In my kitchen, the culinary activities of the fall season are heightened by the prediction of an impending frost. The last of the tomatoes are harvested, piled on a tray to ripen on the dining room ...

Prebiotic foods include asparagus, Jerusalem artichokes, jicama, leeks, onions, garlic, apples, bananas, kefir, whole-grain rye, barley, white kidney beans, chickpeas, soybeans and chicory root.