Featured Articles: Health & Nutrition
Fruit and Nut Bar: Sweet Beat
We are well in to 2012 already, can you believe it? Doesn’t time fly? We know that a lot of people plan to start going to the gym as one of their New Year’s resolutions. So we thought we would collaborate with our friend, Peter Wilson, who is a fitness trainer in Belfast, and provide [...]
Scratch vs. Shortcut: Just Like Mom Used to Make
Did you grow up in a home where the scent of yeast or melting butter hung in the air? Maybe some fresh tomatoes mixed with herbs and garlic gurgled happily on the stove? Opening the refrigerator meant a feast of tempting and multi-colored stews, soups or casseroles to greet the eye? No? Well, me either. [...]
My Mom Wants to Die Without Her Legs
Sounds pretty morbid, doesn’t it? Let me explain. It’s January, and my own health isn’t feeling so tip-top. During my journey on the Camino de Santiago, I walked 20 miles a day, ate whatever I wanted, and felt fantastic. The problem is I’ve kept eating that amount, and added a boatload of cookies, cakes, and [...]
An Admitted Francophile’s Defense of “Le Ketchup” Ban
A month ago, I took a one-way ticket from North Carolina to Paris to teach English for two years. My final assigned destination was the small medieval Burgundian village of Semur-en-Auxois where I assist in two public primary schools. My general job there (as well as that of thousands of other Spanish, German, Chinese, Mandarin [...]
When There’s Little Difference Between a Christmas Tree and a Sweet Potato
My family’s former dairy farm in western North Carolina has experienced several changes over the past fifteen years: cattle have come and gone, fences have been torn down and rebuilt, and former milking parlors are now storage for various non-dairy related farm equipment. The most drastic of these changes though is visible in the pastures; [...]
Biodynamic… Organic… Natural… Oh My!
There’s an exciting buzz in the wine world about sustainably grown, harvested, and produced wine. It isn’t really new stuff, but terms like “biodynamic,” “organic,” and “natural” are grabbing consumer attention more these days than ever, so well worth it to take a deeper look at the philosophies and practices underlying the labels. Is it [...]
Peanut-Free Zones: Mini Country House Omelets
Growing up, I hated eating peanut butter. The flavorless, yet excessively oily paste was served to my sister and me practically every day for lunch. Normally, the PB was smothered in between two flimsy white pieces of bread and stuffed into a crinkly (previously used) brown paper bag sack alongside an over ripe banana, a [...]
France: The World’s Second Largest Market for McDonald’s
“Mais oui, my friends and I love eating at McDo!” And this was the answer that I did not intuitively expect from the dainty French girl sharing a coffee and pastry sitting across from me at one of Dijon’s most popular cafés. Consumed in my excitement about moving to France, I had apparently forgotten that [...]
Eat Scones, Stephanie.
The local community center near my immediate neighborhood houses a diverse array of recreational activities for people of all ages and interest. My daughters and I, as well as anyone in the metro area with a child under the age of 5, tend to congregate at the center for ballet class at least two times [...]
What Could Be Lurking In Your Favorite Happy Hour Drink?
Hi, my name’s Kelly and I’ve been told that I get giddy when talking about fitness and nutrition. I’m a southern California girl, born and raised. I moved to northern California for my undergrad and moved right back down south for grad school. I have been a vegetarian for about thirteen years and tried being [...]
