Tag Archive 'grandma'

Thank goodness for Chef Boyardee? I don’t think so.

Posted in Herbal Medicine on Aug 16th, 2011

Now that we’ve defined the dirtiness that is Healthwashing, it’s time we start addressing some of the viscous culprits. Back in May, I received a press release for a brand shiny new cook book by Anna Boiarde, granddaughter and niece to the brothers behind Chef Boyardee (they changed the spelling for phonetic reasons). I thought I should take the PR rep up on her offer and schedule an interview, that they agreed could be filmed. The PR rep claimed to love my website and all my recipes and when I arrived at the downtown hotel for the interview, she went to the trouble of lining up all these Chef Boyardee “foods” beside me.

Anna’s book is truly beautiful and has some really delicious sounding, back to basics style Italian recipes. She claims to shop organic, feed her family well and from our interview, clearly has an appreciation for top quality ingredients.

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Podcast Episode #1: Obsessions With Healthy Eating

Posted in Podcast on Apr 28th, 2010

Episode: 1Title: Heather Eats Almond ButterGuest: Heather of the blog Heather Eats Almond ButterSummary: Is it possible to develop and unhealthy obsession with healthy food? In my conversation with heather, we discuss find that special place we call balance.

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Cherry Blossoms, Live TV, Well Done and Good Luck!

Posted in Health, Podcast, Video on Apr 22nd, 2010

Lots to cover in this here little bonus posts. I will go in order.

1. Cherry Blossoms

Yes. Today is the day we celebrate this great green earth. Earth day seems as random to me as mother’s day, father’s day, family day and valentine’s day. Do we really need a reminder to appreciate our parents, the sweet purity of love, family and the planet on which we live? Seems so.

Given that it is Earth Day, I wanted to show you some sweet appreciation I had for this fair season we call Spring when an entire grove of Cherry Blossom trees over in High Park are in bloom. Oh this was delicious sight after the long pink flower-free winter!

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Freezing With Fritzi

Posted in Health, Video, Wellbeing on Oct 21st, 2008

I recently took a trip to Winnipeg to spend some time with my grandma Fritzi for her 87th birthday. There is no one quite like my grandmother. She is a pint-sized feisty little thing;  we do what she says and that is just the way it goes. We have this running joke in our family, [...]

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