In the raw cookie dough debate — Is it a “do” or a “don’t?” — Lindsay Landis stands by her right to lick the bowl. “You can’t make a batch of chocolate chip cookies without testing the batter,” she says. But for every person who loves sneaking a spoonful of cookie dough, there are [...]

IOWA CITY — Most high school students will spend this Labor Day weekend sleeping late, putting off homework and hanging out with friends. Miriam Miller will change her life. Miller, 15, flies to New York City Sunday, where she will enroll in the School of American Ballet, joining an elite group of students invited to [...]

The bell rings. Kids unzip lunch bags, pry open plastic containers, tear off pudding and fruit cup lids and rip open bags. These kids aren’t worried about calories, carbohydrates or whole grains. They don’t care how long it took their parents to put this lunch together or if it has the vitamins needed to carry [...]