Check out this talk by one of my favorite authors, Michael Pollan, a natural historian whose book The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World introduced me to a whole new way of thinking about our world many years ago. In this clip he discusses a topic from his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: [...]
One of my goals with my garden this year is to use the gardening experience to get my kids excited about eating green leafy vegetables. They helped me select the seedlings, prepare the soil, and set the plants. They’ve helped me with the watering and have been excited to check the progress of growth. So [...]
I had this enormous butternut squash left over from a photo shoot, so I decided to look for something different to do with it. I came across this recipe in Mollie Katzen’s The New Moosewood Cookbook, one of my all-time favorite cookbooks. I thought it was delicious, a bit sweet but with a surprising meld [...]
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I firmly believe in the connection between what you eat and how you feel. It just makes sense that you can help your body function more efficiently and effectively if you give it the nutrition it needs. Ann Sawyer and Judith Bachrach agree with me. Their new book, The MS Recovery Diet, details how they [...]
Getting off the grid is something my husband and I talk about when we dream about building a house on a little piece of land we have outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. For us, it would be the ideal way to minimize our impact on the earth, not to mention the freedom from oil interests [...]
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I went to hear Dr. Harley Rotbart speak the other night about his new book, Germ Proof Your Kids: the Complete Guide to Protecting (without Overprotecting) Your Family from Infections. As a internationally known pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, I was hoping he could shed some light [...]
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February 27, 2008 – 2:48 pm
Growing up we always used margarine, except for baking, which was not all that common at our house but did happen occasionally. My mother says she grew up using real butter, so I think it must have been a previous stepfather who switched us over to margarine, likely because it was thought to be “healthier”. [...]
January 16, 2008 – 2:51 pm
Do you know anyone who made (or should have made) the new year’s resolution to help their kids have healthier diets? Then you should check out this book: Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family (Fork and Spoon Field Guides) by Pamela Gould. Pamela lays out deceptively simple strategies [...]
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