http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore A blog dedicated to the discussion of food, restaurants and life Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/04/29/oh-no-meat-is-murder/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/04/29/oh-no-meat-is-murder/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:58:30 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=5534 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/04/29/oh-no-meat-is-murder/feed/ 0 Consumption of red meat increases risk of heart disease and cancer http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/02/23/the-politics-for-better-school-lunches/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/02/23/the-politics-for-better-school-lunches/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:46:54 +0000 Edward Adams http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=4332 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/02/23/the-politics-for-better-school-lunches/feed/ 0 Last week Omnivore linked to a New York Times op-ed piece, “No Lunch Left Behind” about the National School Lunch Program in which contributers’ Alice Waters and Katrina Heron call for a complete overhaul of meal management and options. Instead of the usual chicken nuggets and cardboard pizza, they’d like to see more freshly cooked, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/11/22/do-you-take-vitamins/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/11/22/do-you-take-vitamins/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:37:57 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=2678 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/11/22/do-you-take-vitamins/feed/ 0 Vitamin supplementation sucks, according to recent studies cited by the New York Times: This week, researchers reported the disappointing results from a large clinical trial of almost 15,000 male doctors taking vitamins E and C for a decade. The study showed no meaningful effect on cancer rates. Another recent study found no benefit of vitamins E and [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/01/redneck-sushi-is-good-for-you/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/01/redneck-sushi-is-good-for-you/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:37:30 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/01/redneck-sushi-is-good-for-you/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/01/redneck-sushi-is-good-for-you/feed/ 0 Once upon a time, there was a Chinese restaurant on Buford Highway where your meal was concocted sort of pharmaceutically. (It was located in the shopping center that contains Phuket.) The owner-chef was a doctor who came to your table, read your pulse and then composed your meal on the basis of his findings. I’m [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/06/06/red-wine-might-actually-slow-aging/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/06/06/red-wine-might-actually-slow-aging/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:03:44 +0000 lindsay oberst http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/06/06/red-wine-might-actually-slow-aging/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/06/06/red-wine-might-actually-slow-aging/feed/ 0 With all the back-and-forth discussion of the health benefits of red wine, it’s hard to know whether you can be self righteous about your wine consumption or not. But here’s some new research that furthers the wine-for-health argument we love so much. According to an article in the New York Times, red wine may work [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/24/culinary-institute-and-harvard-team-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/24/culinary-institute-and-harvard-team-up/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:43:31 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/24/culinary-institute-and-harvard-team-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/24/culinary-institute-and-harvard-team-up/feed/ 0 NPR’s “Morning Edition” featured a segment this morning about an interesting collaboration between the Culinary Institute of America and Harvard Medical School. The two recently held a joint conference devoted to healthy cooking. “Intention is the driver of all behavioral change,” says Dr. David Eisenberg of Harvard Medical School, who initiated the collaboration with the [...]