Aug 13
Lately the Mediterranean Diet is very popular and highly recommended. Correctly titled, it’s not actually “The Mediterranean Diet” but rather “A Mediterranean Style Diet” because this is not a calculated, calibrated formula for eating specific items over a given time to achieve a set goal. Read more
When I was writing last week’s posting, I was so preoccupied with the prospect of rising meat prices and discussing possible ways to cope with the problem, that I ignored my surroundings. Read more
Sometimes it doesn’t feel good to be right. In fact, at times you’d rather be wrong and this is one of them for me. For nearly a year, I’ve been reporting predictions that meat, especially beef prices, were going to continue to go up. Just a few weeks ago, I warned that the usual pattern was to see them rise right after a holiday. Read more
I got a phone call yesterday about the 4th of July, which left me staring at the calendar in total shock. I can’t believe it’s already high summer! The past weeks have flown by so fast that it seems the enclosed four holidays have tumbled over each other. Read more
Ask anyone in the restaurant business the difference between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and they’ll reply that reservations are needed for the first one. Funny, in a time when most women work outside the home, couples share chores and the majority of men know their way around a kitchen, the perception persists that women should be taken out and men be served a special dinner in their “castle.” Read more
The favorite meat choices for December holiday roasts are beef and poultry. I’ll be dealing with the other meats in the future, but now, I’m just giving a couple of options aside from the usual stews, stir fries and frittatas. These are company friendly, and not time consuming. Read more
Last week we discussed that though protein may build muscle, it’s carbohydrates that keep you going because they provide energy. However there are two types of carbohydrates, the simple and the complex. Read more
I knew a man who hated buffets and carbohydrates. The seventh if ten children, his mother had long since decided that preparing food for her brood was difficult enough without having to clean serving dishes too. Read more
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