I’m sure the folks meant for me to read this as “Food At It’s Best,” but my eyes read “At It’s Best … Food.” That just doesn’t speak to me. ~This Eclectic Life ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY My blogfriend, Shelly at This Eclectic Life – founder of Only The Good Friday meme – is traveling [...]
Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. ~ Terry Pratchett (1948 – ) With all of the alerts on the news nowadays (supplements, bagged produce, salt, sugar, fat), it occurs to me that a short list of things to do to insure optimal safety in what we eat [...]
It’s amazing what a little cooking will do for your child’s appetite! ~Of Such is the Kingdom (2009 – ) CREATIVITY CAPTIVATES Blogger Olivia – home schooler, ballet teacher, lunch-maker and all around Mom extrodinaire – is celebrating the first year of her site Of Such is the Kingdom with a recap of some of [...]
It’s not that people don’t know what to do; it’s that they don’t do what they know. ~Lunch Line (2010) FOR KIDS & ADULTS This is great! Take this Portion Size Quiz. I didn’t do as well as I thought I would, but it’s fun and teaches – both kid and adult appropriate – what [...]
You can’t be held hostage by the economy. Every school has a wealth of community that virtually goes untapped. ~Jim Phair, President PS 107 TODAY’S PREPARATION WHY DIDN’T WE THINK OF THAT? The New York Daily News yesterday reported a sensible solution to the unique problem of feeding ourselves. Under the leadership of Principal Jim [...]
Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later . . . that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a [...]
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 [...]
[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 [...]
I have been told that no woman can possibly be entertaining to others if she can’t entertain herself, all by herself. Does the prospect of an evening alone give you the blurs? Can you look forward to a week end without any invitations or engagements without any premonition of boredom? If you can then you [...]
One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti (1935 – 2007) & William Wright (1930? – ) Pavarotti:  My Own Story (1981) TODAY’S PREPARATION STAPLES TO THE RESCUE! So,you’re late getting home from the [...]