How Do You Say “Lara Bar” in Dutch?

I’m not quite sure, but I don’t need to learn, now that I’ve found two good ‘in a pinch’ options for travel!   I spent my first afternoon in Amsterdam wandering around all the shops along the canals,  throughout the museum district near our hotel and into Old Town, too. I popped into a juice […]

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Claims to Healthy Eating Approaches That Are Just…Not

Why bother? What is the point of stating that something is a healthy food choice when it’s just outright rubbish?   We see this time and time again.   Sugar-rich cereals that claim to be a great source of calcium.   Enriched white bread whose package screams how much fiber it contains.   Entire, neatly […]

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Taste the Olive Oil, No Bread Needed

I’ve grown quite used to tasting olive oil on its own.   At home, whenever we go out to dine and the ubiquitous bread basket is placed on the table, I’ll often dip my spoon in the small dish filled with oil before anyone has dunked their bread in, simply to taste. So, you can […]

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