Lactose Intolerant? Love Dairy?
People love dairy foods, but dairy foods don’t necessarily love them. Can lactose intolerant people have dairy foods? What is lactose intolerance and how is…
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Blood Pressure: What’s It To You?
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like sneaky, silent things- especially things that might harm me. That is why I am a bit…
Ten “Super” Foods for a Well-stocked Kitchen
What is a “superfood”? Most doctors and nutritionists will tell you that there is no scientific definition of “superfood,” that it is a marketing buzzword…
French Food Fantasies Or Peaches
Dear reader, please indulge me. I am having food fantasies, which I believe, have to do with being cooped up by “the virus” and not…
Preserving Summer
Growing up, we had a large, funky, no-name apple tree that produced abundant apples, but oddly only every other summer; yes, summer, not fall. During…
The Wise Kitchen
My profoundly wise mother had a simple order for her five kids: eat your fruits and vegetables, drink your milk, go outside and play. She…
“Nudging” Yourself To Better Health
Most of us at one time or another, or perhaps all the time, want to improve how we eat, exercise, sleep and manage stress. Yet…
Project Healthy Me
Take this as a nudge, maybe a not so gentle nudge, to think about your diet and physical activity habits. On a scale of 1…
Food Stories
Food possesses a special magic in our memories and traditions. The food we like or don’t like may be preferences we learned from family members…
Finding Yeast
I don’t know about you, but I’m quickly realizing how much I take for granted the blessing of an abundant, accessible food supply being a…