Slower Sunday: Golden Anniversary
Big birthday today. The Golden Gate Bridge turns 75. If you're in town, take a birthday walk. If you're not, Press Play. Then imagine you are and take a walk anyway. And sing happy birthday.
Green Soda with Fish: Lemon-Basil-Mint
What to drink with a nice dinner when you don't want alcohol. No red wine. No white wine. No beer. Just something with a lot of good, interesting flavor. Something you sip very slowly. A great pairing with fish or shellfish. Or veal or chicken. Cheers!
Slower Sunday: Surprise
They're hard to see when they first pop up. But once they pop, they grow up very, very fast. From an 8-inch spear to a four-foot stalk in two days. Spring's half-gone, summer's coming. Gotta pay attention, every day, to everything else that's growing up.
Let’s Do Your Math. Advanced Class.
Actually, let's let a computer at the National Institutes of Health do the math for you. Plug in your age, weight, height and a few other things. Press Play. A second later, you have the answer: Slower. So what's the question?
Cheap Thrills. Gluten-Free. Pizza.
$1 for your half of this crisp-edged, soft-centered sweet corn polenta crust with bright, sharp-sweet spring leeks, briny olives and rich, gooey fresh mozzarella.
Push up. Stay there. In a Plank
Strengthen your abdominals and all your core muscles. And your back and shoulders. Legs, too. All in a minute or two a day.
Free Breakfast: Leftover of the Week
Two turnovers from two leftovers. Hot, flaky, luscious apple turnovers. From a little leftover pie crust dough and a few tablespoons of leftover apple-cinnamon puree. And less than five minutes of your time.
The Walk That Ate Chocolate Brussels without sprouts
Brussels, Belgium just might be the best place in the world to enjoy all the health benefits of chocolate. More than 500 chocolatiers make this beautiful walking city a perfect place to burn more calories than you sample in a 10-mile Walk.
Slower Sunday: Pretty Pink
Actually very, very pink. So pink that, for a minute, there's no room for anything else. Very refreshing. There's a lot of this pink stuff going around right now. If I were you, I'd go out and find some today. Press Play for a minute of mine. Seeing is believing.
Cinco de Mayo: New World Polenta Pizza
This year I'm celebrating with a Pepper Polenta Pizza. Sweet corn. Sweet and hot peppers. The indigenous ingredients of the Americas. 150 years after the first May 5 celebration, it's still just two dollars for a great meal.