Year: 2008

Sensual eating

I'm speaking tonight for the PA sustainable agricultue dinner, and doing a session on sensual eating. I teach them to taste their food. This is one of the most fundamental ways to control our cultural health problems. Paying attention to the taste and texture and aroma of your food...

Birthday

Today is my birthday. Being another year older has never bothered me, as I know it does for some. I am so grateful to be alive, to breathe and to think and to feel and to laugh and to love and to taste and drink from this miraculous life....

Culture of health

The woman beside me has a large weight problem. She's also drinking a diet Coke. You just want to say to her, "diet soda is more strongly correlated with weight gain than even the regular syrupy sodas. It is not your answer, anfd it may be part of your...

Coming home

Eating on the road is horrendous. Even when you eat at locations that have decent ingredients, expansive portions can make your portions expansive, and I personally can't wait to get home and eat my own food. Another aspect that makes travel difficult is the disruption of sleep and a...

Southern hospitality

I spoke today for the Rome, Ga Rotary club. This is an organization of about 200 business leaders committed to improving their community. They provided lunch, and I knew I was south of the Mason Dixon when I saw what they were serving: black-eyed peas, corn bread, green beans,...

Salsa

Submitted by Bill at Keystone Oaks School District. Thank you Bill! You’ll Need: ½ cup of white onion 3 med. tomatoes 2-3 cloves of garlic 1 small bunch of cilantro 1 mild jalapeño pepper Juice from ½ to 1 lime Directions: Chop ingredients and mix together. Serve with sesame,...