The Slow Cook has a provocative post on what the collapse of the Soviet Union did to Cuba: it improved the diet, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
The Cuban economy had become highly dependent on the financial support
as well as fuel, fertilizers and pesticides provided by the Soviet
regime. When that ended […]

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By Samuel Fromartz
Whew! What a nice break.
I did the unthinkable and went on vacation for 2 weeks without a laptop. I checked email a couple of times  at a public library, but truth be told, I didn’t miss it. Not a bit. Without pending deadlines, I had very few emails that demanded attention. And as […]

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The Hartman Group market research firm announced a shift among consumers who are veering away from processed foods, sugar and specifically high fructose corn syrup, which it calls "the whipping boy of their frustration."
…When consumers do venture into the (increasingly) quiet depths of the
center store for packaged or processed foods, they are choosing to
focus […]

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