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Winter Blues? Food therapy.

Alabama’s Fat Tax - Constitutional?

More opinions & facts on Alabama's Fat Tax - The Stranger's Erica Barnett

Hangover Eggs

 

Slate.com: Our Diet's Effect on Carbon Emissions

At work we stumbled upon the horrifying fact that our garlic was being flown in from China. “How can that be?” we asked.

Good, Clean Living: Good, Clean Reads

I wouldn’t call myself a health-nut by any stretch of the imagination.

Good, Clean Living: Leafy Greens

Apparently January 15th is the magical day that most people abandon their New Years resolutions.

Good, Clean Living: Tomatoes

As a sign of allegiance during the French Revolution, revolutionaries ate pounds of tomatoes – because red was their symbolic color, and also in contempt of the monarchy, which was still quite wary of the newly discovered, possibly poisonous fruit. Ahhh, a coup d'etat with metaphorical deeds & a delicious edge of danger – I love the French!

The Great American Snackocracy

“...Nothing teases out the great paradox of the American character — that we are both a nation of striving, frenetic doers and a nation of blubbery, inert slobs — like the snack-food biz. It's the place where the energized meet the enervated, where the self-starters woo the self-stalled.”

Good, Clean Living: Fresh Winter Salads

One of the easiest ways to health-up a meal is to add a fresh salad.

Good, Clean Living – A New Series for a New Year

My sister is like me and a lot of other people - she wants something good to eat that improves her health, takes no time to prepare & won’t suck up the budget.