Author stands by bear facts on Paddington diet
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Paddington bear has not given up marmalade for Marmite, and that's official.
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Life & style: Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible, on her year of living off the land.
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New York lawyer, law professor and author Cameron Stracher vowed to do something radical: Dine with his family five nights a week. Discover in today's Lean Plate Club column if he made his goal and learn why breaking bread together as a family offers far more than nutritional benefits.
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MY SON is sitting his GCSEs in the next few weeks and I wondered if there is anything he should be eating to give him the best chance of doing his best? Katherine Casey, by e-mail. WHAT we eat and drink can have a significant impact on our day-to-day memory.
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the rate at which a food raises blood sugar -- is a buzzword in many diet books, and the centerpiece of the highly touted South Beach Diet.
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Recently, a polar bear cub was rejected by its mother in a German zoo.  Had this happened in the wild, the cub would have been left to fend for itself, and would quite likely have died.  In this case, however, zookeepers decided to care for the cub by hand, a decision which has ironically prompted outrage from at least one animal rights group, who have suggested that it would be more humane to kill the cub, rather than allow it to become dependent on humans for its entire life.    This is an interesting point, and one which has dark but intriguing ramifications when applied to certain other species - namely, homo sapiens.  Artificially prolonging the lifespan of genetically inferior instances of the species runs counter to the purpose of evolution.  It makes us all weaker.
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The curative power of yogurt to prevent cases of thrush when taking antibiotics has been debunked by a University of Melbourne researcher.
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In an obituary May 27 for British foreign correspondent and prolific author Edward Behr, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he wrote "The Artful Eater." The 1993 book was written by the American food writer of the same name, according to the book's publisher, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Tuesday night, Robert Indeglia, a purebred human, pointed to an English springer spaniel named James, designating him Best in Show at the Westminsterâs 131st edition, at Madison Square Garden.
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Bush tucker plan to protect indigenous wildlife An Australian kids' book writer and illustrator has come up with a tasty plan to protect the Lucky Country's indigenous wildlife from the feral cat menace - eat the blighters.â¦
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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - The last thing Lorraine Grossman expected to see as she gazed out the kitchen window of her daughter's home was a 211-pound bear. &quot;I was making a pot of coffee, and I turned around and there he was in the window looking at me,&quot; said Grossman.
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"In Defense of Food" (The Penguin Press, 256 pages, $21.95), by Michael Pollan: Food isn't what it once was. Actually, much of what we eat today may not be food at all. That is the main lesson drawn from Michael Pollan's new book, "In Defense of Food," a meticulously researched, self-described "Eater's Manifesto."
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A study published yesterday found the battered bars are a real part of the diet. LONDON -- Like the Loch Ness monster, the deep-fried Mars bar is regarded by some as a Scottish myth.
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At the ripe old age of 100, Aloysius is too weary to revisit Brideshead -- but one of the world&#39;s most famous teddy bears may consider a cameo appearance.
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Reader Winnie Abraham shares her picture with us.
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Mary Poppins was wrong. &quot;A spoonful of sugar&quot; doesn&#39;t cut it anymore. In a diet-obsessed culture, many Americans are going sour on sugar.
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Should zookeepers intervene when a mom wants to eat her offspring? That's the question being debated by Germany's polar bear lovers