Moderation isn’t sexy, but it is one of the primary keys to overall wellness. It means enjoying what you love, and what feeds you, rather than denying yourself meaningful pleasure. Here are four tips and a chocolatey pudding to help moderation work for you.
For some reason, I have a tough time each year letting go of summer and welcoming fall—much as I love both seasons. When the sun takes on a lackadaisical slant and the earth smells wet, it makes my chest swell with a sort of nostalgiancholy. So I thought I’d take a cue from one of Noemi’s alphabet books and spell out how harvest feels to me.
Don’t let a stray French fry or a week low on veggies trip you up. It’s the overall trajectory of each and every choice we make about our food that ultimately makes a difference.
Food is about so much more than just feeding ourselves. This Guatemalan chicken stew, brought to a potluck picnic on the Plaza, shows just how powerful a connector food is.
The truth is we all have knowledge to share, and each of us presents the information in our own unique way. The way YOU do might be just what someone needs to get to the “a-ha.” This week, if someone asks a question that sparks a response in your mind, speak up and teach them what you know.
Let’s follow Michelle Obama’s lead in dispelling the myth that “good food” must mean gourmet and celebrate how great simple, fresh, seasonal ingredients can be.
The French know how to enjoy their food and this week, with the celebration of Bastille Day, is a great time for us to do so too. Here are five steps to enjoying without overindulging.
Relatively speaking, our garden is small. In the past, we’ve designated two narrow beds in back for vegetables and managed to shoe-horn in a couple dozen vegetable plants. I’ll admit to longing, though, for sprawling zucchini and melon vines, and beans that bloomed at a height my daughter could reach without having to sit on Daddy’s shoulders. Now that I’ve learned to look beyond borders, I have them.
There are times when it enriches the soul to set order and tidiness aside and make a mess, and summer is one of them.
I have such vivid memories of visiting my grandparents when I was little, including the pot of Nan’s barbecue–my grandma’s version of a sloppy Joe–which in some unspoken agreement between she and I had become the de facto welcome dish for our visits. This week, as we roll into summer and a season full of family gatherings, ponder what traditions you’d like to pass on.
Fruit and I have a complicated relationship and, as a result, I don’t tend to reach for it when my stomach rumbles. But last week, help literally arrived on my doorstep. Tonight . . . strawberry-rhubarb crostata.
When I have back-to-back trips, as I have the past few weeks, I start to feel like I’ve barely gotten one foot in the door before I have to pack up and head out again. It can leave me feeling hectic. Meals like this chicken and mushroom in lettuce cups helps me to slow down and recalibrate.
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