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Pillars of Nourishment

February 20th, 2012

I feel we must fully explain to the public that food is more than putting it in one end, feeling full and then expelling it out the other end. As Dr Mark Hyman says, food is information, and we must prepare our bodies and our food to extract maximum benefit from what we put in our mouths. To this end, I boil the conversation down to what I call Pillars of Nutrition Continue → Pillars of Nourishment

Bring Back Home Economics

September 6th, 2011

We are a country that laments the fact that we borrow to heavily, buy too much on credit and have far too many clothes made in China. Guess what – Home Economics can teach you how to manage your money, be fiscally responsible and make or mend some of your own clothes Continue → Bring Back Home Economics

Cooking is Homeland Security

August 8th, 2011

Too many Americans live in food deserts which often prevent them from embracing health-supportive foods. But an even greater number of Americans live in cooking deserts. Thankfully, the popularity of farmer’s markets and the selfless investment of time from hundreds of community food and gardening advocates, is paving the way to enable Americans to put simple nourishing local food on their plates. But the real impetus must come from a national investment in the basic act of teaching or learning how to cook. To this end, we must invest in cooking programs in schools, after school cooking programs and within community cooking endeavors. Failure to invest in the art of cooking means a solid contribution to the escalating costs of health care. And a sick nation presents a risk to homefront and homeland security. Continue → Cooking is Homeland Security

Culinary- Nutrition: A Discipline Whose Time Has Come

August 4th, 2011

Culinary-nutrition is a discipline whose time has come. This discipline focuses on the integration of health-supportive ingredients into customized recipes and menus to aid individuals achieve health and wellness goal Continue → Culinary- Nutrition: A Discipline Whose Time Has Come

Building cooking confidence when people are afraid to cook

January 27th, 2011

The kitchen used to be a central meeting place in any house. Now I think it is a place that many walk through to get somewhere else. In many homes today, you access the garage via the kitchen and the refrigerator is conveniently the last appliance you walk by before you open the door that [...] Continue → Building cooking confidence when people are afraid to cook

From Smearing and Covering to Discovering and Recovering.

January 4th, 2011

Like many, I have long reflected on the challenge we have in helping Americans prepare nourishing meals in their home kitchens. I constantly ask (and answer) the question “why do Americans struggle to put healthful food on the table?” As I have thought about this over the years and witnessed the farm to table culinary [...] Continue → From Smearing and Covering to Discovering and Recovering.