A soft food diet is made up of foods that are easy to digest. They’re usually soft in texture and low in fiber. The idea is to eat foods that are easy to swallow and that you don’t need to chew much.

When we feel sick to our stomach, our body asks for a break in the digestive effort. Following a bland diet gives us just what we need: light, easy-to-digest foods cooked in a way that does not demand ...

A common joke is that the chore of pandemic cooking has reduced us to eating piles of slop. But for a weird, specific, tertiary reason, I actually was. In May, I burned my esophagus. My doctor ...