Tag: Nutrition
FoodWISE: Whose science should we believe?
Does bad research win? See this report on major studies that find “interesting” science with surprising conclusions is often what gets reported, even when it is not replicable. Ever watchful! The “I” in WISE tells us that being informed is important in making food choices! For more, see gigiberardi.com #food #foodie #instafood #foodphotography #foodstagram #yummy…
FoodWISE wins gold, still much work to do—see Susan Pierce Thompsons’ vlogs
FoodWISE has won several more awards, these from Human Relations Indie Book Awards (for Informational and Medical/Health writing). From FoodWISE, “We are practically wallowing in wasted food in this country. Calories are cheap, people are picky, and policies of all sorts are counterproductive for making full use of food. From farm to table, seed to…
FoodWISE Making the best food choices
FoodWISE tells the story of celebrating the “gray” in our lives—the best food choices may not always be the most obvious. Thank you Chanticleer Book Awards for awarding semi-finalist status to FoodWISE! See gigimberardi@wwu.edu #food #foodie #instafood #foodphotography #foodstagram #yummy #instagood #love #foodblogger #foodlover #delicious #follow #like #healthyfood #homemade #foodWISE #tasty #healthy #instagram #eat #corona…
What’s for dinner? Eat this!
What’s for dinner? Eat this! Recently, we were looking around Bellingham, WA for a good restaurant. We had some staples, like D’Anna’s café Italiano (with its fresh pasta, and Sicilian-themed fare), and new ones, like Storia Cucina (with clearly-sourced ingredients, house-prepared and -cooked—all tasty, which is important). In fact, when I developed the acronym for…
Beating the pandemic: FoodWISE monks
Today, we see a lot of backsliding with COVID precautions and infection rates. Our food supply is vulnerable. As I wrote in FoodWISE, our food system is like an interconnected web, “All the farmers, millers, butchers, bakers, grocery clerks, and cooks are the people who inhabit the web—making it work, and depending on it for…
Can the “Impossible Burger” be a homemade, FoodWISE one?
Gigi reads a few paragraphs from a New Yorker article, “Value Meal” on Impossible Foods (September 30, 2019). Is the impossible burger the future of food? Hardly. We have so many options that are more WISE—whole, informed, sustainable, and full of experience. See here, for a dozen recipe ideas: thespruceeats. For more, including recipes and…
House gardening in the spring! Plant sunflower seeds for microgreens
It’s spring! Too early to get out into the garden for most, but you can still reap a mighty harvest of microgreens by planting a few sunflower seeds in a pot! Harvest the delicious sprouts for a real taste of spring! For more, see: gigiberardi.com #food #foodie #instafood #foodphotography #foodstagram #yummy #instagood #love #foodblogger #foodlover…
FoodWISE foods for a speedy recovery
Recovering from hip surgery, I’ll share that FoodWISE foods are helping mightily! The following is FoodWISE’s newest review (in European Journal of Food Drink and Society). gigiberardi.com #food #foodie #instafood #foodphotography #foodstagram #yummy #instagood #love #foodblogger #foodlover #delicious #follow #like #healthyfood #homemade #foodWISE #tasty #healthy #instagram #eat #corona #coronavirus #vaccine
What’s FoodWISE about US agriculture? Plenty!
Gigi talks about our new USDA Secretary, Tom Vilsak, his second time around in D.C. and mentions “carbon capture,” commodity crops, and climate change. She suggests recipes from her book that don’t depend on commodity crops: dilly beans, pressure-cooker vegetable stew, roasted vegetables, vegetarian chili, baked garlic, whole roasted cauliflower, avocado guacamole, broccoli guacamole, crispy almonds,…