Ryan and his friends, Jeff and Nick, visited last week over Spring break and Jeff wanted something stuffed for lunch—the way Chicago is known for overstuffing…pizza, hot dogs, Italian beef, corned beef. After the River Architectural Tour we headed for Gino’s East Home of the Stuffed Pizza and they were overstuffed! Stuffed was still on … Continue reading
Jamie Oliver has taken on obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the US, where our children are the first generation not expected to live as long as their parents. Oliver is inviting television viewers to take a stand and change the way America eats, in home kitchens, schools and workplaces, with the thought-provoking new series, … Continue reading
Berries are good for the brain. And you’re going to need your brain for this post! Animal studies have shown that consumption of a diet rich in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents like those found in blueberries and blackberries, cranberries, Concord grape juice, pomegranates, cherries, purple grapes, and strawberries may lower the risk of developing age … Continue reading
Human beings cannot manufacture Vitamin C in our bodies–— and we need constant replenishment of this vitamin from dietary sources. With this photo I’m thinking of Lestat and constant replenishment….but not to digress, it doesn’t have to be a blood orange, the flesh of a single naval orange will do, with only 64 calories, it … Continue reading
The year of the Tiger and to celebrate in Chinatown they drink Jasmine Pearl Tea @ $132.00 a pound… now that will increase your prosperity! The woman at Ten Ren Tea and Ginseng Company in Chicago’s Chinatown told me Jasmine Pearl Tea is a combination of white and green tea using a high quality tea. … Continue reading
Walnuts—1 layer on your palm, five days a week. source of plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin E —brain food. The membranes of our brain cells are primarily composed of fats. Walnuts have often been thought of as a “brain food” with their wrinkled brain-like look! The real reason they’re called brain food is because … Continue reading
It’s kisses one misses. You can get a lei —any day. But sweet kisses one misses. Want to keep your honey heart-healthy and fit? “Super Foods” kale and cranberries transmit… a heart-healthy treat. Need I repeat? “We are what we eat!” Kale & Kisses (tomato and cranberry) 3 cups of chopped kale, remove stems, chop … Continue reading
Set the clocks back… if only we could set time back, would we, how far? The days of summer with their promise of warmth, growth, entertainment—gone. Autumn is harvest—reap, sort, discard, pass on, and keep. The trees shed their last leaves, nests abandoned as the birds migrate, and the North Pond’s stillness in the Hunter’s … Continue reading
Adam Didn’t have a Chance! A fall family ritual every year we gather at an orchard in Wisconsin to pick apples, breathe in the country air, and eat! We pick the apples in one orchard, munching as we pick, ferreting out the Honey Crisp apple trees, pay for our bushel and pecks and drive down … Continue reading
Friday, October 2, 2009 in Chicago started out rainy, chilly, and cloudy, but the radio announcers, TV stations, and populous were excited and psyched. All week, beginning with all-night talk shows until early hours, reminding us the votes of the Olympic Committee would be in by 11 AM. We will know by noon! There was … Continue reading
Italian Handful 