With the start of the school year and the Labor Weekend, Summer is officially over. While some of us who love sunshine and the heat are mourning the end of our favorite season, others can’t wait for the cooler weather to set in. Whichever you prefer, with the change of the season, our diets also […]
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A Tour of the Union Square Green Market
The Union Square Green Market is the largest farmers’ market in New York City. It’s open four days a week but the Saturday market is the largest. Let’s go shopping together! http://bit.ly/unionsqmarket
What the Heck are Lectins?
Cucumbers made the news headline when Gwyneth Paltrow’s health website Goop was ridiculed for warning against the crunchy vegetable that many people love to put in their salad or eat right off the bat. A 2017 article on Goop claimed that cucumbers could cause dementia. While I absolutely do not stand for the type of […]
The Power of a Plant
If ancient Babylon’s “Hanging Garden” made it one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the “Tower Garden” in South Bronx, New York, is certainly a miraculous sight to behold in our times. Not for any sense of opulence or external splendor, but for the spectacular physical, social and spiritual transformation of the community […]
