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The Five Dollar Tomato – Worth It? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:38 am
{A post I wrote for Attune Foods} I think of tomatoes as the bridge food between summer and fall. Just when the summer fruit season in the Northeast is ending – the crowd of peaches is thinning at t...
Are You Boring People With Your Food? 25 Jul 2013 | 05:57 am
{A post I wrote for Attune Foods} Here’s a radical idea: put some peanut butter and jam between two slices of bread and eat it. It’s delicious! There was a time (112 years ago to be exact) when a PB...
Stop Faking It 9 Jul 2013 | 06:41 am
There are a few food combinations that are truly repellent. Unsweetened almond milk in coffee is one of them. It not only turns the coffee a putrid orange, but it enhances the coffee’s bitterness such...
Get Your Veggies On 25 Jun 2013 | 08:08 pm
{A post I wrote for Attune Foods} Even though I’m not a vegetarian, there is something about the warm weather that makes me crave vegetables in an extreme way. I go to the farmer’s market and I’m lik...
The Facts on Flax 2 Jun 2013 | 08:30 pm
Flax has been the “it” girl of the nutrient world for a few years so you don’t need to hear that it’s good for you. A quick primer though in case you’ve forgotten why … Flax is a grain that is high in...
Five Things To Eat To Get Ready For Summer 28 May 2013 | 08:47 pm
{A post I wrote for Attune Foods} We (meaning those of us who live in the North East) have had a painfully cold start to spring. The heat in my apartment still comes on with a clang every morning as...
Abstinence: How Sweet It Is 5 May 2013 | 05:33 am
I’ve been off sugar for a week now – not the naturally occurring stuff found in bananas but the added stuff found in, oh say chocolate bars – chocolate bars that you’ve bought because you rationalize ...
What Is THIS Doing In My Food? 23 Apr 2013 | 06:32 pm
{A post I wrote for Attune Foods} I finally cleaned out my hall closet and gave away/tossed away half the stuff. I have no need for running shoes that will never be anything but a size too small, and...
You’re Already Eating GMO Food and Don’t Even Know It 7 Apr 2013 | 06:10 am
There are two kinds of people: those who want to know everything that is possible to know about the food they eat (the ingredients, nutrient levels, place of origin, first and last name of the farmer ...
The Two Foods I Will Always Buy At The Farmers Market 26 Mar 2013 | 04:43 pm
{A post I wrote for Attune Foods} When I walk through my farmers market in the winter months it’s hard to get excited by stocky carrots, thick cabbage and weary apples. Maybe it’s in part because the...
