Real Food Compromise or Sell Out?
My sweetie took me out for Valentine’s lunch to my favorite restaurant, L’ Eden, an authentic French cafe in beautiful downtown Tampa.   …
Healthy Living
The Decline and Fall of the American Restaurant
Joke: What does a chef make for dinner when she has the night off? Answer: Reservations! It’s true. Most working chefs rarely cook at home. Perhaps …
Should Vegetable Cooking Water Be Saved?
Guidelines for when vegetable cooking water is safe to use and when it is best to toss due to nitrites, residues or anti-nutrients that can do more …
Health Lessons Learned in a Buddhist Monastery
Shortly after I finished graduate school in December 1987, I embarked upon a life-changing trip to Asia. I spent most of my time in Japan and …
Would Any Real Food Still Left in Restaurants Please Stand Up?
Real Food is continuing its disappearing act from restaurants across America. It doesn’t seem to matter whether the restaurant is a franchise or …
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Those of you who have been reading this blog for awhile know that I am no fan of Dr. Oz. I even wrote a blog post on his ridiculous show on overcoming …
Healthiest and Best Milk Substitutes
The healthiest and best dairy milk substitutes to make at home for children and adults and why to avoid commercial versions even if organic. Milk …
Why “100% Grassfed” Does Not Always Produce the Best Milk
Why fully pastured cows are often healthiest and produce the best and safest milk with the lowest somatic cell count when a small grain ration is …
Why Plant Based Diets Cannot Maintain Health
Why plant based diets are not able to support human health over the long term and why most adherents go back to eating meat and other animal foods …
What Does Your Freezer Look Like?
What does your freezer look like? This time of year, mine is loaded up with homemade bone broth. The picture above is the top shelf of my …
2011: The Year of Opting Out En Masse
“We don’t need a law against McDonalds or a law against slaughterhouse abuse– we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we …
The Healthy Home Economist Top Ten
When I set a goal just about a year ago to do something beyond just occasional writing with The Healthy Home Economist blog, I had not a clue what I …