Babble

Remember when Alec Baldwin called his own daughter a pig? Who knew it was tough love? Apparently Baldwin thinks all of our kids are fat and the culprit is cheese. Yes, cheese. WTF? You mean this whole time that I've been giving my kids string cheese instead of candy crack I've actually been part...

Okay, people, we've got the idea. Kids are fat . Lots of kids are fat. The latest reason? Because they're not in school . That's right, now summer vacation is being blamed on weight gain in children. So getting away from schools which are filled with Taco Bell ads, junk-food vending machines, crappy...

Ireland is not known for its haute cuisine, despite a recent wave (so I hear) in fresh organic whole-foods cooking there featuring fish and vegetables. I wouldn't know about that, because in my three visits there I've been consigned to pub fare which consists mainly of previously frozen "food" (using...

There's been a lot of focus lately on the relative fatness of kids today. First: letters sent home from schools telling parents their kids are fat. Then: watching commercials makes kids fat in the first place. Next: even babies are too fat (Jon Stewart said so). And then: "mystery fat" has even crept...

Mmm. School lunches. Just thinking about then makes you a little nostalgic, doesn't it? That particular smell found only in school cafeterias (was it the tacos? the green beans? the tater tots? what?); the scowling fat ladies in hairnets wielding large spoons behind the counter; it all just brings you...