Tag: healthy
Do You Know Soy?
Soy seems to the beloved of vegetarians, health nuts and people just wanting to eat better. Click on this article by the Guardian Weekly, which has been circulated in the blogosphere, but am reposting because more people should read it. For those who assume soy is the healthy option (look at the use of soy [...]
Art of Food Justice
I came across an interesting collaborative of artists working on different social movements: Just Seeds. They just came out with a series of posters on urban gardens, healthy cooking for youth, and urban food deserts. Check them out: Food concerns more than nutrients; it concerns social and economic justice; it is empowerment, it is a [...]
KFC or Raju Chiken?
As many of you know, India is full of contradictions. One of the biggest and most obvious points of contrast is the wide gap between rich and poor. It is not just a bit rich and a bit poor – it is like having the fancy Le Meridian hotel where meals cost as much as [...]
Party In Your Panties
Did I get you with the title? Hot and bothered? He, he. In addition to the preschooler whose second cousin is the Tasmanian Devil, I have a baby, under the age of 1. Technically, she isn’t supposed to eat dairy products, but we got a little confession to make. Baby loves herself some ICE CREAM [...]
Find Out Here!
Zomp-pa: (Zŏmp’pä) n., pl., -s. 1. a rebel 2. someone who believes that food is way more than just what we eat. Food, meet people. Zomppa is an international food magazine that aims to be the food experience for the taste-, Earth-, and community-conscious. It aims to bring food back to the central role it plays [...]
Palm-Sized, Baked Eggrolls
I don’t know about your kids, but my oldest (2, going on 30) is constantly begging for ‘SNNNAAACCCKKKKSSSS!!!’ Particular favorites include pretzel sticks, whole-wheat cheddar bunnies and Fig NEWMAN’S (the organic version of the NEWTONS). In general, she is fascinated with all things (food and toys) that fit in the tiny palm of her moist, [...]
Little Garden in the Big Apple
Community gardens ARE possible and they are wonderful things! Living in New York City, I was fortunate to live right across from Central Park. However, to afford living there, my apartment also was on the bottom looking into a courtyard, meaning zero light for plants. My body functions with natural light, so this was pretty [...]
