Shameless self-promotion
- The Duck's Nest
My personal website - SanDiego.Eats.It
The (brand-new!) local restaurant recommendation site I work for as editor and contributing writer.
Recent Posts
- Back in the saddle (yet) again
- Life on the plateau continues
- Confronting the omnivore's dilemma
- My new exercise routine: community theatre!
- Random notes on post-cane leg strengthening
- Two news items about the interplay of genetics and weight
- Science wishy-washy on health benefits of water? Or ... not?
- Healthy dish of the day: bun rieu oc
- Are fears of a fat planet overblown? - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com
Recent Comments
- mizducky on Back in the saddle (yet) again
- Rona Y on Back in the saddle (yet) again
- Heidih on Back in the saddle (yet) again
- Kirk on Oh yeah--forgot about the cane!
- mizducky on Weekly weigh-in: plateau? bottom? And whither this blog?
- Heidih on Weekly weigh-in: plateau? bottom? And whither this blog?
- Heidi on Weekly weigh-in: oops. Plus, losing the cane
- Allura on Holiday weight-gain fears often exaggerated - Nutrition Notes- msnbc.com
- on Weekly weigh-in: quick fly-by on the plateau
- Rebecca on Weekly weigh-in: quick fly-by on the plateau
Food blogs I groove on
- Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens
I like to eat. A lot. - The Old Foodie
The Old Foodie gives you 400 words each weekday on a food history topic related to the day, with a historic recipe, and sometimes a menu. And how much fun is that! - Zen Foodism - A Food Blog Emanating from San Diego
"you shall be contented" - pho-king
"King of pho, there is none higher, sucker recipes can call me sire." - mmm-yoso!!!
"As in, yoso-silly, yoso-hungry, yoso-full, or best of all; mmm-delici-yoso!!!!! An Ex-Pat Kama'aina explores food in San Diego and points beyond."
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Resources: Publications
Jodi Stolove: Chair Dancing Sit Down & Tone Up
This is one of a series of exercise DVDs by Jodi Stolove, that lead you through an entirely seated gentle aerobics workout. Great for those with knee injuries or other health issues that make traditional exercise difficult. (****)Susan Kano: Making Peace With Food
Another classic, this self-help book on deprogramming your brain from compulsive-dieter mentality includes exercises and workbook sections in which to explore your attitudes so you can better work on changing them. (****)Susie Orbach : Fat Is a Feminist Issue
The classic. I read this all the way back in my college days -- if only I had paid better attention to its lessons, I might have saved myself some twenty years of grief. (****)- Julia Ferre: Basic Macrobiotic Cooking
Just what the title says. The writing is really dry, but the info on macrobiotic cooking methods and techniques is rock-sold and no-nonsense. (****) Annemarie Colbin: The Book of Whole Meals: A Seasonal Guide to Assembling Balanced Vegetarian Breakfasts, Lunches and Dinners
This good basic cookbook puts into practice the theories Colbin discusses in her book "Food and Healing." (****)Marian Morash: The Victory Garden Cookbook
Encyclopedic compendium of vegetable cookery, covering everything from main dishes (both with and without meat) to sides to desserts to preserves. (****)Madhur Jaffrey: Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking
Wide-ranging and knowledgeable survey of meatless recipes from all over the Near and Far East. Great for those cutting down on meat consumption as well as vegetarians. (*****)Annemarie Colbin: Food and Healing
A long-time natural-foods cooking instructor explains her macrobiotics-based system for healthy cooking and eating. (****)American Diabetes Association: Exchange Lists for Meal Planning
This is the food plan I currently use. Even if you're not a diabetic, it's a good, no-nonsense plan. (*****)Susun S. Weed: Healing Wise (Wise Woman Herbal Series)
Not only a great herbal, but also a great analysis of modern scientific medical traditions vs. older, more natural healing traditions. (*****)
Resources: On-line
- Healing Kitchen
Compendium of info on the healing properties of foods, including recipes and recommendations for specific health conditions. - CalorieKing - Diet and weight loss. Calorie Counter and more.
The mother of all on-line nutritional information databases, it will recalculate amounts per unit of food on the fly, for everything from raw ingredients to fast foods to health foods. - The World's Healthiest Foods
Organo-groovy but no nonsense, this site's recommendations about foods and their health-enhancing properties are well-spoken and well-researched. - The eGullet Society for Culinary Arts & Letters
Massive, lively, knowledgeable collection of web forums on food and cooking.
Come visit my new primary blog
As you may have noticed, there hasn't been a whole hell of a lot of action on this blog in recent months. That's mainly because I've been spending more of my creative energies these days on other topics and in other places. This reflects my determination to integrate this healthy eating/weight management routine into the rest of my life, as opposed to continuing to make my whole world revolve around the health/food thing.
What this means for this here blog is that, at least for the time being, it's going to go dormant. I'll definitely be keeping it online, but more as an archive than an active blog.
If you'd like to keep following my little life (mis)adventures, I happily invite you to check out the blog that is now the "front door" to my website: The Duck's Nest. There you'll find me going on not only about food and health, but a wide variety of other things that amuse, interest, concern, and/or obsess me. Fun times!
November 10, 2008 at 07:46 PM in General commentary | Permalink | Comments (0)