He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland (1881-1964) TODAY’S LIST Wondering what to get for daddy dearest on this mid-year fatherly fest? If he favors feasting on culinary delights he prepares himself, perhaps I can help. Today’s List is for the he-men who [...]
If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Kool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck. Â ~Jeff Foxworthy TODAY’S PREPARATION Remember the Caesar Salad? Â It’s a classic that delivers. Â The Caesar salad was first concocted at a restaurant in the 1920s by a chef who had just about [...]
How can we begin to discuss eating the right food unless and until we talk about controlling an industry that spends billions of dollars a year trying to get children to eat the wrong food? ~Michele Simon Appetite for Profit (2006) TODAY’S PREPARATION I need a new computer. Â When I tell people that I have [...]
[We are] investing in new sweeteners and salt-reduction technologies . . .”  ~ Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo TODAY’S PREPARATION WHAT? Salt-reduction technologies. Hmmm. Think about that one for a moment. Salt-reduction technologies? Uttered by the head of a major food company, the second largest in the world. They make a lot of food products [...]
Most restaurant food is high in what Americans should be eating less of – saturated fat, trans fat, and salt – and low in nutrients. Moreover, restaurants exploit our natural inclination for flavor. According the the NRA [National Restaurant Association] two out of three consumers say that their favorite restaurant foods provide flavor and taste [...]
Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.” -George Carlin (1937 – 2008) I have to keep things short because my computer is acting up. It may not be possible to keep publishing daily until I can get a new unit. Until then, I’m doing [...]
People in the US need to help us produce, not give us food and seeds. They’re ruining our chance to support ourselves. ~Jonas Deronzil FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: A CONCEPT WE ALL NEED TO SUPPORT Beverly Bell, in an article in the Huffington Post reports that Haitian farmers have vowed to burn to burn 475 tons of [...]
Alcoholic beverages have been consumed in the United States since the days of Plymouth Rock. Â In fact, beer and wine were staples on the ships carrying settlers to the New World. Â In colonial times, water and milk were scarce and susceptible to contamination or spoilage, and tea and coffee were expensive. The Pilgrims turned to [...]
Something has got to hold it together. I’m saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue. ~Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker (1980) TODAY’S PREPARATION JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN’T YAWN DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT TIRED I think my computer is exhausted, too. It’s new trick is to turn off all by itself. Sigh. [...]
We need biodiversity intensification that works with nature’s nutrient and water cycles, not against them. ~Vandana Shiva. INFORMATION IS POWER We live in a transforming age. Instead of working in concert with nature via sustainable farming methods to promote and maintain good crop yields of high-quality food, the company called Monsanto has worked to develop [...]