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For The Love Of Food
by Darya Rose | Oct 7, 2011
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
Some wonderfully thought provoking articles this week, including what to do about trace amounts of dangerous chemicals, why long-cooking vegetables isn’t always a crime and some excellent tips on dealing with picky eaters.
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Links of the week
- What to do about food chemicals eaten in tiny amounts? <<I get asked this question often, and this is an excellent answer. (Food Politics)
- Eating slowly may help you lose weight <<Easiest weight loss ever. Seriously, slow down. (USA Today)
- Fat tax in Denmark: Why they have it; could it happen in U.S.? <<BS of the week. So apparently Denmark has decided to tax saturated fat, because “saturated fats can cause cardiovascular disease and cancer.” Too bad that’s not really true. (Los Angeles Times)
- The Soft Approach: In Praise of Soft-Cooked Vegetables <<I adore this article about why cooking conventions aren’t always right. An excellent read. (Saveur)
- This Is Your Brain On Estrogen <<Women everywhere know that hormones affect body weight, here’s some insight into why. (ScienceDaily)
- 10 Tips for Dining (or Not) With Picky Eaters <<I’m perpetually baffled by both children and picky eaters. Here’s some tips on handling both. (Food Network)
- How Yelp is killing chain restaurants <<I always thought Yelp was entirely useless, but this made me smile. (Washington Post)
- Lift Weights, Eat Mustard, Build Muscles? <<Apparently there are naturally occurring steroids in mustard greens that work like anabolic steroids. Who knew? (ScienceDaily)
- Mom’s Healthy Diet Might Cut Birth Defect Risk <<I like this article because they go out of their way to say that supplements were not an adequate substitute for a healthy diet. Take note moms-to-be. (ScienceDaily)
- Spanish Chilindron Stew <<San Francisco has been rainy and miserable all week, so soup is in order. This post also inspired me to add a new cookbook to my Amazon wishlist. (Hunter Angler Gardner Cook)
What inspired you this week?
Hi Darya,
The saturated fat thing is outrageous – you know there is a movement for (and thankfully also against!) a butter tax here in the UK… way to make me mad!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/04/uk-obesity-tax-david-cameron?newsfeed=true
I was also wondering what your opinion was on coffee. I did a research piece on coffee for my blog
http://wineandbutter.com/?p=1386
– partly for fun and partly for self justification :). Anyway the upshot of my research seems to be there is harm in consumption, apart from that linked to increased heart rate, anxiety, sleeplessness etc … all of which are quite apparent through self observation. I know I cant drink lots of coffee or I do get anxious…. but I now feel fine about having a cup or two a day, without worrying about hidden dangers. ..
However, I know you used to drink coffee and have now stopped so I was wondering why that was.. future Summer Tomato Live episode?
Happy Friday! ps – sorry if its really bad form to link to my blog directly – never sure about these things!
“Apparently there are naturally occurring steroids in mustard greens that work like anabolic steroids. Who knew?”
Am I the only one who’s mind went straight to Popeye with this one? I know, I know, Mustard Greens and Spinach aren’t the “Same Thing,” but come on… you all were thinking it too!
I love Yelp. Lots of chances to review restaurant space, food, and service as a patron. Also like that you have a more enclosed space to search for keywords of things you are interested in. It also gives owners/managers a chance to reach back out to those where things had gone wrong in a visit they mention in a review and ask for a chance to make it right. Also another way for owners/managers to reach out to their customer base to look for unfiltered, constructive feedback and reward their evangelists. There’s a lot of gibberish and “self-promotion” on there, but I find a lot of it very useable when keeping all in perspective – especially when traveling to a new city.