Refined Carbohydrates Are grain-based foods that have been heavily processed, making them less nutritious but more appealing. Common examples include bread, crackers, cereal, pasta, pretzels, rice cakes, and granola bars. These foods quickly convert to sugar (glucose) in the bloodstream, giving them a high glycemic index....

If there is one dish that exposes the messy, beautiful, painful, and proud history of the African diaspora in the Americas, it’s mofongo. Puerto Ricans defend it like a flag. Dominicans argue the technique runs through their history too. Haitians point to tonmtonm as...