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...Cambridge this summer but missing the delights of a HUDS meal plan? Don't subsist entirely on food bought with buy-one-get-one-free coupons from Qdoba. We just discovered this (slightly out-of-date but still useful) list of menus from a smorgasbord of Harvard Square and Cambridge area restaurants that you should check...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Take-out Menus at Your Fingertips | 6/16/2010 | See Source »

It’s probably unhealthy to subsist entirely on the mildly frozen California rolls available in Lamont Café for the duration of exams, so do your body a favor and grab some real grub. There are plenty of dining halls close by, and you can always spare a few minutes, give your brain a break, and eat some real dinner...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Bloom, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Welcome to Reading Period! A Guide to Lamont Courtesy | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

...human equivalent would be to study whether prisoners in solitary confinement choose to subsist on bread and water or eat junk food to excess. In such a situation, human obesity and overindulgence in the only source of environmental pleasure would be no surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Eating Junk Food Really Be an Addiction? | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

...many people believe they are being cheated by Saleh and view him as the leader of a corrupt élite who lives in luxury while almost half of the 23 million people in Yemen subsist on less than $2 a day. In the center of Sana'a, the Al-Saleh Mosque, a gleaming palace that can hold 40,000 worshippers, outshines every building in the area, perhaps in the country. The mosque cost at least $60 million to build, an unheard-of fortune in Yemeni currency, the rial. In stark contrast to the majesty of the mosque, impoverished Yemenis languish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Yemen's Capital, Fearful Talk of War with al-Qaeda | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...same low-sugar principle. But other modern diets remain pretty far-fetched. One example is the cabbage-soup diet, which promises that adherents will lose 10 lb. in a week by eating only cabbage soup. A more challenging competitor might be the lemonade diet, which requires dieters to subsist on a concoction of lemon juice, maple syrup, red pepper and hot water for as long as 10 days. While it may not rely on sound science, Siegal's cookie diet looks that much more appealing by comparison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fad Diets | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

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