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New Benefits to Drinking Coffee?
A panel at the 2010 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting in Chicago concluded that drinking several cups of coffee each day doesn’t pose a greater risk for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. (read full article)
A Closer Look at the Coconut Craze: Are These Tropical Fruits All They’re Cracked Up to Be?
Image courtesy of Flickr user neloqua It seems everyone is cuckoo for coconuts these days. Coconut has emerged as a hot flavor trend – showing up in everything from ice cream and gelato to chips and snack bars. Mixologists are shaking up c (read full article)
Road Trip!
WOWZERS – thank you guys so much for all your book recommendations! I have a nice little summer reading list to look forward to now. I was actually up and at ‘em pretty early this morning, as I’m heading up to St. Paul, Minnesota (read full article)
The Real World
So Matt posted about his new life in Virginia, now it is time for me to post about what I have been doing for the past 3 months. It is weird to think that it has even been that long, seems like just yesterday that we were up bright and early for cla (read full article)
Spring "Flours" Event
So I currently am working with a private chef/catering company that focuses on healthy cooking (centeredchef.com). On Friday we worked an event called Spring Flours, hosted at the Swisshotel. It was a fund raiser for The University of Chicago Celia (read full article)
Chicago's Gluten Free Gala Review
Friday night was The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center's Annual Benefit. It was the 10th anniversary of the event, which raises money for celiac disease research, and the night was filled with live and silent auctions, a raffle, and gluten (read full article)
Happy Celiac Awareness Month!
May is Celiac Awareness month and this is a lot to celebrate! When I first was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2000, there were barely any options for breads or cookies. Most restaurants had no idea what "gluten free" was. Since then, awareness of c (read full article)
Important Reasons Why Sushi Very Good For Diet
We thank the researchers because they can always find something good (or bad, of course) in food or clothing that we do. This was not an exception to the sushi. In America, sushi is often “accused” as foods with high levels of mercury. Th (read full article)
The Top Overrated Food Trends of 2009
As the year comes to close, I was thinking about the foods that made a lot of headlines but didn’t really live up to the hype. The most overrated food trends of the year was the topic of my latest article in the Chicago Tribune. 5 most overr (read full article)
Come Trick-or-Treating at my site!
Halloween is just two weeks away. Are you ready? I'm not. I still gotta find a costume! (Anybody have any good ideas for me?)One thing I am ready for is the candy! When I was diagnosed with celiac disease I was very, very happy that most candy i (read full article)
Spreading the Celiac Awareness - Part 1
October is National Celiac Awareness Month and this weekend I spread the awareness like nobody's business!Saturday, October 10th was my little sister's birthday. What did I get her? A celiac screening of course! She has been experiencing some of t (read full article)
Happy Celiac Awareness Month!
This list is on my Examiner page, so if you already read that, you're one step ahead! I did add new info for Pass Health Foods' Sales event and Lil's Dietary's Grand Opening Events that I just found out, so enjoy!October is Celiac Disease Awareness M (read full article)
Food Trend Update: The Fiber Free-For-All
The fiber floodgates have opened wide. Have you noticed? It’s hard to miss the onslaught of new products proudly boasting about fiber on the front of package labels. The fiber fortification craze was the topic of my article in today’s (read full article)
Gluten Free Chicago Events in September!
I can't believe it's September already! Where DID the summer go?! While I had a list of events to share, Jen Cafferty, Founder of The Gluten Free Cooking Expo was kind enough to allow me to repost the listing of events she compiled...which is the b (read full article)
Gluten Free Chicago Events in September!
I can't believe it's September already! Where DID the summer go?! While I had a list of events to share, Jen Cafferty, Founder of The Gluten Free Cooking Expo was kind enough to allow me to repost the listing of events she compiled...which is the b (read full article)
Food deserts in Chicago
I may not live in Chicago anymore but that doesn't stop me from keeping up with the news there. (I just can't quit you, Chicago!) I lived on the southside of Chicago in the neighborhood of Hyde Park. Since Hyde Park was home to the University of Chic (read full article)
Are you aging too fast?
This just in: Those ingrained habits you've had forever can make you feel and look old before your time. But don't sweat it--Cosmo's found seven ways to stop the clock. * At this stage of the game, you're probably more concerned with catching th (read full article)
My First Award and Wholesome Sweetener Giveaway!
I had an amazing weekend in Chicago and to top things off I had wonderful surprises waiting for me at home. Since I've started blogging, I've had the priviledge of meeting wonderful people all over the world. One of them being my new friend Ruth fr (read full article)
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