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Eating on the run doesn't have to be disastrous to your health. Though most fast foods are higher in fat, calories and sugar than home-prepared foods, there are many healthier fast food choices. Try some of the fast foods listed below when your on the go. Nutritional data for calories, fat percentage, protein and carbohydrates are supplied.

The Food Network has collected 100 cooking and food preparation tips from popular restaurant and television chefs. Read through the list and something is bound to surprise you. Food Network chef entries also include the tip in the chef’s own handwriting.

Search the world's largest collection of vegetarian recipes.

Search here for specific recipes using a keyword search engine or browse through a variety of recipe collections including Appetizers & Snacks, Breakfast & Brunch, Chicken, Beef, Side Dish, and "Quick & Easy." Register for free and you may sign up for free e-mail newsletters and create your own personalized recipe box and printable shopping lists, as well as rate and review recipes posted on the site.

"The Online Blue pages for restaurants." Search by state, city, or zip code.

Chowhound was started in 1997 as a message board for people to trade information about where to find good food. You can read more about the early days of Chowhound in Calvin Trillin's 2001 New Yorker story "New Grub Streets" (full article available to subscribers only).
In 2006, CNET Networks bought Chowhound and combined it with a San Francisco–based print magazine called CHOW. In 2008, CBS acquired CNET Networks to form CBS Interactive. Over the years that followed CHOW.com grew to host more than 10 million unique visitors each month to its recipes and the Chowhound community.
In 2015, CBS Interactive re-launched Chowhound.com, again placing the world-renowned Chowhound community front and center, with award-winning recipes and writing from the Chowhound staff featured contextually throughout the site.