Race week salad

It’s race week. And race week can be kind of hard because you’re nervous; first marathon or fifteenth, there will be nerves. So your nerves want you to eat, you know, whatever. But eating all kinds of soothing comfort foods is not a good idea. Instead, you need nutrient-dense foods that are not too greasy or fatty. Okay,…

Five Reasons NOT to be Vegan in France

During a recent class cultural discussion on L’île de France the origin of Brie cheese came up and someone asked, “Have you tried it?” ‘Yes.’ “Is it good?” ‘Definitely, very, and I’m vegan.’ Gasps!… What?… What’s that? I’m thinking, wow, poor things; French kids, by the time they start Ecole Maternelle at age three, have…