Meg Haworth

Yesterday, I decided to experiment with some leftover soy flour I had sitting around. I don’t usually like soy flour but it was all they had at a local mainstream grocery store that was trying desperately to be organically correct. Soy flour just misses the mark for me. It’s a personal preference thing. The taste of soymilk even makes me sneer and say “Eh. I can take it or leave it.” My brilliant idea was to create a new recipe for soy pancakes. My cupboards wer...

My sister Polly Brubeck has Celiac disease, lactose intolerance and is allergic to casein (a protein found in cow’s milk that is used in most cheese and butter substitutes). When she got married this summer, I wondered what she would do for a wedding cake.

Polly’s best friend since kindergarten, Anne Marie, is a chef who searched the internet for the perfect gluten and dairy free cake recipe that would stand up to the challenge of holding some very heavy sugar roses that c...

Ok, I admit it, I’m a sex addict -- Sex and The City , that is. On some of my worst weeks, with no dates and numerous self-imposed writing assignments, I've actually watched the show up to 15 times on TBS. Even I feel sickened at that number. So, when my girlfriend, actress Chanda Counts, said; “Let‘s go out opening weekend, see the movie, drink cosmos and shop for shoes with our girlfriends”, I said “Yes!”

We went to the Arclight Cinemas in Sherman ...

I’ll never forget the day the nutritionist broke the news to me. I sat in her office feeling hopeful, absorbing her knowledge, wisdom and general advice. Then she said something really awful. She said, “You have the worst case of leaky gut syndrome I have ever seen.” I’m sorry, what was my gut doing? Leaking? How do guts leak and what do we do about it? Luckily, the tests to determine said condition were the least invasive and most palatable medical tests I had ...

My friend Earl Gibson happens to be an Episcopal Priest. He's also part Zen Monk and part foot pampering enthusiast.I think he owns stock in Bath and Body Works or, at least,ought to. For Earl,moisturizing is definitely next to Godliness. Earl also has a great love for food of all kinds -with arather large propensity towards the junk food realm. Being a friend of mine,I invited him to eat something healthy with me. We were set to go to A Votre Sante in Brentwood but then, at the last minute,...

So there I was, starving at yet another party, standing by the glutinous lactose-filled table of what used to be treats for me. As my stomach shrank, I watched others fill their plates, recklessly devouring free food. What was I to do? I’ll never forget the day my nutritionist gave me the tip that saved me, and one I still apply to this day, despite the fact that I am no longer completely dependant on wheat and dairy free items. This tip invoked a feeling of both freedom and di...