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Vegetable Paradise–An International Perspective

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, 3-Get Vegetable Friendly, 6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Opinion and Editorial, Uncategorized

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I gave a talk last night:   “Getting Thankfully to the Promised Land of Vegetables.”  Just before the talk began, I was surprised by the arrival of some Japanese students, then a Russian, then a group of Saudis and another of...

Q & A: Are Carrots and Peas Too High in Sugar?

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, 5-New Kitchen Thinking, 9-Green Your Cooking and Kitchen, Food Politics, Opinion and Editorial, Uncategorized

That was one of the questions from a talk I gave the other night.  A young woman had heard that peas and carrots should be avoided because of their high sugar content. Do I try to answer her question from a scientific, technical standpoint:  Put peas and carrots in...

Mutant Produce Now Comes Complete with Stickers

3-Get Vegetable Friendly, 9-Green Your Cooking and Kitchen, Food, Opinion and Editorial

Do you remember when you could buy a pear, wash it, then eat it?  Not anymore.  Mad scientists have successfully hybridized every last produce species.  Shortly after harvest, fruits and vegetables now develop a brightly colored, impossibly sticky scab on the outer...

Food Safety: Why Don’t We Just Eat Peanut Butter?

Food, Food Politics, How to Be "Marketing-Wise", Opinion and Editorial

“You Are on Your Own.” That was the headline of an editorial admonishing the FDA for its failure to effectively regulate the safety of our food and drug supply in the wake of 2009’s peanut butter scare.  While the FDA does indeed deserve...

Cooking Fear? Part 4

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Opinion and Editorial, Uncategorized

Prescription for Perfectionism: Limiting Exposure and Sticking to a Comfortable Creative Zone Yesterday’s post talked about relaxing our expectations. That can be hard to do on a jam-packed schedule. One thing that can help: Limiting our exposure to things that fan...

Cooking Fear? Part 3

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Opinion and Editorial, Uncategorized

Prescription for Perfectionism–Relax Previous posts opened the subject of cooking fears and where they might have come from. My theory: Blame the Olympics! In fairness, however, the Olympics aren’t really to blame. They are just a symptom. The perfectionism,...
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