Archive for October, 2006
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Bucking Conventional Wisdom
Today I spotted an interesting article by Tom Avril (Scripps-McClatchy News Service) titled in our local paper: Researcher counters meteor versus dinosaur theory of extinction.
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Low Carb CookwoRx Fans Rejoice!
For those of you who enjoy our PBS television cooking/nutrition show, Low Carb CookwoRx, we just got a piece of good news.
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Disney Takes on Big Sugar
The front page article of the business section in today’s newspaper warmed my heart and got me to thinking that maybe, just maybe the tide will begin to turn on this epidemic of childhood obesity. The piece, by Gary Gentile, picked up in our local paper from the AP was titled:
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Saturday, October 14th, 2006
Almond Milk: How Unsweet It Is!
Many thanks to blog reader, Amy, for alerting me to yet another reason the demand for almonds has gone up: the arrival of an unsweetened almond milk product line on store shelves that has apparantly been the new buzz on the Protein Power Discussion Forum of late.
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Beware the Almond Rustlers
A number of years ago, we purchased a small Haas avocado ranch on the central coast of California on which we had planned to build a home from which we could watch the sunset on the Pacific and eat a lot of guacamole. First one thing and then another interfered with our plans (mostly the obstructive, hostile posture of the local county planning board) and after several frustrating and expensive years of wrangling with them, we finally sold the property. It was our first foray into the world of agriculture and an eye-opening foray it was.
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
Waiting for the Great Pumpkin (Soup, that is)
I dont’ know about you, but when the leaves begin to turn, the days shorten, and the evenings get a chill, my tastebuds long for something warm and savory. And nothing satisfies that longing quite like a steaming bowl of creamy soup.
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
To Thine Own Self Be True…and Label Savvy
A few days ago, I saw an article by AP writer Candice Choi that was picked up in our local paper titled: Serving size a pitfall for label-readers. Americans often miscalculate, eating too much.
