Farm to Pharmacy
Diabetic Living
In the heart of coal country, one medical center is taking the phrase “food as medicine” literally.
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In the heart of coal country, one medical center is taking the phrase “food as medicine” literally.
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For three-plus years, I wrote food stories for Yummly.com several times a month, more than one hundred articles on everything from meal planning to how-to-bread-anything to easy ways to boost fiber to a mega-roundup of the country’s most popular recipes. Original recipes, too.
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(I wrote the entire package: 10 articles, 13,000 words)
Sixty years ago,Ā The JetsonsĀ imagined that in the future, weād be eatingĀ meals in pill form. That hasnāt come to pass āĀ yet. So what (and how) do experts think weāll be eating 30, 40, 50 years from now?
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My weekly column for the siteās āSmall Platesā vertical, aimed at busy parents. It features five weeknight dinner menus of kid-friendly dishes, including recipes, time-saving tips, and creative ways to repurpose leftovers.
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Though most parents know that catching something like molluscum, ringworm, or scabies has nothing to do with the cleanliness of their house or their kids, they still feel embarrassed. And unfortunately, that self-consciousness can be a powerful silencer that gives germs time to infect others.
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As a doctor and the mom of two young boys, Grace Farris was busy enough. But sheād always drawn for fun, and eventually her illustratorās eye turned to sketching vignettes of daily life with two children under 5. In 2017, she began to share her comics with friends asĀ @coupdegracefarris on Instagram. You can probably guess what happened next:
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Some of these have a kernel of truth, and others are completely made up. We take a look, and bring the science.
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While it’s easy to make a visit to your local farmers’ market more of a social event than a shopping trip (no judgment!), these expert tips from farmers and market managers at three of the country’s top spots will help you navigate it like a pro.
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It has taken Dave Poorbaugh almost 10 years to get back to the 1740s. Maybe thatās because instead of a DeLorean, his time machine is the historic Annville Flouring Mill in Lebanon County, Pa., which he says is the oldest continually operating flour mill in the country. President of the company that owns the mill, Poorbaugh is a genial history buff who relishes telling tales of his own Colonial lineage. And with this summerās harvest of 35 acres of heritage wheat, it looks as if heāll finally taste the bread of his fore¬fathers.
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This essay was selected for the Best Food Writing Anthology.
Food writers are lying to you. In our quest to inspire people to cook, we offer images of glorious plates of food, dramatically lit, propped with carefully-chosen cloth napkins and color-coordinated dishes, with the most adorable little trail of crumbs to suggest that someoneās actually eating this slice of perfection. My dinner plate never looks like that anywhere but the computer screen, on a really good day. In real life itās chipped, with maybe some sauce spilling over an edge onto the crumpled paper napkin.
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The kombucha guy was doing it wrong, and so was I. By the time Rich Awn, the owner of the one-man tea-and-coffeeĀ breweryĀ Mombucha, arrived at the food swap in a TriBeCa apartment building, the table brimmed with inventive homemade goods, includingĀ vodkaĀ infused with the needles from an organic Christmas tree. Next to each offering was a green placard where swappers could ābidā ā I had already scribbled my name and my offer (chocolate-chipĀ cookies, Samoa bars and granola) on cards for Meyer lemon curd and a few other enticing treats.
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Some children are omnivorous, equally enthusiastic for broccoli and brownies. Mine, on the other hand, is non-nivorous. For almost five years now, since he turned 2, Harryās will-eat list has allowed fruit, snacky things, plain pasta with olive oil, yogurt and mozzarella (shredded only, thank you very much), and sometimes chicken. Oh, and hot dogs. His favorite āvegetablesā: olives and capers.
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