About Dr. Gourmet

My name is Timothy Harlan and I am both a physician and a chef. This blog is a general collection of information and random ideas on eating great food and eating healthy.

You can find out more at the Dr. Gourmet web site. Eat well, eat healthy, enjoy life!

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Food and Water Rules? : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Q: I have a few questions about the correct way of eating fruits and veggies.

1) Is it true that fruits have to be eaten on their own – not together with other foods (e.g bread, [...]

Popcorn's Calories: Ask Dr. Gourmet

Q: If corn has calories, how come popcorn essentially doesn’t? Where do the calories go?

A: The idea that popcorn does not contain calories is a myth.

100 grams of un-popped popcorn contains [...]

Iron Skillets : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Q: In reference to your Creole Frittata recipe, I recalled that there is a belief that cooking in cast iron skillets raises one’s iron consumption. Is there any good evidence of this? Do you recommend using cast iron cookware?

Ask Dr. Gourmet: Is this urban myth about butter vs. margarine true?

Q: I recently received this email about “butter and margarine” and since I really like margarine I got very concerned and decided to ask your expert opinion on it.  I eat margarine and butter once or twice a week I use each for different food.  So is margarine [...]

‘Eating Fruit’ Email; Diabetes and Gout; More : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Dear Dr. Gourmet,

Q: I would like to thank you for your wonderful and very informative website and your delicious and healthy food recipes. It has been about 10 months that I am following your website and your recommandations and I’ve got my family and friends also hooked [...]