Laurie David

Reducing Our Environmental Impact

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Conversation Starters, Friday Table Talk, Family Dinner Download, Paper Bags, Los Angeles Plastic Bag Ban, Environment, Single Use Plastic Bags, Table Talk, The Family Dinner, Laurie David, Los Angeles, Plastic Bags, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: When you’re out shopping, and you haven’t brought your own bag ...

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How One Teenager Stood For Her Beliefs

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Conversation Starters, Photoshop, Family Dinner Download, Julia Bluhm, Dinner Download, Table Talk, Seventeen Magazine, Laurie David, The Family Dinner, Family Meals, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Open a copy of almost any fashion magazine, and you’ll come face-...

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Table Talk: The Importance of Reading

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Conversation Starters, The Family Dinner Book, Family Dinner, Family Dinner Download, Books, These Are Your Kids on Books, Table Talk, Laurie David, Reading, Friday Dinner Table Talk, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Evin Moore cares a lot about reading. In fact, he cares so much tha...

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Why Eating Dinner Together Keeps Us Happy And Healthy

Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Family Dinner, Family Dinner Download, Family Dinner Table Talk, Children, Eating Together, HuffPost Family Dinner Download, Table Talk, Laurie David, Parenting, Families, Family Meals, Parents, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: At HuffPost, we’ve always believed in the importance of family me...

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Laurie David, Katie Couric Partner On Feature-Length Obesity Documentary

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Laurie David, Obesity, Obesity Documentary, Obesity Epidemic, Childhood Obesity, Katie Couric, Food News

America’s ballooning childhood obesity epidemic has become an urgent problem and a cause célèbre for everyone from Michelle Obama to Ellen DeGener...

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Table Talk: What Can You Do To Celebrate Earth Day?

Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Video, Laurie David Family Dinner, Family Dinner Table Talk, Earth Day, Nature, Green, Table Talk, Environment, Earth Day 2012, Laurie David, Green Living, Outdoors, Family, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: On Sunday, people from all over the world will celebrate Earth Day....

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Review: The Prince's Speech

Howard Hinterthuer | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Book Reviews, Laurie David, Prince Charles, The Prince's Speech, Books News
Howard Hinterthuer

The Prince's Speech is a book to share with those you love. No doubt you will recognize the unvarnished truth in what Prince Charles has to say.

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What You Should Have Given Your Valentine

Daniel Klein | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: On the Future of Food, Perennial Plate, Daniel Klein, Mirra Fine, Laurie David, Valentine, Prince Charles, Organic, England, Sustainable, Food News
Daniel Klein

I'd known about Prince Charles' organic farm since I was a kid. But I always thought because he was royalty, the farm was more of a fun pastime as opposed to a step in the fight to change the system.

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On the Future of Food

Maria Rodale | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Maria Rodale, The Future of Food, Al Gore, Prince Charles, Inconvenient Truth, The Prince's Speech, Laurie David, HRH the Prince of Wales, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, On the Future of Food, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

The older I get, and the more I believe in the power of nature and the universe, the more magic happens (fueled significantly by Hard Work). Case in p...

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The Prince's Speech

Laurie David | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Slow Food, Laurie David, Real Food, Prince Charles, Slow Food Movement, Future of Food, The Prince's Speech, Food News
Laurie David

Last spring, right on the heels of one of the biggest events in his life, his son's wedding -- and with the eyes of the world upon his family -- Prince Charles came to the United States to deliver a speech at Georgetown University about the future of food.

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The Prince's Speech:
A Love Poem to the Future

Maria Rodale | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Maria Rodale, The Future of Food, Al Gore, Prince Charles, Inconvenient Truth, The Prince's Speech, Laurie David, HRH the Prince of Wales, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, On the Future of Food, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Laurie David, producer and author Last spring, right on the heels of one of the biggest events in his life, his son's wedding--and w...

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Cheating On The SATs: A Family Dinner Table Talk

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Caught, Family Dinner Download, Family Table, High School, Talking to Kids, Cheating, Laurie David, Great Neck, Bv-Parenting, Teenagers, Sats, Dinner, Parents News

Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: This week, students from Great Neck, New York who attend one of the top high sc...

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Laurie David on Why Sitting Down to a Meal Is Such a Big Deal

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Laurie David, Sustainable Agriculture, Environmentalism, The Family Dinner, Industrial Agriculture, Activism, Climate Change, Food News
Kerry Trueman

"We have to alleviate the pressure on ourselves that dinner has to be this fancy affair, three courses and a homemade apple pie. If you're having peanut butter and jelly on whole grain, that's good enough."

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The Awkwardly Hilarious Reason Larry David Got Divorced

Posted 08.17.2011

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Larry David made an appearance on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" Thursday, and before stealing the spotlight from this season's "Bachelorette" Ashle...

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New Girlfriends

Laurie David | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Making Friends After 50, Making Friends, Friendship, Friends After 50, Laurie David, Friends, Female Friendships, Women News
Laurie David

I'm one of those women who falls in love with girlfriends hard and fast. Occasionally its short-lived, I get too excited too quickly, but when the real thing comes along, now that's a beautiful thing.

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Groups Sue FDA for Putting Pigs Before People

Laurie David | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Animals Antibiotics, Animal Antibiotics, Antibiotics, Laurie David, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Antibiotics in Meat, Green News
Laurie David

Force-feeding prescription drugs to healthy people, just to make them grow faster, would be considered ludicrous by any doctor. Possibly even criminal. But the FDA allows factory farms to essentially to just that.

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Perfect Harmony or Imperfect Hormone-y?

Laurie David | Posted 07.23.2011

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Laurie David

The average age of American Idol's young fans has to be around 11. So why is the show pushing high-calorie, BPA-lined Coca-Cola so aggressively?

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This Is the Game Changer!

Laurie David | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Poultry, Meat, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics, Animals Antibiotics, Laurie David, Antibiotics in Meat, Food News
Laurie David

It's hard to shock me, but when I read the report on Friday that almost half of the meat and poultry we're buying at our local grocery stores is contaminated with Staph bacteria, I had to let out a scream of frustration.

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Process or Perish: Praise for Packaged Food

Karen Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nathalie Depree, Candy, Processed Food, Elissa Altman, Frozen Vegetables, Kimchi, Chips, Wal-Mart, Canned Beans, Live Food, Chutney, The Family Dinner, Grocery Shopping, Peanut Butter, Hot Sauce, Organic, Sugar, Salt, Kris Carr, Cooking, Intervention, James Beard Award, Chef Timothy Tucker, Laurie David, Raw Food, Victoria Moran, Candle 79, Preservatives, Health Food, Costco, Food News
Karen Kelly

Families can't always whip up a from-scratch meal every night. What kinds of canned, boxed or bagged items do you have in your pantry? And can you live without them?

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Laurie David Shares Family Dinner Conversation Tips

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Raising Children, Parenting, Kids, Children, Parenting Advice, Teenagers, Family Dinners, Family Dinner, Family, Parenting Dinner, Family Dinner Conversation, Laurie David Family Dinner, Laurie David, Healthy Living News
Susan Stiffelman

I spoke with Laurie David, friend, mom and author of the new book, "The Family Dinner," to get her take on how to keep table conversation lively and friendly.

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Family Dinners -- Now Comes the Hard Part

Marshall P. Duke | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Columbia University, Well-Being, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Laurie David, Journal of Family Life, Excuses, New Year Resolutions, Family Dinners, Family, Healthy Living News
Marshall P. Duke

The family dinners on plain old days are important. But they need not be held every night -- three family dinners a week have significant impact the research tells us; five have even greater positive effects.

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Laurie David's Family Dinner Cookbook: The Culinary Companion to Jon Stewart's Sanity Rally?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kerry Trueman

Don't be fooled by The Family Dinner's sunny yellow cover. Though it's filled with tantalizing recipes, this is much more than a cookbook. And it's not just for parents and kids.

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WATCH Laurie David: 'Modern Life Is Tearing Us Apart'

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Activism, Climate Change, Laurie David, Global Warming, Environmental Activism, Laurie David Global Warming, Laurie David Climate Skeptics, Laurie David the Family Dinner, Laurie David Parker Spitzer, Parker Spitzer Laurie David, Laurie David Climate Change, Green News

In her recent interview on "Parker Spitzer," producer, author, and environmental activist Laurie David discussed her newest book and her fight to rais...

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Changing the Food Landscape, One Person at a Time: Part One

Karen Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Processed Food, Meal Planning, Prison Gardens, Produce, Food Co-Ops, Timothy Tucker, Prison Food, Lunch, Organic Gardens, Frozen Food, Institutional Food, Food Safety Bill, School Lunch, Salvation Army, The Family Dinner, Laurie David, Food News
Karen Kelly

There is a lot of innovation going on in the realm of school lunches, none of it having anything to do with food safety bills or mandates from lawmakers. In fact, government is where the least amount of innovation is happening.

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Tackling Energy Poverty

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Unhcr, Tom Hanks, Energy Poverty, Kristine Pearson, Impact News, Female Genital Mutilation, Masaai Women, Laurie David, Education in Zambia, George Clooney, Rwandan Orphans, Women in Rural Africa, Lifeline Energy, Lifeplayer, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

I met with Pearson when she was in New York City to launch "Lifeplayer," an MP3-enabled radio that she described as bridging "Internet, cellular, media player, and radio technologies."

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