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Have you guys seen this article?  US News and World Report ranked the 20 most popular diets in terms of “healthiness” based on these criteria. Before even reading the article, I was suspicious. After reading it, I am annoyed. While there are certainly some pitfalls to going vegan without doing any research, I’d hardly consider it to be less healthy than the Slim Fast diet.  I mean seriously!?!  You’ve gotta be joking me.  1,200 calories a day with shakes for meals is not remotely sustainable.  And yet, veganism, a diet lifestyle that tons of people… Read more >

A long time ago I requested this weekend off work for the Foodbuzz Festival in SF.  The reasons I like going are obvious ones… You get to meet all your favorite blog friends… You get wined beered and dined… [if you have great friends they will help you out when your hands are full] And you get to do it all in the city by the Bay… Nothing beats it. Add to it a trip home to see your family and it seems like the perfect weekend, right? Perhaps it would have been, but I’m… Read more >

Working the PM shift means (a) cycling to work, (b) sleeping at odd hours, and (c) craving dinner foods for breakfast and vice versa. Potatoes are kinda an anytime food.  And based on their shape they have different names, which correspond with breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Pretty random, but interesting (to me at least).  Hash?  Breakfast.  Wedges?  Dinner.  Fries?  Lunch.  Cubes?  Dinner.  Shoetrings?  Lunch.  Which am I missing?    I don’t know what meal this was actually.  There was coffee involved, which also doesn’t help narrow it down much.  😉   Yummy.  I sprinkled nooch… Read more >

There’s no introduction that could do my dad justice.  Both he and my mom have taught me so much that has undoubtedly shaped the person I am today.    [family dinner at Millennium 2010] Having parents raise you with an emphasis on health means that no matter how far you stray from what you were brought up on (I’m looking at you – college years) you always have a solid foundation to fall back on.  My mom made wholesome, well-rounded meals every night that we ate as a family.  Vegetables were always present and dessert… Read more >