Recipe for Cooking with Toddlers
I love when people ask me for tips about cooking with their kids. Sometimes I feel really qualified to answer. Other times, not so much. But I got excited when someone on Twitter asked me for tips on how to make cooking with her 2 year old less frustrating…
Ingredients:
1 gallon Patience
1 pinch Expectations
Several squirts of [...]
A New Year’s Revolution
I don’t mean to sound subversive, but I think it would be great if we all started our own New Year’s revolution and resolved to eat more organic produce. If you’ve been thinking about including more organic foods in your diet there’s help from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and their list of the “Dirty [...]
“Avoid Food-Like Substances” & Other Pollan Ideas
I am a huge fan of Michael Pollan.
He does his research and then gives it to us straight. You never have to wonder what he is really thinking. He is all about eating fresh food. Real food. Yes, I said “real food.” As opposed to “fake food.” In case you are curious what fake food [...]
Do We Need an Obesity Drug?
A recent article on NPR talks about upcoming drugs for treating obesity.
It sounds like the drugs will do one or a combination of the following:
curb or reduce the physiological desire to ingest food (aka appetite)
modify certain psychological behaviorial conditions (like depression)
However, it sounds to me like that’s the path to “treating the symptoms and not [...]
Ever Wonder about Your Child’s School Lunch?
Recently, two related articles appeared on the Chronicle website: SFGate.com that commented on an un-scientific sampling of a San Francisco Unified School District daily lunch.
The two authors actually went to a SFUSD school and sat down to try the lunch of the day, and basically, they found some interesting information.
Not only was there a commentary [...]