Margaret Trey

In Japan, the equivalent of the apple a day that keeps the doctor away is the pickled umeboshi, ...

One of the most alkalizing foods, umeboshi are beneficial for many different conditions, including various gastrointestinal disorders, nausea, ...

The warm weather is here, and this is the ideal time to detoxify and revitalize your body by ...

It’s mid-afternoon. You feel restless and struggle to focus on your work. You’re finding it difficult to resist ...

The ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang may sound obscure and difficult to understand for many of ...

Winter is fast stepping into spring, and as Mother Earth wakes up, it is time for us to ...

On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped over the city of ...

Nishime, a Japanese-style waterless stew, is a nourishing all-in-one-pot dish for cold winter evenings. If you enjoy layering ...

This week we have a simple drink that your kidneys will love. Adzuki beans are highly nutritious, packed ...

You may have been to Asian grocery stores and seen tiny red beans resting among a kaleidoscope of ...

You have probably never considered washing your hair with fermented rice water—the milky-colored liquid left over from washing ...

Christmas Eve is here at last. A crescendo in the holiday revelry that for many of us started ...

So, you have survived Christmas—the rush of last minute gift shopping, the Christmas parties and family reunions, the ...

Many years ago, when I had to travel between Adelaide, Australia, and Singapore for my work, one of ...

In an earlier article on food for health and wellness you learned about the Japanese dish yuki nabe, ...

With Thanksgiving over, we feel the temperature dipping and the cold penetrating our bones. The winter solstice, or ...

The snow has finally arrived, and the holiday season is in full swing! With Christmas and New Year’s ...

Most of us are familiar with cinnamon and cloves as spices and use rosemary and lemons in our ...

Despite the colder days creeping up on us, autumn is not quite over yet and it is still ...