Those Darned Chemicals, Part II: What is Really Going On Here?

Before I continue with my alphabetical list of the thirty-five synthetic food additives that the USDA currently allows food producers to include in products that are granted the USDA Certified Organic label, I want to talk about how I view food additives in general. Food additives are a necessity for most processed foods. Some of […]

Those Darned Chemicals

You know, I get curious when I get a whiff that there is a bit of fuss going on over nothing. Or if the fuss isn’t exactly over nothing, it is out of proportion with the cause of the ruckus. After I read the article about the “thirty-eight synthetic chemicals” that the USDA is thinking […]

Culinary Cross-Pollination

I know that I have spoken often about what a cultural mish-mash my own culinary background is. With one side of our family from Bavaria, Ireland and the Netherlands, and the other side a concatenation of British immigrants and Cherokee, with an influx of the Mediterranean, it is no wonder that my own formative experiences […]

Layers of Love

Lasagne is just one of those universally comforting foods. Everyone likes it, and no matter who makes it, lasagne is nearly always at least good, if not phenominal. Even bad lasagne manages to be pretty tasty. I have no idea of the derivation or history of lasagne, nor do I know when it became such […]

Eating Together

Reading about the benefits that accrue to children who eat often with their families gladdens my heart, amuses me and saddens me all at the same time. It makes me happy to know that there are researchers working in the fields of nutrition, child psychology and sociology who are willing and able to do design […]

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