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As Halloween looms, the quest for the perfect candy to be given out begins. The last thing you want to do is to buy candy that you know will be sorted out and thrown away. On numerous Halloween’s past, I recall sorting out many candies I knew I detested. However, I was […]

 

Photo courtesy of the BBC
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month was initiated over 20 years ago with the knowledge that early detection, diagnosis, and treatment are the best ways to fight the illness. During the month of October, women are reminded to get yearly mammograms, conduct self-breast exams, and get educated about the disease and its […]

 

This morning my brother, Ajai, insisted I open my new juicing machine I received as a wedding gift. It had been sitting and collecting dust for three years. I had always been inclined to start using it, but I simply never could find an opportune time to break it open and figure it out. I […]

Editors Note: This is the first in a monthly series chronicaling the adventures of Patti and Ralph in the kitchen.
I have no business writing about cooking. Eating, maybe, but that?s another story. But I am trying to take a page from my husband’s book. He likes to cook.
When he has free time on the weekends, […]

 
 
Image 2006 by Jim Tardio
I recently had the pleasure to visit Napa Valley, the foremost wine region in the United States, on par with the finest France, Spain, and Italy have to offer. This reputation was cemented at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting, in which Napa Chardonnays and Cabernet Sauvignons bested French offerings in blind […]

So you might have noticed that almost a month ago former editor Sheryl Kirby bid us farewell here at FitFare. You may have even noticed that days later the masthead changed to reflect my name as FitFare’s new editor. I can’t tell you how excited I was to go from writer to editor of this […]

So remember your high school chemistry class, where you learned that salt is a crystal, an item on the periodic table of elements and square? Yeah, forget all that. Two scientists from India have done what sounds impossible. By adding glycine to a brine solution, they’ve created round salt molecules. Several […]

Despite all the bad news about school lunches, there is actually a great deal of good news throughout the country. Programs have been springing up intent upon improving the state of our children’s lunches and making sure that proper nutrition is available to everyone.
Some programs have begun with smaller gestures, such […]

While in the library the other day, I noticed this book on the shelves of “new non-fiction”. The title made my lip curl in a well-practiced midwestern sneer….How the Rich Get Thin; Park Avenue’s Top Diet Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Losing Weight and Feeling Great. In a past career, I worked for a […]

The bad news about school lunches and children’s nutrition is everywhere but the causes are often more obscure. Different people are pointing fingers in very different directions, putting the blame on one group or another.
The blame is most commonly directed towards four groups:
* The School Officials
* The National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
* […]