Real Food

Can Fast Food Be 'Real' Food? An Interview With Burger King

Anna Brones | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Food Production, Sustainable Fast Food, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Local, Burger King, Fast Food, Food, Real Food, Interview, Burgerville, Burgers, Video, Food News

Being someone who, for the most part, strictly abstains from fast food, I was interested to see what someone who plans the menu of a nationwide chain had to say about the process behind what they serve.

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Cooking With Kids: Homemade Pop Tarts

Monica Strawbridge | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Processed Food, Homemade Food, Real Food, Homemade Pop Tarts, Cooking With Kids, Pop Tart Recipe, Pop Tarts, Miami News

When my kids are wanting "food" like, say, Pop Tarts, I can get them in the kitchen with me and try to show them what a Pop Tart was meant to be in the first place.

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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

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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Michael Pollan Has Some Food Rules to Live By

Laura Klein | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Laura Klein, Michael Pollan, Books, The Omnivore's Dilemma, New York Times, Best Seller, An Eater's Manual, Real Food, Organic, Food Rules, Food News

Pollan's collection of rules keeps it simple: No medical or calorie counting rules (don't people get tired of counting calories?). And my favorite rule is the super simple number 24: When you eat real food, you don't need rules.

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How To Grocery Shop Like A Hunter-Gatherer

Nancy Deville | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Whole Foods, Health-Food-Stores, Health, Supermarkets, Weight Loss, Real Food, Grocery Shopping, Animal Protein, Soy, Soy-Free, Healthy Living Body, Diet & Nutrition, Healthy Living News

Just because we don't have to actually pick, gather, milk, hunt or fish for our food doesn't mean that we can walk into a market in a daze and load up the cart without thinking.

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Healthy Food - Against the Law?

Ann Gentry | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, LA Times, Vegan, Health Department, Raw Milk, Stuart Pfeifer, Ann Gentry, Real Food, Real Food Daily, Rawesome, Food News

Did you ever think there could be a police crackdown against raw food? It's a reality, and right here in Los Angeles.

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Eating, an Act of Diplomacy

Ann Gentry | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, Healthy Restaurants, Food Revolution, Vegan, Food Movement, Omnivore, Diplomacy, Ann Gentry, Vegan Family Meals, Real Food Daily, Real Food, Food News

We all want to eat well, and that means we all care about how food gets to our plate. That's the starting point for diplomacy in the kitchen and at the table.

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America's Youth And The Future Of Food

David Schwartz | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Real Food, Future of Food, Do Something Awards, Real Food Challenge, Impact News

Our generation has a choice to make. We could be known as the first generation in our nation's history to live shorter lives than our parents. Or, we could be known as the generation that led a revolution in the way America eats and defines "real food."

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Infographic: A Real Food MyPlate

Kristin Wartman | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Food, Usda, Myplate, Nutrition, Dietary Guidelines, Real Food, Food News

By providing clear and accurate guidelines based on real food, Americans can see what a healthy diet really looks like, rather than what an industry influenced diet looks like.

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WATCH: Hand Grabbin', AKA Catfish Noodling

Daniel Klein | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Daniel Klein, Mississippi, Catfish, Perennial Plate, Real Food, Hand Grabbin, Noodling, Recipe, Sustainable, Food News

Mississippi: A beautiful state to drive across, where tamales are popular/traditional, and where sticking your hand in a giant catfish's mouth is a re...

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How To Tell If It's Really Food: A Flowchart

Darya Pino, Ph.D | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supermarket, Grocery Store, Real Food, Grocery Shopping, Infographic, Is It Food Flow Chart, Food News

To help you find real food within the endless labyrinth of junk, I've put together this handy flowchart for your use and amusement. Consider it your supermarket GPS. If you ever get lost, just start back at the top.

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Edible Radio Episode 58 - Read 'em and Eat: David Tanis

Edible | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Food, ?Chez Panisse?, ?Heart of the Artichoke?, ?Simple Cooking?, ?David Tanis?, Food News

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Our big problem

Alan Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Super Size Me, Fast Food, Michelle Obama, Vegetarian, Hamburger, Children, Vegan, Soda Tax, Slow Food, Liberty, Organic Food, Soda, Trans Fat Ban, Eating Animals, Freedom, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Real Food, Adults, Jonathan Safran Foer, Obesity, Theilemma, Food News

In this weekend's Wall Street Journal Theodore Dalrymple (the pen name for Anthony Daniels, a retired prison doctor and psychiatrist) was only the lat...

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Raisin Bran Deconstructed - Sugar and Fiber Math

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wheat Bran, Hfcs, Fiber, Post, Kellogg's, Raisin Bran, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Healthy Eating, Health, Nutrition, Real Food, Diet, Healthy Living News

Raisin Bran was first introduced almost 90 years ago. Its name implies wholesome goodness -- raisins are fruit, and fruit is good, and bran is also something people vaguely remember as very healthy.

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Real Food For Health: Change Your Life. Cook Dinner!

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eating Real Food, Health, Nutrition, Nutrition Science, Whole Foods for Health, Health Nutrition, Whole Food, Real Food, Whole Food Diet, Healthy Living News

It's as though we don't even see food as food anymore, just the sum of its nutritional parts. In all this science, we lost our way to the food and our inherent wisdom about what eating means.

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I Love You Mom, But You Suck At Cooking Vegetables

Darya Pino, Ph.D | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Food, Food Culture, Real Food, Cooking, Healthy Living News

People are starting to understand that where food comes from is important and has a tremendous impact on how it tastes.

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Real Food Rehab: 2 Simple Steps To Healthy & Delicious Meals

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Stock Your Pantry, Family Meals, Quick Meals, Health, Cooking, Easy Recipes, Real Food, Grocery Shopping, Pantry, Menu Planning, Food, Healthy Living News

If you stock your pantry with high-quality basics and foods you love, you won't overspend on last-minute grocery store runs. You'll eat healthier and always be able to throw together a satisfying meal.

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Real Food Rehab: Homemade Tzatziki

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Recipes, Living Well, Recipes, Greek Islands, Real Food, Dips, Cheech and Chong, Tzatziki, Healthy Living News

I never wanted for lack of anything in Greece. The daily repetition of meals suited me just fine. The food was as local, fresh and simple as one could ask for.

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Real Food Rehab: Rules For Living Well

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Living Well, Finding Your Own North Star, Individualism, Authenticity, Self-Expression, Rules for Living, Martha Beck, Real Food, Beauty, Quality, Texting, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

I do believe in knowing what you value most and using that as a rudder to guide your life. So here are some rules for living, exactly as I wrote them two years ago.

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Slow Food Steers Aspiring Mechanic from Cars to Cooking

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jenny Kessler, Harvest Time, Slow Food NYC, Automotive High School, Time for Lunch, Eat-In, Slow Food USA, Real Food, Green News

Cars and fast food are partners in crime when it comes to undermining America's health. But our landscape is changing; Automotive High School in Brooklyn is now part of Slow Food NYC's Harvest Time program.

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Real Food Rehab: Ideas for Creating a Real Food Fridge and Larder

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Processed Food, Larder, Kitchen, Food, Food-Staples, Cheese, Real Food, Foodstuffs, Olive Oil, Purge, Style News

If you have some of these basics in your larder, then at the very least you know you can have a good nosh or throw together a quick meal; you know your satisfaction's guaranteed.

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Why It's So Hard Not To Be Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fat, Weight Loss, Sugar, Pesticides, Fast Food, American Diet, Prevention-Magazine, Steroids, Weight Loss Tips, Herbicides, Fast Food Industry, Weight, 1950s, Papa-Johnss-Pizza, Salt, Wendy's, McDonald's, Marketing, Processed Food, Losing Weight, Food Marketing, 1950s-Housewife, Canned Foods, Growth Hormones, Weight Gain, Blackberry Addiction, Pollan Food, Food Labels, Weight Control, Michael Pollan, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Health, Real Food, Toxic Waste, Consumer Protection, Heart Attack, Healthy Living News

Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...

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Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Food Expenditures, Retail, Conventional Food, Personal Responsibility, Family, Cooking, Food, Food Retail, Community, Home Cooking, Business, Innovation, Food Preparation, Triple Bottom Line, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Supermarkets, Food Marketing, Local, Consumers, Real Food, Grocery Prices, Walmart, Unhealthy Food, Food Politics, Cheap Groceries, Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Cargill, General Mills, Food Policy, Family-Meal-Time, Healthy Eating Habits, Grocery Shopping, Family Meals, Unhealthy Eating, Local Food, The-Food-Revolution, Grocery Stores, Green News

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

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Real Food Rehab: The Recession Issue

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Canning, Potlucks, Real Food, Organic, Frugality, Recession, Farmers Markets, The Giving Life, Recession Food Shopping, Happiness, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

I have never been so poor in my life. But despite how it appears on paper, there's been an upside to all this. It's easy to focus on what you don't have, harder to celebrate what you do. That, to me, is paramount to happiness.

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Real Food Rehab: Cooking and Eating With the Seasons

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Healthy Eating, Real Food, Cooking, Vegetables, Seasonal Food, Food Blogs, Eating Matters, Food, Chicago News

Each fruit or vegetable has its own season and taking advantage of locally grown foods at their peak of flavor is, dare I say, the most life-giving gift you can give yourself.

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