HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE If you’re going to America, bring your own food. ~Fran Lebowitz (1950 – ) Social Studies (1981) The past week has been filled to capacity with my being pulled in directions other than Stop Blogging And Cook, so I haven’t had a of of time to devote to daily [...]
HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. ~AA Milne (1882 – 1956) TODAY’S PREPARATION I see that today, August 19th is National Potato Day. Intrigued, I clicked on it and was disgusted to find myself dragged [...]
HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE This #$%! has got to stop. ~Mark Bittman Six Word Saturday and the living is madness. That is, if you get a load of what’s been erected in Times Square. A load of crap, that’s what, called Pop Tart World. A 3,000 square-foot monument to marketing and answers the [...]
From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. ~Luke 12:48 The Bible, NIV (1984) TOO HIGH A PRICE Life is messy and difficult, and we must try to deal with the messes and difficulties as best we [...]
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke (1723 – 1790) SIX WORD SATURDAY, FOLKS Bringing my six words to the activist column today. Speak Up! Make Your Voice Heard. I hope Cate’s followers at Show My Face will be inspired to take to their [...]
The average American eats fast food more that 150 times per year. ~NoFreeRefills.org HOW DO YOU SOLVE A McPROBLEM? Some states and localities want to tax sugary beverages. Others try to outlaw selling toys with unhealthy food products.  Corporate fast food spends billions on lobbying against such measures. The other side of the coin is [...]
If a restaurant has to give out toys to get you to buy their food, the food can’t really be very good! ~Pauline, commenting on Food Politics.com TODAY’S PREPARATION Someone is getting serious about holding fast food’s feet to the fire when it comes to marketing to children. The Center for Science in the Public [...]
The US can’t solve its problem, and it is the biggest economy in the world. ~Luiz Vicente Berti, president of the Brazilian Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery CHOOSE GOOD-FOR-YOU FOODS Sorry, there’s just no other way. Salt is a big issue, made problematic by a food industry that cares more about people buying more [...]
Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren’t through being children. ~Cindy Garner FATHER’S DAY MENU TOP 10 BAD GIFTS FOR FATHER’S DAY 10 Ask your dad to go shopping with you. 9 Tell him all of your life’s trauma or troubles. 8 Ask him to dress for the occasion. 7 Tell him you [...]
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 [...]