Happiness is a warm bowl of soup, to paraphrase Linus. Speaking of Linus, I heard on NPR last week (OH NO. Stop me now. Starting sentences with “I heard on NPR…” ranks right up there with, “One time, in band camp…”).So I’m afraid, due to self-censorship, we’ll never learn what the story was I heard [...] More »

Interesting topic, on which I have lots to say.  That will have to wait until later though, as right now I am “working”.  I might bring down the morale of the other person rattling around my (normally 50+ people) office on this Christmas Eve if I spend too much time blogging… Also, I might note, that [...] More »

OK, the joke’s up. You can tell me now.  I feel certain I am in some sort of a social experiment that involves a gnome, or other sprightly, jesting creature, who tears off the calendar days while I sleep, unknowing that whole weeks are flying by. That’s the case, isn’t it? I have not been cooking [...] More »

Like so many vegetarian entrees that I am coming to love, this one will not win any beauty contests. And there is something very satisfying about that– food as substance rather than form. I have never been a fan of food that’s prettier than it tastes. I’d rather go to a restaurant that pays [...] More »

Husband’s email to me was titled, “Old Burger”.  I was intrigued… and then equal parts horrified and full of self-satisfying smugness.  I don’t normally include stuff like this here, but this is pretty amazing. I think the link speaks for itself, don’t you?  More »

I got the idea for these enchiladas from the nutrition/cooking class that I am an assistant to.  I just started assisting a chef and a nutritionist in teaching the group of low-income seniors a few weeks ago, and I am in love.  They are the spunkiest, funniest, most perverted group of sixty and seventy year [...] More »

“The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, global nutrition director [for McDonald's], mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald’s in Baltimore.” Through the haze of sleep, I was hoping I’d accidentally picked up The Onion. But upon closer inspection, no, [...] More »

The rain continues! It feels very spongy here… I’m loving it. Good for the garden. In other news….this week The Washington Post is doing a (much overdue) five-part series on childhood obesity. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/health/childhoodobesity/index.html Today’s installment focused on the fact that both suburban and urban children struggle with obesity, but for different reasons. My first instinct with the epidemic [...] More »