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Shauna James Ahern likes loves is obsessed with food.  Like so many of us, she has had an on again, off again love affair with food for her entire life; always searching for the answer to what ailed her, and somehow knowing that it lay in right in front of her … on her plate.  […]

Gifts for the kitchen can easily cross the line, going from a thoughtful gesture to an inappropriate hint.  For the holidays, beautiful cookbooks filled with inspiration should be your theme, leaving the overly practical cookbooks for the domestic chef to acquire on his or her own.  Yet, when purchasing online, or fighting the holiday season […]

Okay, maybe there are a few magazines I like better, but really, how can I pass up a free magazine filled with news bites, recipes, and the occasional good coupon or two?  While I have always loved grocery shopping, once I make my way through the checkout stand, I often buzz out of the store to quickly […]

I must confess, I had never heard of the Hippy Gourmet (apparently he has a PBS show), but his cookbook, (The Hippy Gourmet’s Quick & Simple Cookbook for Healthy Eating) held some intrigue.  Anything entitled quick & simple that sounds like it may contain some virtuous recipes is worth a trial in my opinion.  Immediately upon receipt, […]

One of the biggest questions I receive regarding special diets is “How do I get enough nutrients without … ?”  You fill in the blank.  It always amazes me how dependent we can become on just a few foods.  Two of the most popular items, that are also the most troublesome, are milk/dairy and wheat/gluten.  For […]

If I didn’t know better, I would swear that we are in the midst of another baby boom.  It seems like all of the ladies I know from the age of 20 to 40 are “creating a family.”  Still childless, I find myself hunting for useful baby shower items, not really knowing what the best […]

The day I received The Raw 50 by Carol Alt in the mail, I had to scan through every recipe; curiosity of the “raw” diet was simply killing me.  I curled up with it in bed (yes, I curl up with cookbooks) for some nighttime reading.  Though I somehow didn’t care for the overall writing […]

While this month’s articles at Foods Matter had much more of a UK spin, there were some interesting news bites for all to enjoy, such as an interesting story on fructose intolerance (yep fructose, not lactose).  The monthly highlights were a gluten-free bread taste-testing (mostly UK only breads), food allergy in the NHS (??), and […]

While most people profess that they could never live an all raw food lifestyle, the curiosity of such a diet seems to be mounting.  Enough so, that many are experimenting with a raw food recipe or two, and several new “raw” cookbooks are making their way to market.
Like others, I like to keep my kitchen […]

For months I have taken for granted my favorite family-friendly publication, Foods Matter.  Like clockwork, it appears in my email inbox each month, and never fails to delight me with a myriad of news snippets, articles, and recipes.  Unlike the other foodie magazines I frequent, Foods Matter is focused on living with food allergies and […]