Here’s the latest volley in the carb debate. To quote from the press release from the University of Virginia about a study by its faculty member Glenn Gaesser:
…diets high in carbohydrates are almost universally associated with slimmer bodies. More importantly, Gaesser found that consuming lots of high-glycemic foods is not associated with higher body weights. […]

Categories: Research

Imagine my surprise when I picked up a friend’s CSA bag yesterday and confronted a quart box of grapes.

Now, I knew that people grow grapes in Kansas, but I thought they were generally for wine. (See end of this post for a list of wineries.)
I wasn’t aware of anybody growing table grapes. Bob Lominska, one […]

Categories: Local food

Don’t worry; I’m not going to turn this into a travel blog. Now that I’ve caught up on my post-trip laundry, photos, etc., however, I thought I’d do one post on what I did eat in Portugal. I can’t find my notes, which were probably too sketchy anyway, so I’m going largely from memory here. […]

Categories: General

A trip abroad reminds me that my eating at home hasn’t changed as much as I thought. Just as in childhood, I eat lots of bread, pasta and rice, and I like them.

Categories: General · Food selection