Year: 2011

TIP OF THE DAY: Healthy Fish (Low Mercury)

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We’re told to eat more fish: It’s low in saturated fat and heart healthy, with high-quality protein and other essential nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids. But some fish come with unhealthy baggage: high levels of mercury. Highly toxic to the human neurological system, mercury is released into the environment from power plants, factories using…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA: Gary West, The Best Jerky

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One of several gift packages of Gary West’s fine jerky. Photo courtesy Gary West.   If your favorite Dad likes jerky, the crème de la crème of jerky is made by Gary West, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. This premium jerky is so tender, it belongs in a specialized class we’ll call “The…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gingerbread, “In Season”

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Often, the food holidays are established in months that make little sense—National Plum Pudding Day in February, when plum pudding is a Christmas tradition. Another example is National Gingerbread Day—which is today, June 5th. Why isn’t it in the fall, a more popular time for spice cookies; or in December, the month for making gingerbread…
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NEWS: The Food Pyramid Becomes A Food Plate

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We loved the old food pyramid. But not everyone likes to read charts as much as we do, or count off the number of fruit, veggie and grain servings. The original food pyramid, launched by the USDA in 1992, included the four food groups stacked in the shape of a pyramid with the number of…
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