YOU THOUGHT I WAS GONE...

While I'm busy being busy, and working on smalltomatoes.com, I decided to use this page as a place to repeat news found on the internet that I think is post-worthy. About food. Duh. In case your google reader or other news aggregator (read: facebook) didn't already tell you.

Check out the most popular article on New York Times right now: "Is Sugar Toxic?"


Also found this really interesting video on the process of making sugar... blew my mind! And I still often use granulated sugar because it makes or breaks the formation of a good cake or other baked good. I've dabbled in Agave nectar in honey, but haven't made the total switch... Check it out: How Sugar Cane is Processed

To be on the safe side, you should eat mineral and nutrient rich honey. Buy from a local honey farm to get the added benefits of immunotherapy. Basically, honey contains small amounts of the pollen spores that are floating around your region. When you eat honey made from local bees, your immune system will become accustomed to these pollen spores, which will decrease allergenic symptoms from your usual suspects. Word. Thanks bees.


Lastly, check it out, vegetarian spaghetti carbonara:

This creamy dish is sneakily healthy. Adding scrambled eggs, a little grated parmesean, a dab of guacamole, and 'pepitas' or pumpkin seeds packs a lot of protein AND flavor. holler.