Food and Dining Asparagus, Thyme and Tomato Halibut It's hard to beat a dish that's beautiful, flavorful, nutritious and easy to prepare. This week's recipe earns high marks in all four categories and takes advantage of seasonal asparagus – now at its peak at most farmers' markets.

Food and Dining Give Vegetable Soup a Spanish Accent Traditionally cooked in an iron or heavy earthenware pot called an olla, there are many versions of this dish. While many include some form of pork, others are meatless, like this one.

Food and Dining Indian Cooking Spices Up Favorite Vegetables I first ate a version of Indian mixed vegetables at Ajanta, a delightfully casual restaurant in Berkeley, California, where the fresh-from-the-garden ingredients are themselves a rare treat when dining out.

Other Health Conditions Are You At Risk for Carotid Artery Disease? Certain traits, conditions, or habits may raise your risk for carotid artery disease. These conditions are known as risk factors. The more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to get the disease. You can control some, but not all, risk factors.

Food and Dining Glycemic Index: How Helpful in Promoting Long-Term Health? Foods with a low GI are digested and absorbed more slowly, causing a more gradual rise in blood sugar and preventing rapid spikes in insulin levels.

Food and Dining What's Your Relationship with Food? Regardless of how emotional eating begins, recognizing the signs and developing a new approach to eating are essential skills that are necessary to build a healthier relationship with food and with yourself.

Food and Dining Spring into Healthy Dining When combined with tender onions and sweet peas, these versatile turkey cutlets are the perfect dish to help usher in spring. From start to finish, this satisfying meal is swiftly prepared in just 30 minutes.

Healthy Living Children May Have Cholesterol Problems, Too High cholesterol levels are not just found in adults. Children may have high cholesterol, too, even without being overweight. Over years, cholesterol overload has similar hazards as in adults - clogged arteries and injury to the heart.

Healthy Living Pizza: Your Choices Make the Difference Americans have a love affair with pizza. But can you guess how many calories are consumed with each slice? Is it 150? Or closer to 320? Maybe 530? Actually, depending on the type of pizza and size of the slice, all of these figures are correct.

Food and Dining Celebrate Another New Year This year, look to the rat to make the dragon dance as we welcome in the Chinese New Year on February 7th. While you're at it, try this recipe for Fish with Ginger Scallion Sauce.