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Entries from December 2008

Eat Healthy Monday!

December 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This entry was originally posted on Sustainable Table’s Daily Table Blog.
Today’s Tip from our friends at Healthy Monday: Distance helps the heart grow stronger. Don’t sit or stand next to the food table at holiday gatherings. Keep your distance from holiday tables laden with artery-clogging treats – or you may find yourself munching mindlessly as [...]

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News Feed

December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

More Americans seek food stamps than ever September saw record numbers of Americans on food stamps, up 17% from last year to 31.5 million this year. That’s about one tenth of the population.
CIW takes Subway The 3rd largest fast food chain in America and the #1 buyer of Florida tomatoes has finally come around [...]

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Desperate Times Don’t Call for Spam: Eating Green on a Budget

December 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ever since the stock market took that first dramatic drop, there have been few companies that haven’t felt the pinch, few products whose sales haven’t dropped. Among them? Spam.
According to this recent New York Times article by Andrew Martin:

Through war and recession, Americans have turned to the glistening canned product from Hormel as a [...]

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Dispatch from Brooklyn Farmhouse: Pork Tenderloin with Black Pepper

December 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

We at Eat Well are a mix of omnivores and vegetarians, but all of us do our best to eat as conscientiously as possible. Today, our friend Megan at Brooklyn Farmhouse talks meat quality and shares a yummy recipe for pork tenderloin with black pepper.
We don’t eat a lot of meat in our household [...]

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Ideal Bite B.I.G. Awards

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

We’re excited to announce that our own Eat Well Guide has been nominated in the Food category for Ideal Bite’s first annual BIG (Best in Green) award!
Tomorrow night, Ideal Bite will announce winners in seven different categories: Home, Health and Beauty, Style, Food, Fun, Everyday/Living, and Next in Green. Aside from bragging rights, winners will [...]

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Dispatch from Anchorage: Tomato Soup with Croutons

December 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

If you’re anything like me, you are 1. glad to see the tail end of your Thanksgiving leftovers and 2. ready for some lighter fare (and some exercise) and 3. chilly, what with winter on its way. Here is a nice recipe from Alison Arians of Alison’s Lunch, who saw her town’s first snow months [...]

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