Many of us eat more than we’d like at holiday dinners. Sometimes you  just need to let go and enjoy.  Last night at our Passover seder, for example, I took seconds and thirds on the baby artichokes.  (They were, delicious, Mike!).  After the meal I felt way too full.  So Mike and I took  Jane Kokernak’s advice and went...

What’s hiding at the Passover seder?   If you answered “afikoman,” you’re right. (The afikomen is a piece of matzo traditionally hidden during the Passover seders.  Children search for the afikomen and the child who finds it gets a prize.) But something is else is hiding at the seder too. Carbohydrates! Be aware....

We rarely eat anything sweet, and we don’t usually publish recipes with sweeteners of any sort.  But sometimes you have to make exceptions.  Valentine’s Day is one of those times. If you’re going to celebrate Valentine’s Day with chocolate, there are ways to do it that shouldn’t make your blood sugar soar. ...

It’s almost Thanksgiving, the time of year when we, like many others, focus on how grateful we are for the good things in life. Mike and I are incredibly grateful for the life we share and for the family we’ve created together.  Diabetes does take a toll on us, but overall we’re doing okay.  We’re not complaining. ...

Halloween wasn’t always about candy.  Samira Kawash, also known as the Candy Professor, wrote, “The ritual of costumes, doorbell-ringing, and expectation of booty appeared for the first time in different locations throughout the country in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It wasn’t until the late 1940s that trick-or-treating...