Food For the Seoul: A Korean Cuisine Primer


Updated 03/17/12 6:33 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Basic Korean Foods and Ingredients

Source: Flickr User aemosion The Korean Peninsula's position between China and Japan might lead you to believe that the cuisine is heavily influenced by both countries, but over the centuries, Korean food has developed into a genre quite distinct from its neighbors. Perhaps best known for smoky barbecue and spicy pickled cabbage kimchi, the cuisine actually is heavy on seafood and vegetables Read more

A Reader Recipe: Roasted Ham and Split Pea Soup


Updated 12/28/11 12:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Healthy Roasted Ham and Split Pea Soup Recipe

Split pea soup is a good way to get that much-needed fiber. FitSugar reader For the Love of Fiber shared this roasted ham and split pea soup recipe in our Healthy Recipe group. If you were like me and roasted a dee-lish (and pasture-raised) ham on Christmas, save the ham bone (and some of the meat) for a body and soul-warming pot of split pea soup. This soup is amazing in so many ways: It’s Read more

Emma Watson Throws on a Sports Bra For a Pittsburgh Jog


Updated 05/31/11 1:52 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Emma Watson Pictures Jogging in Pittsburgh

The Memorial Day holiday didn't offer Emma Watson a long enough break to leave Pittsburgh, where she's been shooting The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the last few weeks. She hung out in western Pennsylvania on Friday, when she and a few friends headed to a local wellness center. The focus on fitness continued yesterday, when Emma went for a jog in a pink sports bra. She also handled a copy of Read more

Zinc Works at Shortening Colds, Study Says


Updated 10/14/11 11:51 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Zinc Helps Shorten Colds, Study Says

Taking zinc can shorten the life of the common cold, says a review of numerous medical studies. And while chicken soup might soothe the soul, zinc can make symptoms like a runny nose and sore throat feel less harsh and also shorten the length of a cold by a few days. The only catch is that it must be taken at the very first signs of a cold to work. Fifteen studies looking at the effects of zinc Read more

Fast & Easy Dinner: Meal-in-a-Bowl Minestrone


Updated 02/08/12 10:49 AM · Posted by partysugar · 1 comment

Easy and Fast Minestrone Soup Recipe

The weather in San Francisco has been abnormally cold this week and all I can think about is a piping hot bowl of comforting soup. There's no better way to start the weekend — or warm the soul — than with a familiar soup chock-full of vegetables and pasta. This minestrone recipe combines broccoli rabe with green beans, cannellini beans, and zucchini. It's a really versatile technique, Read more