Welcome to the age of wisdom, where our joints creak like floorboards in a haunted house and our “reading glasses” have become a permanent facial feature. By now, we’ve figured out that we can’t exactly eat like we’re 22 anymore—unless we want to spend the next three days regretting that [...]
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but whoever said that clearly never tried to grow a purple carrot in a backyard container. As we cross the threshold into our “golden years,” we tend to become a bit more selective about what makes it onto our dinner [...]
Remember when the height of culinary sophistication was a wedge of iceberg lettuce drenched in thousand island dressing? We’ve come a long way since those days, and frankly, our digestive systems are probably grateful for it. As we reach the “golden years”—a term clearly coined by someone who didn’t have [...]
Let’s be honest: if you tell a Millennial that you’re having “meatloaf and mashed potatoes” for dinner, they look at you as if you’ve just confessed to eating a bowl of cardboard. They’ll likely counter with their plans for a deconstructed, nitrogen-infused avocado toast or a bowl of quinoa that [...]
Let’s be honest: by the time we hit 50, we’ve all spent more time thinking about “good fats” and “bad fats” than we ever did about our high school algebra grades. We’ve been told to avoid the butter, embrace the avocado, and treat a deep-fryer like a radioactive hazard. But [...]
By the time we hit our 50s and 60s, our relationship with carbohydrates usually enters a “it’s complicated” phase. We still love a good bowl of pasta or a fluffy baked potato, but our metabolisms have decided to start holding onto those calories like a nervous grandparent holding onto a [...]