Made in Mexico
The artist little town of San Miguel de Allende has become a reinvention destination for scores of midlife women. Laura Fraser falls under its spell.
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August 2007
Michael Pollan’s Dilemma
Cooking Light
June 2007
Suburban Hottentot
The Big Ugly Review
Summer 2007
To Stay Healthy, You’ve Got to Have Friends
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May 2007
Willett’s Way
Profile of Harvard nutrition researcher
Cooking Light
April 2007
Back on the Farm
Profile of chef Charlie Palmer
Gourmet
February 2007
Food for the Heart
Eating Well
January/February 2007
Essay about eating dinner at Chez Panisse with a friend the day after my husband left me. Winner, Bert Greene Award for Essays from the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP.com)
The Greens Queen
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November 2006
The Long View
O at Home
November 2006
Coffee, and Hope, Grow in Rwanda
Rwanda, recently rent by a famously savage civil war, has found hope in that most colonial of crops: coffee.
The New York Times, Business Section
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Next Stop Lima
With Peruvians returning home after years of eating and cooking abroad, the country’s cuisine is more cosmopolitan than ever.
Gourmet
August 2006
Running from Depression
Alone or in combination with drugs and talk therapy, exercise is proving itself to be an effective treatment for depression, especially for women in midlife.
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June 2006
Around the World in a Dozen Dates
Can a 45-year-old Californian find true love among the single men of Sydney, the bachelors of Buenos Aires, or the not-so-married men of Rome?
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May 2006
The Reluctant Meditator
Health
January 2006
Making Peace with Food (with Lily Collett)
Two friends have opposite views on weight
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January 2006
Nominated for a National Magazine Award
How Green Is My Galley
Gourmet
December 2005.
Brenda’s Choice
Health
October 2005
On breast cancer and fertility.
An Italian Housewife in Hollywood
Chow
September 2005
Tasmanian Devils Do Lunch
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September 2005
Days of Wine and Noses
The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Review of three books on the rise of American vintages, July 31, 2005.
Mental Fitness
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May 2005
What I Need is a Pause Button
Her speed was 110 rpm, her urges now-now-now. Then Laura Fraser got a fast-acting fix for impulsiveness.
O, the Oprah Magazine
May 2005
California Bounty
Town & Country Travel
Spring 2005
Coffee That’s Great to the Last Drop
Organic Style
March 2005
Italy’s Alcatraz
Once a prison, now a national park, Asinara is an island of empty beaches and reclaimed nature.
Islands
March 2005
Where Boys will be Girls
In Samoa, fa’afafine aren’t ridiculed—they’re celebrated.
Islands
January/February 2005
Party in your Pantry
Organic Style
October 2004
Ski Memorial
In memory of my childhood friend Mike Sides.
Skiing
September 2004
Bouncing into Graceland
A look at why John Friend’s Anusara Yoga is a wildly successful—and uniquely American—phenomenon.
Yoga Journal (cover story)
July 2004
Is this drug a cure or killer?
A tragic death has brought calls to ban the abortion pill. But women taking it to treat illness say it’s saving their lives.
Self
April 2004
Winner,2005 Excellence in Women’s Health Research Journalism Award
Not Just for Abortion Anymore
Wired
March 2004
Have your gateau and eat it: A Meal Observed (review)
Newsday
March 7, 2004
Are today’s diets just eating disorders for intellectuals?
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March 2004
An Affair to Remember
Home to rocky shorelines and an active volcano, Italy’s Lipari Islands may not seduce you from the start, but just give them some time.
Gourmet
January 2004