Raising the Food IQ of Docs

Feb 5, 2010 | Better Health

Tweet photo credit: YoAmes This week, 4th year medical students at New York Medical College learned about inexpensive and highly effective edible tools for healing. Kale, quinoa, ginger, turmeric, garlic and more. They also discovered the power of mindful eating along...

Recipe: Cabbage Soup

Jan 28, 2010 | Recipes

Tweet photo credit: mike warren My twice a month winter CSA share from Bialas Farms contains lots of onions, root vegetables, hearty greens like dinosaur kale and a head of cabbage. Not feeling inspired to make stuffed cabbage or cole slaw, the heads of cabbages have...

Slow Cooking Up a Solution

Jan 25, 2010 | Better Health, Go Green

Tweet The more I learn about building movements, the more I appreciate my Crock Pot. My  handy slow cooker has taught me much about fixing good food for my family  along with the fine art of patience and persistence. This morning, I popped loads of veggies into my...

What’s Cheap Oil Got To Do With It?

Jan 24, 2010 | Go Green

Tweet I’m not talking about the kind of cheap oil that goes into Girl Scout Cookies and other forms of industrialized junk food. Its the oil that comes out of the ground that I’m thinking about! Created tens of thousands of years ago from prehistoric...

This Teacher Is Fed-Up!

Jan 21, 2010 | Better Health

Tweet She is fed up with school food and is taking it personally. Very personally.  An unidentified teacher somewhere in the mid-west has started a horrifying stunt. She will be eating (and photographing) her school’s lunch every day this year.  I greatly admire...