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For The Love of Food
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
Take some time out this weekend and read Michael Pollan’s latest article on the decline of cooking and the rise of food T.V. I also found a few articles that add to discussions from the previous two weeks, in particular the organic food controversy and eating healthy while fine dining. Some great recipes and food-related lifehacks are listed as well.
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This post is an open thread. Share your thoughts, writing (links welcome!) and delicious meals of the week in the comments below.
For The Love of Food
- Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch <<The must-read article of the week, and probably the month. Michael Pollan‘s latest commentary discusses the lost art of cooking, the role of television in food, what we’re losing because of it and what we can do to reclaim it. (New York Times Magazine)
- Why food is about more than nutrition <<Great companion article to Monday’s discussion about organic vs conventional produce. (New Scientist)
- Overnight Oatmeal: Steel-Cut Oats in 10 Minutes <<Love steel-cut oats but hate the 45 minute prep time? A few minutes of your time the night before can turn this healthy breakfast into a quick morning staple. (The Bitten Word)
- Reset Your Sleep Cycle with a 16-Hour Fast <<Cool food-related tip on how to avoid jet lag with fasting. Certainly worth a try for you frequent fliers. (Lifehacker)
- Mildly High Cholesterol at Midlife Linked to Alzheimer’s <<This is not the first piece of evidence linking heart health to brain health. Avoid losing your mind by upgrading your healthstyle. (New York Times)
- The 11 Most Important Rules For Healthy Eating…Yes, Most Important <<Some of the best healthy eating advice I’ve seen. (Dumb Little Man)
- Vitamin D levels in children: “shocking” <<My favorite part about this article is the quiz about vitamin D at the bottom. How much do you know? (SFGate)
- Staying Fit When Eating Is Your Job <<More on the topic of fine dining and health. How does Top Chef hostess Padma Lakshmi do it? This is also related to Pollan’s article. (New York Times)
- ‘Better’ junk food is about marketing, not health <<Another gem from Marion Nestle. Learn all about how the food industry is trying to trick you into thinking you’re eating healthy. (SFGate)
- Poached Shrimp with Olive Oil and Lemon Juice <<Delicious looking summer shrimp recipe. I especially like the addition of beet greens, a severely under-used and under-appreciated vegetable. (Spinach Tiger)
No bs of the week? Thanks for these articles though, I had no idea about all the Vitamin D stuff!!! Thats amazing.
That Marion Nestle article is definitely my favorite! Thanks!
I know someone who never eat while traveling by air. She keeps hydrated and drinks powdered barley grass before and after the flight. She also makes sure to spend some time in the sun at her destination to help reset her body clock. She says these measures all but eliminates jet lag, usually a big problem when traveling between South Africa and the USA.
Really good vitamin D article…I actually got 7 out of 8 right, but only because I’ve been reading up on it a lot lately. You can be darn sure I was worried about vitamin D deficiency when I moved up to “sunny” Oregon. One thing I discovered this past year is that loading up on fruits (especially antioxidant rich ones) helps me from getting sunburned. I never would have believed it, but a friend told me about it and it has worked great for me….I used to burn in 30 minutes, now it takes longer than 6 hours of constant exposure.
Cool story about the fruits! There is a difference even at the same latitude?
I believe so…I make a concerted effort to eat fresh fruits (and veggies) each day, and my skin used to be so much more sensitive than it is now. The sun is very intense up here, especially in the summer.
I’m going down south to OC on Thursday for a beach house vacation…I suppose I could test the latitude theory. 😉
LOVE the article by Michael Pollan. He is so entertaining while making some scary points…I find it crazy to think that a lot of people spend more time watching “cooking” shows than actually cooking. Its very sad to me that the next generation may not cook at all. I truly hope to impart the value of home cooked meals to my children the way his mom did to him (love how he described watching him mom in the kitchen) and the way my mom and grandmothers did to me. When I was 6 my grandma taught me to make pie crust saying, “The way to keep a man is to make a good pie.” Maybe not the best thing to tell a 6 year old girl, but the pie crust lesson was invaluable; to this day I love making pies.
I am happy to say that I spent my entire weekend cooking with friends – what can be better than everyone bringing their own ingredients to make a great meal?
Thank you for mentioning my shrimp and beet tops. I’m in the middle of a purple posting craze…You will love it.
The Vitamin D article. Excellent. I crave the outdoors and I go out every single day, sometimes specifically in mind to get Vitamin D.
Still loving your blog….I read methodically…