The idea came to me early one morning while rolling out Danish dough in pastry class. Lots of ideas came to me while I was in pastry class. I think it was all the coffee and sugar. At the time it was just talk and I had no real notion of putting them into place. But this ...
Until Victorian inventors figured out a way to get sugar to the grocer's shop in ready-to-use granulated form, it was always transported in large cone-shaped sugar loaves. (See below) Households could buy a whole sugar loaf or a lump broken off and sold by weight. But then what? How ...
To find out, they made modifications to a previoulsy established menu for the typical Western diet, which tends to include calorie-dense and nutrient poor foods, such as refined grains, red meat, high-sugar foods, and drinks, and high-fat diary products. They then created a similar ...
This fall, I did the unthinkable: I banished sugar from our house and asked my kids to give it up, too. Here’s what happened.
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For years, carbohydrate restriction has been used as a common treatment for individuals with diabetes to control their blood sugar level. Having said that, is it safe for them to try out these extremely low-carb diets such as the ketogenic diets? It all depends on a case by case scenario ...
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School was out. I had a full three or four months of freedom. (And rest assured, I always made the most of it.) Even though I live in South Florida now, where seasons never seem to change, I still hold precious memories of those summer days. They make me smile. Read More These...
Once the detox was complete, we were quite aware of how much junk we were consuming. What we first learned is that sugar is in EVERYTHING! If it is packaged, it probably has sugar. So, taking sugar out of our daily meals was much more challenging than I thought. The Whole30 recipes...
I arrived back home with renewed determination. I had to figure out how to make risotto like that. It’s like a three-ring circus in my kitchen: ingredients spread all around while I’m stirring and ladling and stirring and measuring and stirring some more. Another carefully measured attempt...