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A Weekly Curry May Fight Dementia
Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a US researcher suggests. The key ingredient is curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric. Curcumin appears to prevent the spread of amyloid protein plaques - thought to cause dementia - in the brain.A Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner
I was given the honor of cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my family this year. It was only three of us so it wasn't a huge challenge, but still a fun project!
This meal is pretty similar to my Halloween Dinner, but the food was such a success I had to make it again.
The Scoop on Fair Trade
"Before you've finished your breakfast this morning, you'll have relied on half the world"
- Martin Luther King
An interesting thought. And a depressing one, when you realise that those people you've relied on for your coffee and muesli are almost certainly being exploited and oppressed by the unfair power balance in world trade.
- from maketradefair.com
Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade.
Finding the Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables
Finding the Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables From the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/health/nutrition/20well.html?th&emc=th By TARA PARKER-POPE Published: May 20, 2008 By now, most people know they should be eating more vegetables. But are there ways to get more from the vegetables you already eat? A growing body of research shows that when it comes to vegetables, it’s not only how much we eat, but how we prepare them, that influences the amount of phytochemicals, vitamins and other nutrients that enter our body.Eating Better Than Organic
Not long ago I had an apple problem. Wavering in the produce section of a Manhattan grocery store, I was unable to decide between an organic apple and a nonorganic apple (which was labeled conventional, since that sounds better than "sprayed with pesticides that might kill you"). It shouldn't have been a tough choice--who wants to eat pesticide residue?--but the organic apples had been grown in California.
Health Benefits of Cinnamon
Cinnamon does not only taste good, it also contains many health benefits such as: Anti-Clotting and Anti-Microbial actions, Blood Sugar Control, it boosts Brain Function, it's Calcium and Fiber protect against Heart Disease and improve Colon Health, among other things.
History
Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices known. It was mentioned in the Bible and was used in ancient Egypt not only as a beverage flavoring and medicine, but also as an embalming agent.
Simple (and healthy) Bread Recipe
I am not a very accomplished cook, and I certainly don't consider myself a seasoned baker. However, I found an incredibly simple bread recipe for a bread that met all my nutritional standards. It's made primarily from spelt flour which is far more nutritious than wheat (and not refined), and contains no yeast.
Serge Gainsbourg: Poèt Maudit of the 70's
Vanity Fair magazine - Nov 2007: Legends
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg on the set of the movie Slogan, June 1968. By Gilles Caron/Contact Press Images.
The Secret World of Serge Gainsbourg
Sixteen years after Serge Gainsbourg's death, his small, graffiti-covered Paris house is almost exactly as he left it—crammed with mementos of his poetic, nicotine-and-alcohol-fueled, sometimes scandalous life as France's most adored singer-songwriter, lover of Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot, and friend to countless taxi drivers and policemen.
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