Eating What’s Around You

Over the last week and a half in Hawaii, I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy a lovely array of beautiful, local fish; Snapper, Ahi, Ono and Opah just to name a few. I could also have opted for Wild Alaskan King Salmon, but why? Yes, I love salmon and it’s certainly available here, but it’s […]

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Where’s the Money Going?

My mom has MS.  She was diagnosed in 1990 and initially, given that she had what is known as episodic or relapse/remit MS, at first she didn’t have many symptoms. Over the course of the next decade, her diagnosis was changed to secondary progressive and she went from being an active mom with two kids, […]

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And On That School Lunch Tip…

I heard a great interview today on NPR with a chef who goes by ‘The Renegade Lunch Lady’.   Chef Ann, as per her website, states that her “life’s work is to transform how we feed our children in school each day, from highly processed to highly nourishing food — one school lunch at a […]

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Throwing The Good Stuff Away?

I was so saddened after reading an article in yesterday’s NY Times, entitled  No Appetite for New Good-f0r-You School Lunches. As per the corresponding photo from the piece printed on the 6th, the students are literally throwing away items such as bags of baby carrots, fresh pears and apples… anything that they find to have […]

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