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I’ve never really been a huge fan of raw cauliflower. Its texture reminds me of what it might be like to snack on those packing peanuts that used to come in UPS boxes. To me, there’s no other vegetable transformation quite like that of roasting cauliflower, and as it turns out, cooking it a little bit actually makes it healthier and easier to digest. Continue reading
Eating is one of life’s greatest pleasures. It should be satisfying, enjoyable, and most of all, nourishing. The one thing it should never be is scary. But while food is meant to be health-giving, it is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate our way through ingredient lists that look more like the CliffsNotes of a chemistry course than a food label. Continue reading
I picked up these bay scallops when they went on sale at my local supermarket. When I got them home, I noticed they were described on the deli sticker as being “diver caught”. That got me to thinking, its somebody’s career to dive into bays and collect scallops for us to eat. So much goes on behind the scenes of our food production process that most of us don’t have a clue about. Continue reading
Amidst the overabundance of dietary advice you may have come across, the common thread seems to be that eating lots of fruits and vegetables is a pretty good idea. We may be clever, but we’re not the only species that has this concept figured out, which means that sometimes (despite our best efforts) we have to share. Continue reading
I always used to roast Brussel sprouts in the oven. Last Thanksgiving, we quickly ran out of oven space and my little Brussels got the boot. Determined to have them make it to the table, I threw on an extra sweater and headed for the grill. They turned out amazing, the star of the Thanksgiving show, for sure. Continue reading
From the moment we’re born, we enter into the unrelenting challenge that is life. Sure, life can be breathtakingly amazing, and that’s exactly the reason we fight so hard to continue living it. But our battle with life has become infinitely easier thanks to the pioneering minds that walked this Earth before us. Continue reading
Ahh, chicken. The staple meat of an American diet. For a period of my life, it was pretty much the only meat I would go near, believing that its low fat content was ideal for a healthy body (I’ve since changed my opinion on this, by the way). Continue reading
Everyone has a favorite food. Luckily for us, our ancestors hustled and bustled their way to the top of the food chain, securing a dietary legacy unmatched by any other creature on Earth. As omnivores (in America), we sit at the top of the mountain, the most difficult aspect of our eating experience is selecting what to eat from the thousands of available options. Continue reading
For a long time I would walk past the bok choy in the produce section, cautiously eying it but never brave enough to add it to my basket. It was a little mysterious, somehow elegant and intimidating at the same time. So when I learned of baby bok choy, I thought surely I could handle those little guys. Continue reading
Although there are varying degrees to what one might describe a “healthy” lifestyle as being, I’d say most everyone can agree that drug use does not fall into this category. Drugs, and the addictions that often accompany them, can blow in like an unexpected storm, wreaking havoc on the bodies of those who abuse them and the lives of anyone in the destruction’s path. While the initial participation in these substances is often a choice, we’ve come to understand that the mechanism keeping a user coming back for more is based on simple biology. Continue reading
