Recommended over on Big Fat Deal, this book has a plus sized heroine who is sexy, smart, and swimming in men. And it’s well worth picking it up for a read: it looks like a movie will be coming out. Here’s hoping they don’t shave down the main character in size or sexy.

When I think of Greece, I think of amazing food, bright sun, and women who stay out of sight when not in the companionship of their families. So Supermandolini comes as a bit of a surprise to me; clearly there are things I’ve assumed about Greece that just aren’t right. Shame on me for my [...]

The Journal of the American Medical Association just stepped up with this bit: Fitness, not Fatness, determines lifespan. This is something I’ve been saying repeatedly - eat right, exercise, hope for the best in terms of size - but it’s really better if you can make it up and down a flight of stairs without [...]

So, with all the holiday kerfluffle and my pecular stance that lots of stuff is good for no one, but just rthe right stuff is good for everyone, I’m going to be doing my own take on the buy handmade pledge: this month is going to be all about “promote handmade” over here on Fat [...]