Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food on Nov 24th, 2009
Last night my husband stayed up until 2 a.m. baking brownies for my big girl’s school sharing feast. Apparently, the Native Americans gave the settlers chocolate as a gift, so we were assigned something chocolate. All the food at the feast has to be vegetarian — vegan preferred — but since we were baking we [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Going Green, Health, Safety, Toxins on Oct 27th, 2009
“Here, use my inhaler.” We had just come out of our ballet class, and we watched as the woman who usually sits at the front desk tried to get her young teen daughter to take a puff of albuterol. The studio’s owner looked worried as she asked the woman if her daughter was sick. Did [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods on Sep 11th, 2009
This morning, as I stood there making my daughter’s school lunch, I had to stop for a moment. Her lunch (a bagel with cream cheese) was slightly thicker than a sandwich. What, I wondered, could I wrap it in? It wouldn’t fit into my BPA-free sandwich container. None of my choices were what I would [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, New York Times, Toxins on Sep 11th, 2009
Michael Pollan wrote a thought-provoking op-ed in the September 9 issue of The New York Times. His theory, according to the article entitled Big Food vs. Big Insurance, is that healthcare reform will have a profound effect on our quality of food. His proof: a report by the Centers of Disease Control and prevention that [...]