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Fruit & Cheese: A Cool Way for Hot Days

July 23, 2025

Parmigiano-Peach Gelato. Savory-sweet ice cream. Tastiest Way to beat the heat without an overdose of sugar in your frozen dessert. $5 for 3 pints of just-made ice cream. I eat enough of this stuff to amortize the ice cream maker investment pretty quickly.

Eggplant Parmigiana. Worth the heat.

July 22, 2025

$3.50 per serving for a light, bright, sweet, herbaceous, rich, luscious and gooey main course. No breading. No oil. 300 calories. If you're going to eat vegetarian a few days a week, this is the Way to do it. If you're going to turn on the oven during summer, this is the reason.

Flexible Monday: The Big Stretch

July 21, 2025

Get loose. Comfortable. Flexible. This is one big stretch. Stretches everything. Your hips. Your hamstrings and calves. Your shoulders and chest. It'll improve your flexibility everywhere.

Slower Sunday: Tomato Watching

July 20, 2025

They are good looking. And getting to look at them is another perfectly good reason to grow them. A perfectly good thing to do on a Sunday. Press Play. Maybe you'll think about growing some next year.

Pink Soda: A No-Alcohol Rose Substitute

July 19, 2025

What to drink with a summer dinner when you don't want alcohol. No red, pink or white wine. No beer. Just something cold and refreshing with a lot of good, interesting flavor. Something you sip slowly. A great pairing with fish or shellfish. Or veal or chicken. Even hot dogs. Cheers!

The Walk That Ate Barcelona

July 18, 2025

Eat, drink and sightsee your Way to a calorie deficit in this great walking city. Burn at least 2,000 calories, way more than you'll consume in a few of its best markets and restaurants.

Summer Eggplant to Baba Ghanoush

July 17, 2025

This stuff is addictive. And Cheap. Rich and luscious. Deep eggplant and sesame flavors. A little brightness and tang from the lemon and garlic. With pita bread or a warm, soft fresh corn tortilla. Or straight from a spoon.

Summer Eggplant Caponata

July 16, 2025

Totally tasty. A great Summer vegetable dish to have with anything hot off the grill. So flavorful you can build a meal around it. It's sweet, it's spicy. A little salty. Just about the richest vegan dish you can imagine.

Zucchini Milanese

July 15, 2025

Less than $2 for a very big and elegant vegetable serving that could be a complete, light summer meal. Or an impressive vegetable partner for a small portion of grilled fish or chicken. Light but completely satisfying and flavorful.

Balanced Monday: Still Standing

July 14, 2025

After my annual ski trip. Six great days. Just two small falls. All the credit goes to this 7-minute daily routine. It'll improve your balance, flexibility and strength - right where it counts.