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Cook up a storm in the kitchen.

5 Sizzling Date Night Ideas For Couples Who Love To Cook

Bon appétit! Here are the most stimulating date night ideas for foodies.

Food is unquestionably the most powerful aphrodisiac known to mankind, so think of these dates as 'culinary foreplay.'

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Hungry, yet?

Food Foreplay 101: 7 Tips For Using Food In The Bedroom

Here are seven tips for bringing food into the bedroom.

Food and sex have a lot in common — they're sensual, nourishing, and have the potential for great variety. One of the easiest, most delicious ways to rev up your sex life is to add some edible ingredients. In fact, "foodplay" is especially suited to long-term relationships.

The Food-Fraud Writing On The Wall? Get Back To Basics.

The Food-Fraud Writing On The Wall? Get Back To Basics.

With “fake food” reports up 60% this year alone, isn't it time we get back to eating REAL Food?

Most of us just assume that we’re buying safe food when we go to the grocery store.  After all, the government protects us, right?  Well….some laws are in place, but whether they’re being enforced is another story.. This just became more evident when the scientific nonprofit, USP, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, announced that new reports of fake and contaminated food products submitted to its Food Fraud

9 Ways The Fake-Food Alert Helps Your Family Eat Better

9 Ways The Fake-Food Alert Helps Your Family Eat Better

Fake fashion is easy to spot, but fake food? Not so easy. Preventive action required.

Despite our diligent label reading,  the incidence of “food fraud” is up 60% since last year alone, according to the nonprofit USP, the scientific organization that helps set standards for the "quality, safety and benefit" of foods and medicines.  www.foodfraud.org. USP defines food fraud as intentional adulteration, dilution or mislabeling of goods, which can also occur when a seller fraudulently adds inferior ingredients or removes or replaces real ingredients with cheaper ones. 

How To Help Your Hubby Avoid Packing On Holiday Pounds [EXPERT]
The cookies are for Santa!

How To Help Your Hubby Avoid Packing On Holiday Pounds

3 tips to help him stay trim over the holidays!

Rather than shooting your wonderful man a demeaning look when he overeats or indulges in lots of sugar, help him. Chances are, he'll be grateful and totally on board. Here are some tips for you to lovingly support him during the holidays.

Kitty snack time.
Awww ... it's kitty snack time!

Yum! 8 Adorable Cats Who Love "People Food"

These little furballs can't resist the temptation for people-food.

Think cats only crave meat or fish? Think again! "People food" can be just as appealing to kitties as it is to dogs. And some felines enjoy a well-balanced diet — of fruit, vegetables, and even pancakes. These snacking cats give Garfield a run for his money!

Thanksgiving for One: Eating Alone for the Holidays?

Thanksgiving for One: Eating Alone for the Holidays?

A new study says 46% of us now regularly eat alone, but what about the Thanksgiving meal?

To:         Letter to Me From:     Myself Re:         Thanksgiving Alone Date:      November 22 Hi there, Yea, I’m here. I know. It’s Thanksgiving,  and I’m……well, I could say I’m just checking my email here for a minute before the family gets here….or I had to jump online to check on the tweaks for that special cranberry recipe.  Or, believably, I could be sending a couple of email

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Lidia Bastianich with her son, Joe, 'Masterchef' judge and co-restaurateur.

'Food Is Love': Lidia Bastianich On Osso Bucco & Gastrosexuals

NYC-based chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich dishes on food, love & her son Joe's tough guy rap.

I recently had the chance to chat with chef Lidia Bastianich, one of the biggest names in Italian food today, to discuss cooking and relationships. Here's what she had to say...

Woman and chocolate
Don't let food be a substitute for real love!

When Food Is Love: 7 Expert Ways to Combat Emotional Eating

Are you using food as a substitute for love? Break free from emotional eating with these steps.

When you have an argument with your significant other, do you reach for a pint of ice cream or a bag of barbecue chips? If you’re feeling lonely, do you find comfort in a bowl of mac and cheese or a slice of pizza? If so, you may be suffering from emotional eating disorder. Here's how to combat the problem.

happy couple cooking
"Food itself is language."

4 Incredible Love Lessons We Can Learn From Cooking

Blogger Rebecca Hart of "A Mouse Bouche" says that the recipe to love is a lot like cooking.

I'm one half of the team behind the food blog, A Mouse Bouche, which I have been co-writing with my sister Megan ("The Mouse") since 2007. We are not food professionals, we are working artists who love to eat, love to cook, and love to talk about eating and cooking. Although we write about food and share recipes, we think of it more as a blog about life... through the important lens of snacking.

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Our relationship started at Pizza Hut, back in high school.

Foodies In Love: How We Went From Pizza To An Engagement Ring

For me and my fiance, it was love at first slice.

I was 14 years old, and to be honest, back then I was more concerned with my grades at school and the newest Justin Timberlake CD than boys. He was in the same class as me and a typical awkward teen boy: shy, had braces, but cute in that dorky sort of way. Growing up in the same neighborhood, Alex and I used to walk the same route home from school every day. After he sheepishly asked me out one day, I reluctantly said okay.