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Today would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday. Today is a day in which we celebrate a woman who changed the world of food as we knew it. We...
Jane Brody recently wrote two columns about Optimism in the Health Section of The New York Times. The first column on May 21 posited that there are...
People often feel lucky to have a “smart” friend to turn to when medical questions arise. Oldways has a few very smart friends, one of them being Dr...
The restaurant in Cienfuegos, on Cuba’s south coast, is called El Tranvia (Streetcar) and it’s only been open for three months. Burly Loimir Delgado...
For several decades, Oldways has promoted the health benefits behind traditional diets, which emphasize fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and...
I recently traveled to the other side of the pond to speak at a seminar in the UK. The focus of the event was a topic near and dear to my heart: The...
Since starting at Oldways almost a year ago (time flies when you’re having fun!), I have blogged about my personal connection to weight loss and...
Daphne Zepos was the big cheese. At Oldways Conferences in Crete, Chios and Lesbos, she brought the cheeses of Greece to life. Daphne, along with...
It’s been said that nothing triggers memory quite like food. Science shows that taste and smell activate specific memory sites in our brains, helping...
With so many seasonal ingredients to choose from it’s hard to decide what to buy and, in some cases, what to prepare once you bring a new ingredient...
“Yes, this shall be our party. And we must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie… Give me a pie.” —- Anna in David Mamet’s Boston...
Ana Sortun is one of Oldways dearest friends and she is one busy woman. An award winning chef, cookbook author, owner of Oleana Restaurant and Sofra...

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