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We had lunch at the snack bar at the pool yesterday. It struck me how impossible it is to avoid the bad fats that cause cancer and heart disease. Here’s what was on the menu: Burgers (cooked in corn/soybean oil) French fries (cooked in corn/soybean oil) Salads (with salad dressing made from soybean oil) Tunafish [...]

So far our vacation has been fantastic. Seth and I are back on Long Island now, after spending the weekend in New York City. Friday night we went to Chef Eric Ripert’s Le Bernardin. It was delicious beyond words. I don’t remember what Seth ordered but I had: First course: Six oysters on the half [...]

We’re on vacation at Grandma’s house. Kate and I took our first walk without the stroller. Stopping to chat with the neighbors. Gotta go — see ya!

I’m reading a fascinating book. It’s called “Beating the Food Giants” by Paul Stitt, former corporate biochemist who worked for some of the big multinational food companies. Another dirty trick the food companies have been pulling on the American public since 1911 is hydrogenated fats. They have been selling partially hydrogenated fats (margarine and shortening) [...]

We’re headed out early tomorrow morning. I will try to post from New York but if I don’t, I’ll see you next week!

Senate Bill 201 passes out of the Appropriations Committee SB 201, the Bill that will change the way raw milk is produced in California, passed unanimously out of the Appropriations Committee last week. Now that SB 201 has passed out of all necessary Committees, it will next be presented to the floors of the Assembly [...]

I’m in bread heaven right now. Seriously. This is the best bread I’ve eaten since I was in Germany 16 years ago. Actually, this bread is better. I just sat down to a classic German breakfast. At least, this was the breakfast we had every morning when I visited Germany. Whole grain rye bread with [...]