Tuesday is fish-dinner day at my house. After yoga, I pick up fresh fish from the grocery store on my way home. Last week, something was different at the fish counter.

I try not to think about how much we're spending on food for my family these days, because my mind just boggles at how much some groceries now cost.

As an experiment, I decided to stay out of restaurants as much as possible and do my own cooking.  I wondered what benefits I might get.  I was surprised.  I thought I had a good strategy for portion control in restaurants but I was wrong.  I ask for a take-out box when I placemy order.  I put half of the meal into the takeout box as soon as it comes to the table.  I eat the other half fo

Yesterday, I attended services at the church where I conducted my doctoral internship.  I sat in the pew at St.

I had the pleasure of hoting Kay Sheppard this weekend.  She is the first person to describe the disease of food addiction in her 1989 book, Food Addiction: The Body Knows.  Kay has 30 years of recovery from addictive foods.  She talked alot about the research that needs to be done to determine the course of disease and to validate assessment and treatment methods.  Fortunately, th

A good friend who recently moved to New Zealand from Seattle just altered me to an interesting blog post about biofuels and how they may neutralize OPEC's pricing strength and give governments some relief from agricultural protectionism.

Here in the Royse / Huddart house, we're gearing up for the Whidbey Island Farm tour - a great chance to show our daughter where food really comes from.