Food activist pens vegan cookbook

Activist spreads message of equal access to healthy food

Vegan diet may help diabetic patients

Nutritionist Susan Levin has challenged Southern cooking diva Paula Deen to change her diet to improve her health. Last week Deen confirmed rumors that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Levin and other nutritionists and doctors at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine want Deen to join their 21-day Vegan Kickstart program.

It’s Meat-Free Week in D.C.

Those of you looking to cleanse your arteries after last week's big barbecue bash known as D.C. Meat Week now have the perfect opportunity to do so: D.C. Meat-Free Week starts Monday.

Alisa Mullins: Diabetes-suffering Paula Deen should go vegan

Paula Deen now has the opportunity to do herself and her fans a great service by following in the footsteps of fellow southerner Bill Clinton and embracing healthy vegan meals.

What You're Doing This Week

Food & Wine Fest, Crystal Couture, District Karaoke. Get going already!