Nutritional Approach

It's harder to find that lots of other lettuces, so when you encounter it at the Farmer's Market or Whole Foods, grab it while you can!It's such a delicate leaf that even by itself, it makes for a beautiful presentation. Here's an easy salad I made last night as our starter to our dinner. (All […]

Nell, Can you comment on this article in your blog, please, which discusses the use of gluten in clarifying red wine?  I want to know how wide spread this practice is and if the gluten left in the wine harms the drinker. Thanks, Susan Hi, Susan, I didn't have an answer off the top of my […]

I couldn't pass up this cartoon, (vaguely reminiscent of 'man evolving, while drinking coffee all the while…)which I came across in the NY Times last month, in an article about the "Culinary Adventures of Fathers Who Cook for Their Families" ( MAN WITH A PAN, by John Donahue). NO- this is NOT a book about how […]

In last Monday's NY Times, I came across an article discussing that 'deeper biological forces than a lack of willpower are at work when we 'crave fatty snacks'. When rats were given liquid diets high in one of the three macro nutrients (fat, protein & carbohydrate (sugar), the ones who received the high fat diet produced  substances […]