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Added fats and sugars are in the news again, and as usual, the message can be summed up very simply: cook and eat whole foods in moderation; avoid highly processed foods with lots of fats and sugars. A few pieces worth checking out: Civil Eats: Where Do Americans Get Their Calories? - a super-cool interactive graphic [...]

Will the real free-range egg (yolk) please stand up?

I’m a firm believer in buying farm fresh local eggs (and other ingredients): true pastured eggs – from chickens who eat what what they can find while out scratching around in a pasture – come from happy hens, are likely to be better for us, for the environment, and for the local food economy, and [...]

Food in the News and on the ‘Net

Here’s an inspiring article for kids (and parents!) who are bemoaning the lack of summer jobs – but you’ll have to plan ahead for next summer: A Michigan Teen Farms Her Backyard. Good to see 4-H and FFA getting a boost! Those organizations get more accolades in the comments on the SlowFood USA Blog post “Celebrity [...]

Food in the News & on the ‘Net

A bit more in-depth with Chef Dan Barber: “Can Organic Farming Feed the World?” And since he mentions shopping at the farmers’ market, some great tips on shopping there on Greenopolis: “10 Tips to Shop Smart at Farmers Markets.” I particularly like the first one – make sure to ask whether the vendor is a local [...]

Brown rice, anyone?

Over the past few years I have converted almost completely to whole grains in my own diet – convincing the rest of the family to do so has been only somewhat successful – they love their white rice, pasta, and bread! On some issues I’ve simply laid down the law – you will eat your [...]

Busy news week….

First, just for fun, “Cakes Gone Wrong,” which has a fun link to CakeWrecks. Now on to the more serious links. Let’s take a close look at the new “Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.” The objective: The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) is a unique partnership between retailers, non-profit organizations, food and beverage manufacturers and trade [...]

Health care: conventional medicine, or chiropractic?

Since college, I have been a firm believer in chiropractic: it treats the root of many symptoms, unlike conventional medicine, which often throws medication at symptoms without healing the cause of them. So I was deeply impressed by Michael Pollan’s op-ed piece, “Big Food vs. Big Insurance” in the New York Times in response to Obama’s [...]

Friday List of Links

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. [...]

Planning ahead: School lunch is around the corner!

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 [...]