Food…and Cats in the News

Coming Soon to a Grocery Store Near You: Cloned Cow Scary huh? Cloned cow. Oooh. Spooky. Well, not really, no. At least, not to me. You know, there are reasons to get het up about factory farming. The maltreatment of animals, the unsanitary conditions of barns and slaughterhouses, the degradation of the environment due to […]

More Food, More News

Chinese Food Gets Hyphenated Everyone loves Chinese food, and now that sophisticated diners have gobbled their way through the regions of that vast country and had their fill of Cantonese, Sichuan, Hunan and Shanghaiese foods, folks are prowling, chopsticks at the ready, looking for something new. And that something new is Chinese food with a […]

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 […]

Food News Flash

Paul Prudhomme to Return to New Orleans According to the New York Times, this Friday, Chef Paul Prudhomme plans to lead a caravan of trucks from Alabama to his offices in Elmwood, Louisinana, where he intends to cook (in the parking lot, if he has to) for “anyone who needs it.” “We’ve got generators, food […]

Food in the News, Again

Family Meals Good for Kids That may seem like a “well, duh!” sort of declaration, but apparently lots of researchers have been studying the idea that families who dine together produce healthier, happier, more successful children. This research supports the conclusion that family meals are important to close familal communication and bonding and leads kids […]