In case anyone’s wondering why I haven’t written anything this week, my brain is fried. I mean seriously fried. If this were an episode of iZombie, Rose “Olivia” McIver would be piling lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mayo and hot sauce on a toasted bun and chowing down like it was the[…] Read On
This actually happened to me today. I’ll do my best to tell it straight, but it was a terrifying experience, so forgive me if it’s a little fragmented. After all, there’s only so much trauma the human mind can take. I’ve grown accustomed to making salads when I’m home for[…] Read On
It’s official: My wife is now a wine snob. After years of classes, training and experience – not to mention an awful lot of tasting (wink wink) – my certified sommelier wife Kim is ditching big, ripe, fruit-forward American wines in favor of more austere French-style wines with higher acidity[…] Read On
Turns out that beef isn’t bad for you after all. Sorry cows. A meta-study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine conducted by 14 scientists from 7 countries following rigorous systematic review methodologies concludes that there is no need to eat less red meat. Same goes for processed meat. Guess[…] Read On
I’m like a walking zombie today. Last night around 1:30 the phone rang. One ring, then it stopped. Yes, we still have a land line. Yes, there is a good reason. No, you don’t need to know what it is. Quit asking dumb questions and listen to the freaking story,[…] Read On
Search all you want, you’ll never find a more fact-free topic than diet. Trendy fads abound, not to mention countless myths about gluten, lactose, cholesterol, carbs, protein and going vegetarian or vegan. The science constantly flip-flops. Saturated fat used to be the demon, now it’s sugar. Eggs were on, then[…] Read On
If you’ve been hanging around here for a while you know I’m that rare combination of obsessive compulsive and addictive personality. In other words, I easily develop bad habits that are nearly impossible to break. I’ve probably had just about every bad habit you can think of and some you[…] Read On