Eating a healthy, balanced diet should be top on your list, especially if you're looking to lose some weight. You know you should avoid processed foods, but some of nature's whole foods, although pure and untainted, are so high in calories that eating too much can cause you to gain weight. Here are five foods you should enjoy in moderation when it comes to eating a healthy diet. Read more

It's definitely been an exciting year in food. From wine to Top Chef to dessert trends, we were curious about all of your favorites of the year. In reader polls, we were surprised by many of your answers — and not so surprised by some (ahem, cupcakes). Click through to see all of the winning results! Read more

It'd be an understatement to say that here at YumSugar, we do a lot of cooking — and for new ideas and fresh inspiration, there's no better source than restaurants and cookbooks. At a time when close-to-the-source food has been making a comeback, there've been a dizzying number of books guiding the way when it came to making homemade food. With so many new titles making waves this year, it was Read more

It's December 19, and there's officially less than a week until Christmas — so if you aren't on top of your yuletide merrymaking, it's high time you got into the spirit! As much as we love from-scratch baking and candy-making, we can't help but look forward to some of the season's best food and drink offerings, too. Here are 10 treats that make us want to kick off the holiday caroling. Read more

Do you know the number one thing that dogs eat that they shouldn't? (Hint: It's not your homework!) Find it out and more when you start the slideshow of the top 10 sneaky non-snacks that often cause choking, surgery, or worse! Source Read more

This year, we celebrated Thanksgiving a bit early with a special promotion: we asked you to vote for your favorite Thanksgiving side dish, main entrée, and dessert recipes from Whole Foods Market, with each vote going toward a donation to the Whole Kids Foundation. See our reader-chosen top picks for the Thanksgiving table when you keep clicking. Read more

In a little over one week, all of America will collectively be cooking up a frenzy of comfort food. To get you psyched for the biggest foodie holiday of the year, we enlisted the feedback of none other than the world's greatest foodies themselves: chefs. Using our favorite social media device, Twitter, we asked everyone from Top Chef Michael Voltaggio to Cooking Channel's Kelsey Nixon to tell us Read more

Yesterday, San Pellegrino and Restaurant magazine unveiled their annual list of the top 50 restaurants in the world. Considering their varied locations, highly competitive reservation spots, and steep price tags, it'll be a while before I cross most of the restaurants off my list — but hey, a girl can dream. Are you in the same tough spot? Then, in the meantime, take a virtual tour of the Read more

When you first forgo gluten, the most difficult part is staying away from the delicious desserts you used to know and love — goodbye cake, brownies, pie, and cupcakes! I've already introduced you to some of my favorite gluten-free baking brands which allow me to re-create all of my favorite sweets — minus the gluten — at home. But what happens when you are away from your kitchen? Here are Read more

Many people are setting up juice bars in the comfort of their own kitchens. Sure, juicers are pricey, but once you invest in one, you can take your favorite fruits and vegetables and instantly make a healthy fresh juice blend. Juice extracted from a juicing machine can provide you with an abundance of nutritional goodness including vitamins, potassium, and magnesium — but which juicers are Read more