A fast-food refresher

Last night, I went to hear Eric Schlosser speak at UT, regarding the effects of industrial agriculture and the fast food industry. In case you aren’t familiar with Schlosser, he is the author of Fast Food Nation. Hard to believe that book came out a decade ago! His investigative journalism really went behind the scenes, [...]

Choco-freak

This morning I declared a week of no chocolate. Although I heavily believe “everything in moderation”, this past week has been anything BUT moderate when it comes to chocolate. Let’s see… Tuesday night, instead of going to the gym after work, I came home and ate half a chocolate cake. Yesterday, I slowly munched my [...]

Food for thought

Did you watch Oprah’s “vegan challenge” episode that aired this week? What did you think? Her guests included the wonderful Michael Pollan, the plant manager of a Colorado Cargill slaughterhouse, and the big blonde author of “The Veganist”. Oprah certainly learned her lesson after the infamous lawsuit when she declared she wouldn’t eat beef anymore [...]

Eating for the Earth

Today’s reading material at the gym was the current issue of Whole Living, a magazine that borders on too-hippie-dippie for me, but I appreciate their interest in all things environmental. One particular article/list that caught my eye: “50 Ways to Eat Sustainably”. Since this (the earth) is the reason for my meat-free diet, I wanted [...]

What’s in YOUR fridge?

I always find it interesting to see what people have in their refrigerator; I believe it says something about them. Right? You can tell a lot about a person by their groceries. In fact there are websites like fridgewatcher.com where people send in photos of their fridge contents for review with the belief that “every [...]

A Tale of Two Tarts

Dinner last night: A tomato tart (on pie crust) and a mushroom tart (on puff pastry) Pie crust topped with provolone cheese, sliced tomato, a little olive oil, salt + pepper Puff pastry, brushed with egg washed, topped with seasoned ricotta cheese, sautéed mushrooms and green onions, salt + pepper + parmesan Both were fabulous, [...]

Cupcakes all the way

The Food Channel recently published a list of the top food trends of the decade (2000-2009). Interested? Thought so, here you go: 1. Sushi 2. Bacon 3. Cupcakes 4. Sliders 5. Gourmet Burgers made with Kobe or Angus Beef 6. Superfruits such as Acai, Pomegranate and Blueberry 7. Oils, such as olive oils and truffle [...]

Happy Birthday To Me!

7pm, I am back safe and sound at the farm. Picked up the dogs, who smell freshly perfumed, from the boarding kennel. They were very happy to be back home! The drive this time around was a full hour shorter, thanks to light Sunday traffic through Atlanta. Of course the weather continued to be beautiful [...]

The craze of low-calorie circle bread!

Last year during our internship, a few of us fell in love with Arnold’s Sandwich Thins. They were great for sandwiches and the like, and sometimes we’d bring them to the hospital cafeteria to make our own lower-calorie sandwich. Even for a bread-lover like me, there are times when you wish you weren’t spending so [...]

Perfect Weather Weekend

What happens when 5 dietitian friends get together for the weekend? “Eat bowls of leaves” was The Boy’s idea. This, of course, is related to the fact that we enjoy our leafy green vegetables, and prefer them in salads to the nutritional-weakling that is iceberg lettuce. But no, salads were not the mainstay of this [...]