Tag Archives: healthy eating

It’s National Grilled Cheese Month!

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

What’s for lunch? April is National Grilled Cheese Month. Surely founded by the dairy industry, though no history emerged; it celebrates the simple act of placing a piece of cheese on something and sliding it under the broiler for a … Continue reading →

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NYC Soda Sizing Sizzles

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Size matters. Yup, in most things, though not the one that saying usually refers to. It matters if you’re too short for the rides at Six Flags, or too tall to play in IKEA’s ball pit.   Or if you used … Continue reading →

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Healthy Candy? UNREAL!

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

It doesn’t take long after I’ve entered the door of my childhood home in Connecticut before I gravitate to the long cabinet near the dining area of the kitchen. Out of habit, I inspect what there is to eat. It’s … Continue reading →

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Cycling & Doping: Caffeine & Advil

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Even sports avoiders like me can’t overlook front-page news stories exposing athletes as they fall from grace due to doping. It’s time for true confessions. I’m a cyclist and I’m chemically dependent. Preparing for a ride requires a significant amount … Continue reading →

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Factory Tours: From Poultry to PEZ

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

“How many of you had eggs for breakfast?” my mother would ask a group of squirming school children or scout group on a field trip, and a few would raise their hands. Their tour of our family’s poultry farm began … Continue reading →

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Succoth’s Seven Species & Arsenic in Rice

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

My daughter in-law Karen invited us for Succoth, saying they’re so busy between jobs and graduate school; they’d probably buy prepared foods.  Of course, I jumped at the invitation- to come and to cook. “I’ll bring dinner,” I offered. The … Continue reading →

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Fussing About Foie Gras? Try Chopped Chicken Liver!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

About this time every year, there’s a flurry of emails and phone calls between my three siblings and me. Why? We’re planning what to make for mom’s birthday, July 22. I asked her a few weeks ago what she wanted.   … Continue reading →

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French Kids Eat That?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

In our week cycling in France, we stayed and ate at lovely inns. My high school French came in handy, especially when it came to reading menus. The meal always began with a surprise nibble called “amuse-bouche” and proceeded to an … Continue reading →

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Chefs’ Choices: Chocolate Pasta & Thai Cocoa Chicken

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Chocolate pasta? Sounds like something out of Candyland  or Willy Wonka’s world. Healthy eating and chocolate?  Now that really sounds like an oxymoron. Not for Casey  Granieri and Jerry Comi, professional chefs, who make tossing together ingredients look as easy … Continue reading →

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Spinach Muffins for Simon

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Today my grandson is two years old.  I asked his mother if they’d bring cupcakes to his preschool.  I learned the school has a “no sweet” policy: birthdays are celebrated with healthy snacks.  She makes spinach muffins, which my grandson … Continue reading →

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