Yum, you guys.  For today’s Foodie Friday tidbit, I have the greatest, easiest summer fruit crisp topping you will ever encounter.  I used it over the pound of fabulous organic cherries that were on sale at Whole Foods this week.  I stirred 1/3 c of sugar, a little cornstarch, a blob of vanilla bean paste,…

The developed world just might be divided into two groups: breakfast believers and non-believers. Some find morning meals unpleasant–their stomachs aren’t awake enough to be hungry or they don’t like breakfast food (!) or they’re trying to save calories for other things. The converts, though, have read the studies after studies that say breakfast improves cognition,…

Cancer nutrition studies are obviously just as subject to flip-flopping as regular nutrition studies. When I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma I was told by a top-shelf cancer nutritionist that I should be adding some meat to my mostly vegetarian diet. Acupuncturists told me the same, the logic being that this is a blood cancer…

I don’t proselytize about too many products. I mean Tom’s shoes are amazing; I love my Bum Bars, and Dagoba organic chocolate are things, in my opinion, worth spreading the word about. Mostly, though, I’m pretty product-fickle. But not so with Annie’s Goddess Dressing. I’ve been using it almost every day for about 10 years, save…

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