As an experiment, I decided to stay out of restaurants as much as possible and do my own cooking.  I wondered what benefits I might get.  I was surprised.  I thought I had a good strategy for portion control in restaurants but I was wrong.  I ask for a take-out box when I placemy order.  I put half of the meal into the takeout box as soon as it comes to the table.  I eat the other half fo

Yesterday, I attended services at the church where I conducted my doctoral internship.  I sat in the pew at St.

I had the pleasure of hoting Kay Sheppard this weekend.  She is the first person to describe the disease of food addiction in her 1989 book, Food Addiction: The Body Knows.  Kay has 30 years of recovery from addictive foods.  She talked alot about the research that needs to be done to determine the course of disease and to validate assessment and treatment methods.  Fortunately, th

I had the grace to conduct my doctoral internship in a wonderful church in Houston.  It's an incredible church.  I deliberately conducted a low-key program so that the church would not become divided between the food plan followers and the non-followers.  One of the non-followers was a tiny, very old, beautifully turned out woman who made it clear that she wasn't interested in the food plan.

Barbara Kingsolver has turned out another page-turner on the plant and animal world.  The premise of the book is that the Kingsolver family sources all of its food from the Virginia county where their farm is located.  It's beautifully written, even evocative.  And just try to put it down before you find out what happens to the turkeys' reproduction efforts!

Sorting through food issues during the holidays is a chore.  Even when we are really clear about what we want to eat, we can be thwarted by the fact that we are away from home, without our valued routines.  This year, my younger daughter, Camille hosted Thanksgiving.  She did a fabulous job.  Everyone was very happy with the food in spite of the fact that all four of us eat differently.  W