Eat Like a Cat, Not Like a Dog

December 6, 2011

Before I start a range war, let me say that I love dogs and cats.  I had both growing up, and the only reason I don’t still have both is that my son is terrified of dogs.  (He’s not all that wild about the cat, but he and the cat manage some sort of detente by pretending [...]

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Detox of the Town

December 5, 2011

Okay, I want to catch you before it gets close to New Year’s and you resolve to go out and buy lemon juice, cayenne pepper, or a bottle of Master Colon Wash, or worse, pay someone at a spa to starve and torture you.  There is NO evidence that any detox diet does a better [...]

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Loren Cordain’s “Paleo” OMG

December 4, 2011

Where to begin?  Unlike Peter D’Adamo’s Eat Right 4 Your Type, where I could quickly and easily dismiss the author as a crackpot, Loren Cordain’s  The Paleo Diet (Wiley, revised edition December, 2010) contains enough facts and actual sense that I have to wonder where the obviously intelligent Cordain got off the logic train. If you [...]

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Low Carb Canapés

November 30, 2011

We’re coming into the heavy-duty party season, and finger-foods abound.  But what can you do for your guests who can have dip, but no chips?  It’s nice to have something to offer them besides cheese cubes.  (And if you’re the one on low carbs, consider taking a platter of low carb treats to the party yourself.  [...]

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Walk the Walk

November 29, 2011

Shoes.  It’s a love-hate relationship for most women.  The pleasure of an adorable pair of pumps that makes the whole outfit, weighed against the pain of balancing your body on less real estate than your average tightrope walker is accustomed to.  Personally, I think it’s a vast misogynist conspiracy.  In our modern world, happily, men [...]

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Pumpkin Cheesecake

November 29, 2011

Here I go again with the fattening desserts.  I love dessert.  And I think the richer you make a dessert, the more likely it is that you’ll be satisfied with a reasonable-sized portion.  If you’ve tried my recipe for Lemon Cheesecake, this recipe will look very familiar, as the method is similar.  I find regular [...]

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Stuffing Omelette

November 28, 2011

Another favorite alternate use for Thanksgiving leftovers, the Stuffing Omelette is a great brunch dish for the guests who stayed overnight after Turkey Day, or a fortifying lunch  for hardy shoppers returned from their Black Friday early-morning adventures.  (Personally, I think Black Friday is nuts.  I will be inspecting the insides of my eyelids at [...]

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Leftover Latkes

November 28, 2011

So, now you’re frowning at leftovers, wondering how to use them up without endless repeats of the basic Thanksgiving menu.  You’ve also got odd amounts of certain items, depending on their popularity at the main feast.  I always seem to end up with slightly less than enough mashed potatoes for the last presentation, unless I [...]

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Jennifer McLagan Chews the “Fat”

November 28, 2011

I won’t keep you in suspense– I LOVE this book.  I’m a bit squeamish about some of the recipes (if I tried to serve jiggling bone marrow to my husband, he’d just look hurt and wonder what he’d done to make me angry), but I love her no-nonsense approach to the defense of the foodstuff [...]

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Tailor Made For Your Diet

November 27, 2011

My sister used to love shopping at a store near her called “Comfy Clothes.”  I guess it was a better marketing strategy than calling the store “Muumuus ‘R Us.”  Their entire inventory was loose-fitting, stretchy, elastic-waistbanded creations in which you could lounge, relax, and most importantly, hide at least 25 extra pounds before anyone, yourself [...]

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