2025 - Better.Cheaper.Slower.

Climbing Mt. Everett

April 4, 2025

What a difference a letter makes. I'm in the Berkshires, not the Himalayas. A fairly serious hike, but you don't have to carry oxygen tanks. Or hire Sherpas. You can even bring your dog. Click for a great late Spring-early Summer day hike.

Rice Pudding Flashback

April 3, 2025

Less than 75 cents per serving of this rich, luxurious, creamy pudding without cream. Fragrant with coconut and cinnamon. Soft but still chewable. Juicy-fruity with fat raisins. Hardly any added sugar.

Falafel. Finally!

April 2, 2025

$2 for a substantial, satisfying, earthy and herbaceous first or main course. Or an addictive snack. High-protein vegan. Super low Glycemic Load. Great and simple. I don't know why it took me years to get around to making this. It's easy. Don't wait.

No Deprivation This Morning

April 1, 2025

I told you about the surprising metabolic and weight-loss benefits of a satisfying 300-calorie dessert after breakfast. So here's an after-breakfast dessert that really takes the cake. Without cake. Press Play and lick your lips.

Your Fifth Monday of the Month

March 31, 2025

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Mondays of each month bring you new Ways to shake your thang, increase your flexibility, balance and strength, respectively. So what happens when the month has a 5th Monday? We invent a sport.

Slower Sunday: Crossing the border

March 30, 2025

All steps are not created equal.

Change Your Light Bulb:
Sleep more, weigh less

March 29, 2025

Today's News Flash: Research shows that a clever use of Smart LED lights might help you sleep more and weigh less. Say what?

The Walk That Ate Boulder

March 28, 2025

You see more walking, biking, jogging and hiking here than in any other town in the States. Trails right up into the foothills of the Rockies and back down to the other thing they do well here: eating. Perfect place to burn more calories than you consume during a day of sightseeing.

Chocolate. Because it’s good for you.

March 27, 2025

That's not why I eat chocolate. But I sure am glad to see all the studies that make chocolate sound like the new miracle health food. Read all about it. Then dip some fruit into some molten dark chocolate.

Chocolate for breakfast. I confess.

March 26, 2025

I probably wouldn't admit this if I hadn't read the results of the study. The one that concludes that dessert after a balanced breakfast "can help dieters to lose more weight and keep it off in the long run". Talk about food for thought, huh?