The British Medical Journal recently published an analysis on the effects of too much salt in our diets.
Four Fresh Perspectives On Holiday Food Traditions: Egg Rolls, Sour Dough Bread and Mocha Cake
December 3, 2009 By
Don’t call me Scrooge, but it took me till my thirties to confront the fact that I don’t honestly like most traditional holiday foods. Gingerbread? I’d prefer chocolate any day. Eggnog? Pour me a daiquiri. And don’t get me started on fruitcake. During my childhood and for years after, guilt motivated my holiday food choices. [...]
Upgrading the College Diet: Study Snacks
December 3, 2009 By
Finals are fast approaching on college campuses. It’s the time of the semester when students put themselves on “lockdown” to study for comprehensive exams, write papers, or finally tackle that half-page reading list. Since I’ve been in college, I’ve noticed that most students adopt terrible lifestyle habits before and during finals. They don’t sleep, [...]
The Author Who Stood the Heat
December 2, 2009 By
Bill Buford’s best-selling book, Heat, was a case of an author deciding to stand the heat and stay in the kitchen until he learned first-hand what Italian food culture, the “reality of the kitchen,” and he process of becoming a chef was all about. He learned the reality of the kitchen,the truth about real-not Americanized [...]
Laboratory Grown Meat: Coming Soon To Your Dinner Plate
December 1, 2009 By
Scientists in the Netherlands recently announced that they have grown meat in a laboratory for the first time. Though no one has yet to taste this laboratory meat, there is speculation that it could be commercially viable, and on your dinner table within the next five years. The process of creating artificial meat started with [...]
