As soon as I learned that I could buy unbleached flour, I stopped buying bleached. Why would anyone want to bleach flour…
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Growing Their Own: Restaurant to Farm Its Own Dining Room
Dubai, Kwait, Qatar, et al: a Disneyworld of senseless “innovation.” Don’t they have the world’s…
An (un)Necessary Convenience: Should We Fear the Microwave?
I have two kinds of friends – those who use microwaves and those who don’t. Somewhere along the way I became…
Cooking Up Quinoa with Farmers’ Market Vegetables
I try to get to the farmers’ market every week. Recently, however, I wasn’t able to due to summer travels. I…
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – In Your Thumb?
Everyone knows it is bad news when thumbs are playing tiny keyboards behind the wheel, but other societal pains are now …
The Old Spice Guy Eats Green, and Makes Us See Green
Oh, he’s just so smug. And no, I’m not jealous of his abs, or the fact that Old Spice’s the Man Your M…
Can Eating Organic Stop Nightmares?
Okay, so we all know eating organic is healthy, but will it stop nightmares? This just might take the freshly-baked carr…
‘Double Dipping Will Kill You’ and Other Strange Myths About Food
Did you know that if you swallow your gum, it will hang out in your stomach forever? Such are the legends of childhood b…