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August 1, 2011.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Why are 60% of the books in the sociology section of the borders about food?

potted meat food product

September 18, 2008.Reading time 2 minutes.

My day care provider informed me today that my one year old is a fan of “little hotdogs.” I asked her if she meant the Gerber Graduates, which has little hot dogs in a jar, but she told me no, and said she would go in the house to show me what she was talking […]

herbivore

June 12, 2008.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m often asked why I am a vegetarian – is it for health reasons, moral reasons, or both? For me, it is both, and very difficult to separate one from the other. A principle of yoga is ahimsa, or non-violence/non-harming/non-injurious. Along with the concept of karma, and the adage “you are what you eat,” I […]

Food (this needs a more interesting title)

December 5, 2007.Reading time 3 minutes.

Friends of mine often laugh at how much money I spend on food each week, generally about $150 to feed 2 adults and one toddler (the baby is breastfed – it will increase if/when she gets formula and starts eating solids). One friend actually said, “Y’all spend that much and you ain’t even fat!” Can […]