Posted on November 25, 2009 by tangstein
I recently watched Food, Inc., with my ten-year-old daughter, who just finished reading the young reader’s version of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. The documentary, based on Pollan’s book and the work of Eric Schlosser, was well made and highly accessible to her. It was funny to hear her finally comment, “What’s up with all [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2009 by tangstein
Wow – what a novel idea: a TV show that is trying to promote healthy snacking and reduce childhood obesity! I almost wish we watched television…. Kudos to Disney Playhouse for Tasty Time with ZeFronk - I checked out their snack recipes and found them pretty good, with a minimum of processed ingredients.
Still have time to fit in [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2009 by tangstein
Out this weekend – can’t wait to see it: Julie & Julia, starring one of my favorites, Meryl Streep (Our Lady of Foreign Accents) as the indomitable Julia Child. Of course, I can’t get the picture of SNL’s bloody spoof out of my mind….
Nutrition Data posts on a report on carbohydrate intake and obesity. I [...]
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Posted on July 31, 2009 by tangstein
Two posts and articles to consider, falling on either end of the real food debate spectrum:
Check out Kurt Michael Friese’s comments on Slow Food’s “Time for Lunch” campaign on Civil Eats: it contains some valuable background information on the movement and a call to action in the form of a Labor Day Eat-In.
And I have to take [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by tangstein
Still trying to get across town to the asian market, but in the meantime a very important quick link for those of us with kids and those of us who care about all kids: sign up to support Slow Food’s Time for Lunch campaign, which promotes small changes to the Child Nutrition Act, which is up for [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by tangstein
Wish I could claim it’s a voluntary chef’s vacation, but this week begins our family’s relocation from CA to MI, almost 2 weeks of enforced eating out, something I dread heartily. Hoping to find some healthy surprises along the way…. I’ll be posting occasionally, but new recipes are unlikely until after July 4th weekend.
Thanks to [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by tangstein
The newest bill to protect consumers from contaminated food has been introduced in the House: it’s call the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, and like all bills, it seems, it’s many pages long (text is available online from the Library of Congress). I’m desperately trying to find the time to actually read it or talk [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2009 by tangstein
Coming as it did after the “Day of Service,” President Obama’s inaugural speech continued this train of thought (and action) by invoking duty, humility, restraint, and responsibility along with hope, virtue, and truth. (I was amused by the coverage of the speech because much of the media was scrambling to identify the line that would be [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2008 by tangstein
…but your next chance to vote may be sooner (and more often) than you think! Check out this excellent article on how to ”Vote with Your Fork” on SparkPeople. Liza Barnes and Nicole Nichols write:
The decisions we make every day—what to eat, where to shop, how to commute—may seem small, but they send a clear message about [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2008 by tangstein
I just got this link to a TED talk by Ann Cooper, the Director of Nutrition for the Berkeley Unified School District from Peggy Curry at Growing Great, and the video deeply impressed me. Don’t read the summary article – it doesn’t anywhere near do it justice, so I highly recommend you make the time [...]
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