Pimento Cheese is My Kryptonite

I know I’m not alone. Just when you think you have your will-power locked down, someone lays a tub of pimento cheese and crackers in front of you and all sense of portion control and moderation go out the door. When I am strong, it weakens me. When I am lonely and sad, it cheers me. Some people...

January 24th, 2010 | Food | Read More

10 Ways to Lower Grocery Bills and Improve Your Health

A couple weeks ago I was chatting with some folks on a Facebook thread about getting healthy, losing weight and money. In the long list of things that make it difficult to get into shape, being on a budget is certainly one of them. But it’s also an excuse. I think most of us, having gone through...

December 20th, 2009 | Food | Read More

Totally Tuber: Eating in Peru

Lucky for Jill, we will be carbo-loading for most of the time we are in Peru. With 2,000 varieties of potatoes (one of her favorite foods), it’s only natural that Lima is home to the International Potato Center, and the cuisine incorporates the lovely tuber into many of its dishes. Lucky for me,...

November 2nd, 2009 | Food | Read More

Slightly healthier southern food?

The Skirts were thinking that the Great Flood of Aught-Nine left our little in-town microcosm within the greater metropolitan microcosm of Atlanta untouched. In fact, on the day of the heaviest rain, Jill plowed her Rodeo through the water and mocked me for being worried about driving to the gym for...

October 8th, 2009 | Food | Read More

Cuban in the ATL: Havana is back!

Las Palmeras While this has nothing to do with Peru or hiking, it involves Cuban food and the fact that sometimes we walk down the street to get it. Now, before I get started, I have to disclose that I love love love Las Palmeras, my neighborhood hang with Masitas de Puerco that are smack-your-mama good,...

September 27th, 2009 | Food | Read More

Bethaganouj: edible eggplant

Yeah yeah yeah I know some of you love eggplant. And I can love it in certain situations, particularly when its breaded and fried and layered with mozzarella, parmesan, red sauce and a big pile of pasta. Unfortunately, that’s not exactly what I would call a healthy incarnation of what is considered...

September 23rd, 2009 | Food | Read More

The Varsity – oh yes we did.

Sometimes you need to listen to your body. And sometimes your body says, “Hey you. Yes, YOU with the blog about exercising and health – I’d like two chili dogs. And some onion rings.” Just because we have been blazing our own personal trail to wellness, doesn’t mean that...

September 4th, 2009 | Food, Life | Read More

Local, seasonal food: It’s what’s for dinner.

Years ago, I got great advice for eating healthy – only shop the perimeter of the grocery store. It’s where the fresh foods live. The aisles exist because the food that lives there is so chock full of preservatives that it doesn’t go bad. And in the grand scheme of things, preservatives...

August 26th, 2009 | Food | Read More

Beet Box

mmm...beets Currently beets are my favorite food. A bunch showed up in my CSA box one week, and I’ve been buying them ever since – at least 2 or 3 times a week. It’s almost as if I have no choice, like an addiction. So what’s great about beets other than the fact that they go...

July 24th, 2009 | Food | Read More