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It took me until my eldest was poised to enter 4th grade before I figured out an important dynamic in the school cafeteria: lunch is power. What...
While prepping for our Cyprus visit we kept hearing that the “new wines” of Cyprus were judged as “first class,” a departure from the reports of even...
With summer in full swing in this area of the hemisphere, the topic of hydration is one of vital importance. Warm weather encourages people to be...
Allons enfants de la patrie …Today is Bastille Day, so we’re opening with a few bars from the French national anthem, La Marseillaise , and then...
There are numerous tools and techniques employed while exploring a new city…maps, tour guides, travel booklets — all of them are helpful. However, I...
Across the highway from the JJ Market is a vast food market — not a super market at all because there’s no detergents, paper towels, light bulbs, and...
Jeff Dahlberg is the former Chairman of the Board of the Whole Grains Council. Jeff served in the Peace Corps in Niger in the 1980s, where he first...
When we were in Bangkok four years ago we had dinner at the traditional Thai restaurant at the Shangri-la Hotel, where we were staying. This time we...
What to do with a 12-hour layover at Heathrow? We were en route to Bangkok for an Oldways Symposium, and rather than face duty free and airport food...
Watch Cindy’s interview with WUSA9 in Washington, DC and hear what she has to say about whole grains. Here’s an excerpt from the article that goes...
I was poking around Twitter today (because I may or may not be addicted) when I noticed that someone had tweeted the above message. To everyone on...
How do you say “wheat,” “barley,” and “rye” in Hungarian? That question became a matter of life and death for Nancy Baker when her military husband...

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