Goodbaker’s Blog

For each serving:
in one very large mug, add:

2 cloves garlic, grated
1 thumb-sized chunk of fresh ginger, grated
pour hot water over the garlic and ginger
stir in some instant vegetable broth powder
stir in 1 TB miso
add a pinch of cayenne pepper

Drink, then go to bed.

Their 30 reasons to become a vegetarian video is not overdone.

In Bittman’s latest book he reports that Americans raise and slaughter 10 billion animals each year for consumption, and that we should all decrease consumption of animal products…
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99268166&sc=nl&cc=bn-20090125

You’ll feel better knowing.

So I just learned how they get those canned mandarin orange segments I loved so much in childhood so perfect and pith-free. They use a lye-based solvent to dissolve the undesirable bits.
Luckily Edward & Sons has a new organic alternative:
http://www.naturalfoodnet.com/community/articles/2698_organic_mandarin_oranges.html

My aunt recently told me about an acquaintance who had been placed on a restricted diet. So she thought Goodbaker mixes might be good for him. Now, I adore my Aunt, but this annoyed me profoundly, because it represents a common but erroneous way of thinking about food choices. I believe it is not necessary […]

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” The agrichemical industry is now in attack mode.

A study published in the November 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows that women who consume two or more glasses of milk a day have twice the risk of a certain form of ovarian cancer than those who rarely or never consume milk.

There’s a good, but much too brief, interview with Neal Barnard, the Founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28550-2004Dec2.html
PCRM is a tremendous force for good. He is the child of cattle ranchers, now a vegetarian
Originally posted 2006-12-22

I just read in my Sunday paper that a government commission wants to warn the public about the dangers of sweet sodas (dangers like obesity and diabetes), but they are of course being blocked.