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Thank you for reading this blog. I hope these pages have been helpful and interesting to you. It has been fun to look for books and recipes to share. It has been clarifying to write down my health-seeking experiences. I've included links to Amazon.com entries for the books I've recommended, because one purpose of this blog for me was to earn some bonuses from Amazon.com on the books that you purchased after clicking through from my posts. As of April 15, Amazon.com is discontinuing its... Read Full Story

The good news is that many of the healthy practices we adopt to improve our chances against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes also serve to protect us against Alzheimer's. Hooray. 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss is a new book by Jean Carper, a medical journalist with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's. She wants to prevent, or postpone as long as possible, the onset of this devastating condition. Olive oil, cocoa, vitamins, mental... Read Full Story

The good news is that many of the healthy practices we adopt to improve our chances against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes also serve to protect us against Alzheimer's. Hooray. 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss is a new book by Jean Carper, a medical journalist with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's. She wants to prevent, or postpone as long as possible, the onset of this devastating condition. Olive oil, cocoa, vitamins, mental... Read Full Story

The good news is that many of the healthy practices we adopt to improve our chances against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes also serve to protect us against Alzheimer's. Hooray. 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss is a new book by Jean Carper, a medical journalist with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's. She wants to prevent, or postpone as long as possible, the onset of this devastating condition. Olive oil, cocoa, vitamins, mental... Read Full Story

The good news is that many of the healthy practices we adopt to improve our chances against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes also serve to protect us against Alzheimer's. Hooray. 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss is a new book by Jean Carper, a medical journalist with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's. She wants to prevent, or postpone as long as possible, the onset of this devastating condition. Olive oil, cocoa, vitamins, mental... Read Full Story

The good news is that many of the healthy practices we adopt to improve our chances against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes also serve to protect us against Alzheimer's. Hooray. 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss is a new book by Jean Carper, a medical journalist with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's. She wants to prevent, or postpone as long as possible, the onset of this devastating condition. Olive oil, cocoa, vitamins, mental... Read Full Story

A few years ago I finally tried making soup from Thanksgiving turkey bones. This led to making soup from chicken bones whenever we roasted a chicken. We've been making batches of turkey-or-chicken soup ever since. We boil the bones with chopped onion, carrots, and celery, and have five or six portions of soup for two to put into the freezer and enjoy over a couple of months. But I was getting tired of the same old poultry and veggies soup. Here's a lovely new combination, adapted from Power... Read Full Story

A few years ago I finally tried making soup from Thanksgiving turkey bones. This led to making soup from chicken bones whenever we roasted a chicken. We've been making batches of turkey-or-chicken soup ever since. We boil the bones with chopped onion, carrots, and celery, and have five or six portions of soup for two to put into the freezer and enjoy over a couple of months. But I was getting tired of the same old poultry and veggies soup. Here's a lovely new combination, adapted from Power... Read Full Story

Yesterday at the library we hosted an author, Terra Brockman, who came to speak about her extended family's organic farms in Illinois. Her book is The Seasons on Henry's Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm and it was a delight to meet her in person, see her slide presentation, and listen to her stories. Her foundation, The Land Connection , works to train farmers, protect farmland, and empower consumers to discover and enjoy good food raised close to home. Thank you, Terra. Read Full Story

Back before no-wheat cooking entered my life, one of my favorite recipes from Pillsbury Best Muffins and Quick Breads Cookbook was a pineapple-carrot muffin recipe that used a small can of crushed pineapple, juice and all. We don't eat muffins much any more, but we do like to have cookies to take to work, so I adapted the recipe for Pamela's Baking and Pancake Mix and tried baking it on cookie sheets. It comes out like muffin tops. I like it better without the carrots. This makes more than we... Read Full Story