NO OFFENSE, BREAKFAST, you’re important too, but for kids in school Lunch has it all going on. Sure breakfast gets kids through the morning, but without a healthy lunch, kids just can’t function in the afternoon. Recently, I spent some…
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Paleo Diet – Eating like a caveman
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A guest post from Pat McVeigh. Pat is a super-healthy lawyer-type who is obsessed with Crossfit and eating like a caveman. AFTER READING ABOUT THE PALEO DIET, I WAS CURIOUS HOW I COULD incorporate some of the principles into my…
Buying a good pretzel
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A FEW DAYS AGO, A CTF FACEBOOK FOLLOWER ASKED A REALLY GOOD QUESTION: WHAT IS A REALLY GOOD PRETZEL? Well, I don’t have the answer to that. But I can explain how I choose a pretzel and share what brands…
Four Things To Cook, Not Buy
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I’M SURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE NATURAL COOKING ABILITIES. I’M NOT ONE OF THEM. But these four things can be made at home by anyone, no special cooking abilities needed. Homemade tastes better, is better for our bodies, and costs less.…
Notes on Food Culture: Or, How I Learned to Love Thanksgiving
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I NEVER LIKED THANKSGIVING WHEN I WAS A KID. I didn’t speak to me in the way that Christmas, Easter, or my birthday did, you know, with endless treats or piles of gifts. Thanksgiving, although it did always end with…
Notes on Food Culture: Food is Beautiful
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OFTEN WHEN I’M COOKING, I PAUSE TO ENJOY the way the ingredients look together. Whether a main course, a side dish, a salad, or a dessert, the way the various food items look and smell together can have an overpowering…
Organics: the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15
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LIKE MOST SHOPPERS, I PREFER TO BUY ORGANIC PRODUCE when I can. But, also like most shoppers, I have to make choices based on budgetary concerns. The answer: the Dirty Dozen/Clean 15 list which is based on data from the…
Booklist: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
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By Michael Pollan In Food Rules, Michael Pollan boils down the lessons from Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food into a series of easy to digest and remember rules. A quick and easy read, this book provides invaluable advice…
Better to pay the grocer than the doctor
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THE WELLNESS BITCH WROTE TODAY ABOUT PEOPLE using the perceived high cost of groceries as a reason (dare I say “excuse”) not to buy healthier food. And, oh, I’m with her all right: this is a huge pet peeve of…