Hey guys! If you didn’t catch Michael Pollan and Alicia Silverstone on Oprah yesterday for the show “Grocery Shopping 101,” no worries! I took some notes of the things I thought were particularly cool to share with you You can also check out Oprah’s site here for some video re-caps. For full disclosure — I’m just going [...]

Hey guys!  I missed posting yesterday and getting my blog fix, but it was a l-o-n-g day.  It began with a 3 mile run, moved on to 7 consecutive hours at my first official day at my new job, climaxed with household olympics (cleaning up, etc. — my life is sad if the word “climax” [...]

Organic foods.  They’ve become a trend and a nebulous topic. So many food product conglomerates are now boasting organic ingredients (as we’ve seen in a previous post, restaurants are even using organic tea offerings as a selling point) and I know from personal discussions that organic foods exist in an ongoing debate about their presumed [...]

I love black beans.  It’s a total Costa Rican thing. From gallo pinto – the quintessential dish of the Country — to black bean sandwiches as a beach outing snack, Costa Rica is all about these delectable morsels.  And here’s the plus – black beans are super nutritious! If you have the time and desire [...]

Most of us have seen the Dove “campaign for real beauty” video where they document the entire process of lighting use, make-up, hair styling and Photoshop touch-up sessions that models go through for print campaigns (see here).  While it is alarming (and the melancholy background music certainly builds the ambiance), I’m not sure what to [...]