One Hungry Mama

September 25th, 2009

Weekly Digest

Artist Series Tumblers (via OhDeeDoh)

Food News, Things We Crave, Green Your Eats, Tips, Tools & Techniques, and the Weekly Roundtable (a roundup of our most recent posts).

Food News

• Renegade lunch lady Ann Cooper launches a new school lunch website, The Lunchbox, with budget models, menus and loads of recipes (via TED)
• Dairy run off in our tap water (ewww!)—plus a series of great NY Times articles by Charles Duhigg on the need for better government regulation, oversight and enforcement of clean water laws (via The Ethicurean)
• The Gaurdian‘s 50 best foods in the world and where to eat them (including several places in the states, 4 in my home NYC!)
• Oh boy… more on the ‘Smart Choice’ label and this is a doozy: turns out foods including FRUIT LOOPS (which, by the way, has sugar content that accounts for a whopping 41% of the product) has made the cut. See what other outrageous products will don the label (via NY Times)
• A piece on giving up family dinners because, no matter what ideals you’re trying to encourage and uphold, staying sane is the bottom line and always what’s best for the family (via NY Times)
• Evidence mounts that chemicals in plastics contribute to the obesity epidemic (via Grist)
• Cooking teacher whips up kids’ interest in food (via SF Chronicle)
• The crowd sourcing of recipes (via NY Times)

Things We Crave

• Super duper cool pop-up place mats (via Design Mom)
• Get crafty with these adorable lil’ apple yarn favors—perfect for the start of apple season! (via Makes and Takes)
• Lovely food-inspired photography (done without Photoshop, in a single shot!): Light Breakfast and Spaghetti Hoops (via Swiss Miss)
• Pretty, BPA-free artist series bowls and tumblers—who knew food storage could be so dreamy! (via OhDeeDoh)

Green Your Eats

• Tips, decor and better-for-you candy from Green Planet Parties for a more eco-friendly Halloween (via Cool Mom Picks)
• 7 ways to reuse a banana peel—ingenious! (via Re-Nest)
• Local food advocates pumped by USDA initiative (via Chews Wise)

Tips, Tools & Techniques

• Be sure to check Literary Food Porn, a charming blog that discusses food scenes in literature (via Apartment Therapy)
• While you’re at it, check out this hysterical Marshmallow Temptation Test video (part of a study on delayed gratification) to see what happens when you put kids in a room with hidden cameras and a marshmallow!  (via Serious Eats)
• Studies suggest that we underestimate the content of restaurant food by 600 calories. Check this (very addictive) site to see if you fall victim—it compares your guess, the average guess and actual calories for chain restaurant foods.
• Helping kids eat healthier at school (via Makes and Takes)

Weekly Roundtable

• I came up with a new quick and nutritious way to start the day (a recipe soon-to-be featured on Foodista!): Blueberry Almond Morning Polenta
• I experimented with surprisingly good for you freeze dried fruit, our new favorite alternative to super sugary dried fruit: Freeze Dried Fruit: Weird or Useful Healthy Snack?
• I killed two birds with one stone with this savory kugel that served as my veggie and carb-y side dish: Savory Mushroom Leek Kugel