The Ironic
Amanda’s weekly column on healing with food and conscious consuming.
‘Unprocessed’ Processed Food? Sunshine Burgers: The IRONIC
When it comes to food, most people agree that fresh is best and whole is blessed. But, um, I have two small children and a couple of full-time jobs. And so I’ve grown comfortable with the reality that there is never any such thing as perfection. There are not that many processed foods that get [...]
The IRONIC: Chaos Theory
There are two types of people in this world: the type who read and follow instructions, and the type who don’t, who just kind of wing it. I’m prone to the latter—or, as my mother likes to call it, to “half-assin’ it.” In my defense, though, said half-assin’ is often done out of necessity. I [...]
The IRONIC: “Tray Gourmet” Eats & Two Italian Cousins
You are going to walk in during one of those random San Francisco outings with the out-of-town relatives. You will have reservations about eating there in the first place because the joint has always looked a bit tourist-trappy to you. As if to illustrate that probability, a large herd of people will meander by the [...]
The IRONIC: ‘A Prescription’ for Health, Beet & Green Apple Smoothie
Is it odd that before I was ever diagnosed with serious illness, I knew two people who had beaten cancer using quite unconventional means? And by unconventional I mean fruits and vegetables, though to be sure there is a universe of treatments—some evidence-based and some rather outlandish—all crowded together under the umbrella of unconventionality. At [...]
The IRONIC: Sweet Recollections
I escaped Iran alone as a child in 1978—just a few months before the country burst into revolutionary flames. I went on to live in four countries in five years before I landed in the U.S. and reunited with my parents. In many ways my recollections of those early years in Iran and traveling around [...]
A Welcome to the IRONIC
I am a young person who almost died young. I’m healthy today—and have been for several years. The illness I survived four years ago does not define me. As with many tests in life, however, it did change the way I see lots of things. And especially food. There’s a quote from my faith that [...]
“Dear Starbucks”, A Coffee ‘Exchange’: The IRONIC
From: “AE” <xxxxx@gmail.com> Received: 10/7/10 8:23:48 AM MDT To: <sbxinfo@buf.sitel.net> Subject: other Dear Starbucks: Do you want your more nutrition-conscious customers (diabetics, low-glycemic index consumers, health nuts) to like you a lot more? Instead of the array of crap sweeteners you stock (or in addition to them), start offering stevia. It’s made from a [...]
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