So the funniest thing about the Amazon reviews on The Eating Instinct is how many people were upset that it’s not a diet book and doesn’t tell them how to eat. That’s because narrative journalism doesn’t usually come with recipes. …

OK, it’s gonna seem like I’m on a mom shame kick this week. So let me first say HI FRIEND, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. No matter what your kids did or did not eat today. That said, this …

I’ve owned these bottles since I was pregnant with my first daughter, back when I thought that parenting was mostly about buying the right things and feeding a baby was just a matter of doing whatever the “experts” said; I’d …

Here’s a hard truth about eating disorders: We still don’t know much about why some people get them, and others don’t. Doctors used to think anorexia, in particular, was caused by bad mothers (because why not), and their solution was …

Someone asked me recently, after reading the book, if I “support weight loss surgery as a solution to obesity.” After all, it’s the only weight loss method that “works,” in the sense that the data shows people usually do lose …

For #feedingtubeawarenessweek, I thought I’d re-share the New York Times Magazine story that started this chapter of my career (and led to the first chapter of my book). I wrote around and around food, diets, wellness, and body image …

It’s easy to blame our current fat phobia on the Kardashians shilling for Fit Tea, or Gwyneth Paltrow with her recipes for Ayurvedic golden milk and spirulina-infused smoothies. After all, these women embody the unrealistic physical ideal we’re told to …

Well, technically this is last October me, but other than not always having such a nice blow-out, nothing much has changed for me. The baby, on the other hand, is learning to talk. In case you’re new around here, I …

I meet Christy Harrison in a crowded Brooklyn bar on the first night of summer in 2017. She’s an extremely pretty brunette with chic, angled bangs and a great navy-striped dress. There’s also something just a little bit guarded …

There are some excellent food reads out there right now, so a round-up post seemed in order.

The Carnivore Diet is the Latest Fad to Ignore that Food Does More Than Just Feed Us. Oh man, everything about …