COVID-19 Lock Down Cooking Fun: National Tequila Day!
Right in the middle of a shocking resurgence of new COVID-19 cases, credited to attempts to re-open the economy in the U.S. too quickly, comes a respite, both emotional and practical, for many feeling the heat of summer, lock-down cabin fever and rising racial tensions on the streets…Read More →
COVID-19: Can Fermented Foods Lower Death Risk?
Submitted for your consideration: A new, unpublished study suggests eating Fermented Veggies could reduce the risk of dying from COVID-19. Could this explain why COVID mortality rates in some countries has remained markedly lower than those in others?Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: Pandemic News Bites
While I’ve been trying to focus on Lock Down Cooking Fun and other angles on the COVID-19 crisis designed to help us all maintain a positive attitude to the ongoing privations of the pandemic, I’ve been making other notes, as well. Today, a couple of peripheral issues that deserve our attention…Read More →
COVID-19 Lock Down Cooking Fun: B&J’s Cookie Dough!
What’s more fun than a bowl of Cookie Dough when snacking floats to the top of your COVID-19 menu? Ben & Jerry’s has released the recipe for its beloved Cookie Dough – star of many a B&J’s flavour favourite. But the secret behind making safe edible Cookie Dough might be the most important part…Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: Foods To Boost Your Mood
Here we are in the middle of what I’m calling the Summer of COVID-19, and there seems to be no end in sight to the pandemic crisis. I thought that, living as I previously did, acting as primary caregiver for my elderly Mom, I was was already inoculated against cabin fever – but I was wrong…Read More →
Sunday Musings: Cut Carbs, Not Fats To Curb Cholesterol
For decades, folks with high cholesterol have been told by doctors to cut out (as much as possible) Saturated Fats from their diets. But most recent experiments and dietary surveys have strongly disagreed with that classic line. And new survey findings seem to support the latter…Read More →