Teaching Kids To Cook

Last Wednsday's NY TImes had a great piece on Chef Charlie Trotter's 'Excellence Program", in which for three nights per week, fifty weeks per year, he treats youths from disadvantaged backgrounds to an 'elaborate tasting menu, tour of his restaurant and a succession of inspirational speakers'. What a wonderful concept!  If those of you out […]

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Fat Stigma…

Fat Stigma Is Fast Spreading Around the Globe, reads one of the headlines on today's NY Times. Researchers, according to this article, are concerned that by global health officials' treatment of obesity as 'worrisome public health threat',  the 'troubling' side effect will be a growing stigma against people who are fat. What's the answer? How […]

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150 Calorie Snacks?

I received an email yesterday from one of the many health-related e-lists I'm on. This one featured a piece about 'Low Calorie (150) POWER Snacks'. Who ever said snacks should be lower in calories than meals? My personal philosophy is BALANCE.  Whether you are someone (like me), an endurance athlete, who eats several times per […]

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FDA Looks at Safety of Artificial Food Colorings

"Should 'foods' like Jell-O, Lucky Charms and Lemonade carry warnings that the artificial colors may worsen behavior problems like hyperactivity in some children?", asks a piece in today's NY Times? Hmmm… OF COURSE! How unfortunate that we are living in a time such that the government has allowed people to feel they can rest assured […]

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Choosing Your Cuts

Feeling confused as to which grass fed cut you should order when you're at your local butcher, or ordering online, perhaps from Rocky Mountain Cuts ? Here are the very basics of some of the options: Filet Mignon - From the tenderloin, tender, expensive Porterhouse/T-Bone/Strip – The short loin can be cut into two steaks, the T Bone […]

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Paleo Daube de Boeuf (Beef Stew)

The addition of some dried Porcini mushrooms, fresh Thyme, a Bay leaf or two and some red wine can impart depth and layers to the already delicious flavor template that exists from the beef itself! Saute cubed, grass fed beef in olive oil (must say it again- in the words of Julia Child- make sure […]

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Face Of Fitness!

Click HERE to vote for me. To be clear, I'm not asking for your vote as a function of vanity; rather, the more people I can reach via a platform such as a national magazine, the more I can educate about HEALTHY EATING- my passion and purpose in life!!  

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Technique- Peeling Ginger

One of the lovely things about Paleo eating is that our palates, fresh from the removal of loads of additives and excessive salts & sugars, can so much more enjoy the flavors of spices, herbs and… FOOD, sometimes in its simplest state! Learning to incorporate many subtle to intense flavors is but one of the […]

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