Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Good Eats

In: Food|Health

10 Jan 2009

I’ve had a horrible diet most of my life [think Diet Coke and Doritos], until the past few years since I switched to organic, whole foods. No wonder my health went down the toilet — um, pardon the metaphor. But I really had no idea how delicious healthy eating could be. Still working on eating [...]

I can’t believe I am voluntarily eating organic celery as a snack — and loving it. Think I’ll go get another stalk. Yum!

Who do you trust?

In: Food|Garden

1 Jul 2008

I tell ya, the FDA is not smelling like a rose lately… FDA: Is the Tomato to Blame for Salmonella Outbreak? Is It Not?… Three weeks after the Food and Drug Administration first warned consumers to avoid certain types of tomatoes for fear they would carry an uncommon type of Salmonella, known as Saintpaul, the [...]

Food banks face high costs but feeding more people “The way it’s going, we’re going to have a food disaster pretty soon,” said Phyllis Legg, interim executive director of the Merced Food Bank, which serves 43 food pantries throughout foreclosure-ravaged Merced County. Food banks across the country are in similar straits: While demand is up, [...]

Not. happy.

In: Food

20 May 2008

Sometimes going back to basics kind of sucks. I just spent 45 minutes stirring a quart of milk as it heated and cooled for homemade yogurt–no big deal, except standing that long kills my back, but it’s worth a little pain to have my favorite treat whenever I want it. And then I spilled the [...]


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