Cooking Light is an American food and lifestyle magazine founded in 1987. Each month, the magazine includes approximately 100 original recipes as well as editorial content covering food trends, fitness tips, and other culinary and health-related news.The magazine is published by Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Progress Corporation, a subsidiary of Time Inc.

Cooking Light magazine chooses the 20 healthiest cities based on 15 fit criteria.

I’ve long believed that healthy doesn’t have to be ho-hum and delicious doesn’t have to be over-the-top decadent. And they don't. After writing articles on health and food for Cooking Light, Health, Fitness, Prevention and other magazines, I've distilled the messages down to these five things--bits of advice I wish all my friends would heed.

Mary Kay Culpepper, editor of Cooking Light magazine, in an audio and transcribed interview with Mr. Media, a.k.a. Bob Andelman. She talks about the keys to living well, fad diets, sushi, and how the magazine finds new recipes.