Posts under ‘nutrition’

In an attempt to standardize language to describe food and food processing and to protect the consumer from potentially false claims, some bureaucracies don’t know when to call in their logic team. Here’s the latest example: EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration. Yes, you read that right. Since it has not been proven [...]

Bone broth is making a come-back. It used to be quite ordinary but with inexpensive and convenient broths and stocks available in cans and boxes, few take the time to make this delicious, nutritious food. And that’s a shame because you could be getting chondroitin, glucosamine, and collagen for free! The boxed and canned broths [...]

We’re already in week four of the CSA and summer’s only just begun. This week’s bounty from my Sport Hill Farm CSA. 1 bag of beet greens 1 head of lettuce 1 bunch of garlic scapes 1 bunch of Swiss chard 1 summer squash (it’s really summer now!) 1 bag of broccoli florets Patti’s most [...]

In rapid succession, the USDA deregulated GMO alfalfa, then a “partial” deregulation of GMO sugar beets, and now it has deregulated a GMO corn, this one specifically engineered to make ethanol. God help us if this corn finds its way into the food supply. In other news, the USDA is cracking down on faux organic [...]

Just because I haven’t posted on the USDA Decision to Fully Deregulate GMO alfalfa, doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion. Of course, at this point, all the good opinions have already been taken. Here are a few that run the spectrum: Jill Richardson at La Vida Locavore Sima at Sky Dancing Tom Philpott at [...]

This is just too good not to share: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Thought for Food – Fruit Pouch, Doritos Ad & Super Big Gulp<a> www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> Video Archive From manufactured food to manufactured outrage…thankfully, we can still count on the jesters… H/T [...]

Molten Java Coffee Roasters in Bethel, CT is hosting Meet the Author with David Gumpert, author of The Raw Milk Revolution. Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 6 PM. Molten Java is at 102 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, CT 203-791-9747 The event is co-sponsored by Relay Bookhouse (next door) and the Milkmen USA. There’s also a great [...]

In a post the other day about raw milk, I mentioned this small dairy farm in Canada being harassed by Fraser Health on a consistent basis. I wondered why people would take the time to go after small dairies (whose customers deliberately go out of their way to purchase raw milk) and asked, “Qui bono?” [...]

Here’s my local meal for the week ending Sunday, December 14, 2008 for the Dark Days Eat Local Challenge. Smoked veal sausages from (Sankow’s Beaver Brook) with “homefries” made from turban squash (from Waldingfield Farm). Simple, yet something different. I like that the squash counts as both a vegetable and a carbohydrate. They’re an excellent [...]

Over the course of the past year, I’ve been replacing white sugar with honey or maple syrup whenever possible, partly because sugar’s not local and partly because of that diet I’ve been on. When my partner invited me to try some Stevia, I protested saying I don’t want food to taste sweet, I want it [...]