It was a slow news week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. But we here at The Slow Cook News Desk did detect a kind of symmetry to recent events. For instance, any semblance of political leadership on critical issues seems to have flickered and died here in the U.S. of A. Efforts to make the […]
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Coke and Pepsi looked like heroes when they agreed to pull high-calorie soft drinks out of the nation’s schools to help combat the obesity epidemic. Now activists fear the move was just a gambit to switch the sugar for artificially-sweetened beverages and sports drinks high in sodium. The latest twist, according to an e-mail I […]
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$ 6.75 That’s what I paid at the local farmer’s market for one head of broccoli and a pint of Brussels sprouts. Does that seem reasonable to you–$6.75? I went to my calorie counter and did a little math. Together, this head of broccoli and pint of Brussels sprouts contain about 250 calories. For the […]
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