For The Love of Food

Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.

Before we move on to this week’s wisdom I want to share a few live events I’ll be speaking at over the next few weeks:

PREVENTION R3 SUMMIT, Oct 17-18

I’m thrilled to be coming to Austin, TX to speak at the Prevention R3 Summit on Oct 17-18. It will be a star-studded affair including an exclusive screening of the documentary, Resistance. If you’d like to attend, please use the code R3SPKR for $10 off your ticket.

BRAND CAMP SUMMIT, Oct 21

On Oct 21 I’ll be in Detroit for Brand Camp Summit, where brands, entrepreneurship and tech intersect. Brand Camp is a really special event, and this year’s theme is “Making Tech for All People.” This will be a rare opportunity to hear me talk about how I built Summer Tomato into one of the most respected food and health brands online. I’ll be dishing all my secrets about how to make things like vegetables, walking and self-control seem uncharacteristically sexy. I hope to meet you there.

HACKING HAPPINESS, Nov 14

In November I’ll be heading to London to speak about how to make life awesome through food at Hacking Happiness, a summit on human potential, performance and well-being. This is pretty much as foodist as you can get. I’d love to meet all you foodists across the pond, so please come and say hello.

And now on to the link love….

This week your house has pheromones, scientists defend saturated fat, and how to troubleshoot digestive issues.

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Links of the week

• Lessons from farmers: What I learned about cooking — and about respect <<This was my absolute favorite article this week. I’ll let you figure out why. (Washington Post)
• When Gluten Sensitivity Isn’t Celiac Disease <<Do you suffer from chronic digestive problems? There may be a solution. (NY Times)
• The FDA Says Farmers Are Giving Animals Too Many Antibiotics <<This is one of the biggest reasons I don’t touch industrial meat. So scary. Vote with your fork. (The Atlantic)
• Cooking Creates Your Home’s Pheromones or The Importance of Cooking at Home <<I adore this essay by the creator of Apartment Therapy about what cooking brings to the home. Hint: it doesn’t stop at health. Very much worth the read.
• EAT YOUR MEDICINE <<Ruhlman nails it again. Isn’t it ironic how people who eat for pleasure instead of health are healthier than we are? Think about that. (Ruhlman)
• The whole truth about “whole milk” <<I avoid milk because of my skin and my gut (lactose intolerance), but if I could consume milk it would most definitely be whole (and preferable pasture-raised). (Washington Post)
• The Top 10 Things I Learned in Culinary School <<Some surprising and incredibly valuable lessons here. (The Kitchn)
• Dietary fat under fire: Do nutrition guidelines reflect food reality, latest science? <<I know that some of you still associate “low-fat” with healthy, and saturated fat with unhealthy. Please stop it. (ScienceDaily)
• How Exercise Can Boost Young Brains <<This study is pretty amazing. Simply playing after school for 9 months improved the most important aspects of cognition. And they got healthier. Everyone is a winner. (NY Times)
• Black Beans with Salsa Roja, Kale Salsa Verde, and a Poached Egg <<If there is ever a season for Mexican food, it’s now. (Not Eating Out in New York)

What inspired you this week?