February 2013

I'm actually getting excited about spring! Yes I know it is still winter and cold cold cold. But in just 3 weeks we will be turning the clocks forward! I'm starting to think about my vegetable garden this year and getting organic seeds that are… Click to Continue →

It's that time of the week when real foodies come together for a food festival! Fat Tuesday is the official end of Mardi Gras and here at Real Food Forager we are having our own Fat Tuesday Forager Festival! Share your special holiday meal! Every… Click to Continue →

Sometimes I like to change the cut of beef I get from my farmer just to try something a little different. I ordered the Mock Tender Roast and was pleasantly surprised to find that it has a very good taste. Braising it in a dutch… Click to Continue →

Welcome to Sunday Snippets. This is a weekly feature that allows you to take a quick peek at posts that I loved from my FAT TUESDAY carnival this past week. I'll also summarize some posts from my blog from the past week. If you missed… Click to Continue →

Scientists can extract tons of information from the prehistoric bones of our distant relatives. Similarly, the evolution of modern disease is recorded in the teeth of our ancestors. The DNA of bacteria from the mouth is preserved in the calcified dental plaque (tartar) of teeth… Click to Continue →

Researchers at The Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory (NIMML)  at Virginia Tech have found that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) a naturally occurring fatty acid found in dairy and ruminant products is actually a powerful anti-inflammatory. Additionally, they found that CLA can be administered directly… Click to Continue →

History will be made at Duke University. The institutional review board just approved a randomized controlled trial that uses calorie restriction as a treatment for cancer — and measures a cancer-related outcome. Finally, a study about the effects of dietary intervention on the metabolism of… Click to Continue →

It's that time of the week when real foodies come together for a food festival! Fat Tuesday is the official end of Mardi Gras and here at Real Food Forager we are having our own Fat Tuesday Forager Festival! Share your special holiday meal! Every… Click to Continue →

Raphanus sativus or daikon radish is a winter root vegetable. The word daikon literally means large root. Daikon is a large white carrot shaped root that you may have seen in the market and wondered about. Daikon has a slightly sharp taste and a crisp… Click to Continue →

Welcome to Sunday Snippets. This is a weekly feature that allows you to take a quick peek at posts that I loved from my FAT TUESDAY carnival this past week. I'll also summarize some posts from my blog from the past week. If you missed… Click to Continue →

Something the doctors don't tell you when they are pushing you to get your girls (and now boys) vaccinated with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is that some children have died from it. Wouldn't that stop you in your tracks? Recently published in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs… Click to Continue →

In the next few weeks a 75 year old soybean farmer will face off with Monsanto in front of the US supreme court. This lawsuit has been filed on Bowman's behalf by sustainable food and farming organizations, the Center for Food Safety and Save Our… Click to Continue →

A while ago I wrote an article about toxic skin care products. In the average home there are more than 500 different chemical products at any one time. The majority of these products are for cleaning. Breathing in a toxic cleaning product is just as… Click to Continue →

It's that time of the week when real foodies come together for a food festival! Fat Tuesday is the official end of Mardi Gras and here at Real Food Forager we are having our own Fat Tuesday Forager Festival! Share your special holiday meal! Every… Click to Continue →