are growing to be the next big food fad. Adding nutrients or probiotics, or claiming that they have extra nutritional valu...

You know what the next big trend in foods will be? Pre-packaged, drinkable soups-to-go. They don't even need to be heated to make them p...

Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen has a seemingly endless number of vegan recipes, with detailed instructions and pictures. Sh...

I did a series of posts last month, including Hidden Allergens Seldom Recalled and Good Intentions May Still Hide Allergens , based on the ...

Divvies is a dedicated nut- and dairy-free gourmet bakery. Owners Lori and Mark Sandler are masters of promotion and publicity as well, put...

Jean Duane bills herself as the Alternative Cook. Her latest discovery is that some people are gluten intolerant and dairy allergic. The pre...

We hear about soy milk all the time these days. But "milks" can be made from a huge variety of nuts and plants. The latest Earth T...

"Dairy products are thought to put extra pressure on the liver." That bit of total absolute idiocy, the most flagrant food faddist...

Megan McArdle's "Holiday gift guide: Cookbook edition" in The Atlantic is the type of cookbook guide I really go for. She loo...

A Mayo Clinic study reported that anaphylactic reactions reported in emergency room visits increased from 30,000 to 50,000 over the decade ...

"The Science of the Human Past." Doesn't that sound cool? It was a symposium recently held at Harvard. At it Mark Thomas, of U...

I'm written many times that the ability to drink milk as an adult is a recent cultural phenomenon. All mammals who manufacture lactose a...

Here's a story that is intended to make your eyes pop out of your head. From Axis of Logic : Manna Storehouse began 9 years ago as a sma...

What we don't know can hurt us. Ignorance about soy and soy products is depriving the majority of Americans from the benefits of soy pro...

Here's a sad and frightening article, Too much water not good for infants by Dan Kelly of the Reading Eagle . A Florida woman brought h...