by Steve Wolf | Oct 28, 2011 | Recipes
To all you blog readers, check out this interesting NY Times piece about our food supply. If you think food is expensive, check out illness: October 25, 2011, 1:53 pm Hey Chef! Get with the Program By MARK BITTMANI’ve known George Faison for 25 years or more; he was a...
by Steve Wolf | Sep 28, 2011 | Diet
Gluten is a protein found in grains, particularly in wheat, rye, and barley. Some oats may contain gluten due to contamination during processing. The following table lists some of the other flours, cereals, and starches that contain gluten: White flour...
by Steve Wolf | Sep 28, 2011 | Organic Foods
This week, one of the items in the Be Wise Ranch box is zucchini, one of the many forms of summer squash. Zucchini’s range in color from yellow, pale green with grey, pale green, dark green, and almost black. The darker the zucchini, the more nutrients it contains....
by Steve Wolf | Sep 28, 2011 | Diet
While it is often assumed that vegetarians simply do not eat meat, fish, or poultry, there are many different categories of vegetarianism: Lacto-ovo vegetarian diets allow eggs and dairy products; however still exclude meat, fish, and poultry Lacto-vegetarian diets...
by Steve Wolf | Sep 28, 2011 | Diet
Polyunsaturated fats (or PUFAs) are essential fatty acids, meaning that the body cannot produce them and therefore they must be obtained through the diet. PUFAs are important in the body because they can both promote inflammation, which is necessary to some degree, as...
