In recent years, we have seen the growing globalization of the U.S. food supply. This has meant that the amount of imported food on supermarket shelves has grown dramatically. In fact, current data shows that each year the average American eats about 260 pounds of imported food including processed and ready to eat products. According to the Center... Read more
The Dupont circle Farmer's Market in Washington DC is my local market and last weekend it was bustling and booming. It is wonderful how abundant the local offerings are now and how delicious the foods of the season are from asparagus, snow peas and snap peas to strawberries and rhubarb it was a mouth-watering adventure to behold.
Standing out in... Read more
Award-winning chef Joyce Goldstein's new book, Mediterranean
Fresh (Norton, 2008) reflects her dual passions for marvelous salads
and the flavors of the Mediterranean. She is a
nationally recognized cookbook author and chef who has written more than twenty
books. Joyce has been part of the FoodFit Chef's Network since we launched in 2000 and... Read more
The massive recall of tomatoes this week by the FDA, after
voluntary actions by fast food chains like MacDonald's and supermarkets like
Safeway, is another in the growing list of holes in our federal food safety
net. The FDA alerted consumers this past weekend that they should avoid eating
Roma, red plum and red round tomatoes that are not... Read more
This week the Washington Post began running an eight-part
series about overweight and obese children. This serious public health problem
has been growing in severity over the past few decades and so have the risks
from chronic diseases like heart disease and many forms of cancer. As the articles
point out, as children got fatter and less... Read more
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