Traveling Vegan? Hotel Sprouting?
I think one of the fears that people have in being vegan is related to finding viable eating options on the go. This often means relying on a limited cache of restaurants and food options, this complication to be further exacerbated when traveling to non-vegan-friendly cities. While there certainly can be value to eating out at quality healthy vegan restaurants, if available, there are also unhealthy vegan restaurants that can and should be avoided for repeat trips. So when traveling, it is not easy to rely on eating out. What can be done? … Continue Reading
Communal Veggie Burgers!
I disagree with M.Pollan’s assessment in the 2010 NYT Food Issue that a communal feeling is gained by sitting around fire cooking meat any more so than doing an excellent vegan meal. [I suppose our setup is even easier, as well-sorry no rack or rotisserie!] Cooking is creating, to some extent, and at the very least the follow-through on an idea, often times, one that was dreamed up and consumed mentally through your emotions. The meal can follow any structure or constraint as you like it- it could be communal or solitary. A good meal is always community-building with those you share it with. This meal is meant to be communal- in fact- you may end up with so much “batter” that you could very well have to invite all of your friends and neighbors over. That said, joining friends together over a homemade veggie burger and roasted sweet potato fries could be no less of a compromise meal to all eaters-alike. … Continue Reading
10 Reasons San Fran has to be healthier than NY [..cont.]
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I will have to speed this study up the coming weekend with another trip into San Fran (from Palo Alto), as well as a visit of the Stanford and Berkeley campuses. I am sure much is to be learned from the Berkeley School of Public Health.
Without further adieu, Two through Four – - … Continue Reading
10 Reasons San Fran has to be healthier than NY
You wouldn’t know it from the respective baseball teams (how did they win with the all-softball team in the field?), but just spending a few days in San Fran, I decided I could come up with 10 reasons why San Fran has to be healthier than NY.
No.1 – I can tell the politicians and city counsel just get that nutrition and public health are an actual problem of all people, not just of the unfortunate.
I have to do a bit more research here, but you know something feels different when you have politicians thinking outside of the normal ‘let me go right for the problem and then get barraged by lobbyist, the local media and then the not-so-bright average folk on the street’. See: NY Beverage Tax AKA The Sugar Tax or country, as a whole, Obama Food and Beverage Sugar-ey Tax.
What I am talking about is legislation aimed at fast food but in a non-obvious fashion. So what helps in drawing families to McD’s besides the delicious chicken nugget happy meals- duh- the toy in the Happy Meal. So of course, something thinks of banning the toys in the Happy Meal- really great idea- why are we tieing food to superhero toys anyway? It is not like eating McD’s will make you super (unless you account for the added lead and mineral content of sucking on the toy) or into an athlete (unless your food is really tainted.. yum.. unpreserved super grey meat) – Well I guess it did make Contador faster (see Tour de France non-cycling folks)!
FDA cracking down on product labeling and magical claims
Along the lines of claims like fruit juices (often blends) with magical claims of helping cure kidney stones.. or cancer..eek.. Larger food companies (but not baby food or ice cream treats) seemed to have avoided the axe or more likely having already slipped the enveloped under the table at FDA to remain unscathed in this round. Nice to see the FDA tackle high saturated food counts, I’m not that bitter against the FDA..but I doubt anything comes of this and there are already lower hanging fruit (like cholesterol and protein) that are more openly abused or sold to influential minds at a young age (milk, candy, soda,etc.).
