Valentine’s Day Chocolate!
We have some outstanding Valentines Day Chocolate selections for you to give to someone special here at the store! Especially these Seattle Chocolates! While the art of fine chocolate is their passion, Seattle Chocolates biggest thrill is being able to share creations with everyone and have fun! Which shows in their outstanding packaging. They use all natural products and of course have truffles, bars and anything else chocolate you might want. On top of all of that, you don’t have to wrap anything!!!
Mindful Eating
“Mindful eating is not a diet, or about giving up anything at all. It’s about experiencing food more intensely — especially the pleasure of it. You can eat a cheeseburger mindfully, if you wish. You might enjoy it a lot more. Or you might decide, halfway through, that your body has had enough. Or that it really needs some salad.”
“This is anti-diet,” said Dr. Jan Chozen Bays, a pediatrician and meditation teacher in Oregon and the author of “Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food.” “I think the fundamental problem is that we go unconscious when we eat.”
The NYTimes just posted an absolutely amazing article on mindful eating. It’s literally made us rethink the way we eat, especially the pace. In fact, we can’t wait for our next meal so that we can do just the opposite. Wait.
Click here to read the entire article and make sure you share this with a friend.
Organic Farmers Protest in Manhattan
Farmers from Saskatchewan and South Dakota, Mississippi and Massachusetts who provide organic produce protested in Manhattan as their lawyers told a judge that they were no longer able to keep genetically modified crops from their fields. Last year, the Agriculture Department said that crops would not necessarily lose their organic status if they were found to have some transgenic content.
In October, an online campaign called Just Label It began collecting signatures and comments on a petition to the F.D.A., requesting rules similar to those in the European Union, Japan, China, India and Australia, stating what transgenic food is in the package. (For example, an ingredients list might say “genetically engineered corn” instead of just “corn.”) If organic produce is important to you, be sure to join the “Just Label it” campaign, as well as vote and speak out in support of organic farmers in order to keep GMO seeds out of organic crops.
New Dish Of The Week: Arborio Rice!
When you’re looking for a way to satisfy a carb craving, look to this little Italian short grain rice known as Arborio. You have seen this rice used when making risotto or rice pudding. This short-grain rice was named after the town of Arborio, in the Po Valley of Italy where it is grown. When cooked, the rounded grains are firm, creamy, and chewy, due to its higher amylopectin starch content. With no fat, cholesterol or sodium you can rest easily that one serving of Arborio won’t ruin your waist line. If you would like to try this delicious Italian grain stop by tomorrow and for the next 7 days. We wil be featuring Arborio dishes on our hot bar.
This Dam Nation
Join the efforts of Patagonia and American Rivers to help remove obsolete dams in the United States! No one knows how many dams there are in the United States, not even the Army Corps of Engineers. Estimates are as many as two million. Even the Corps agrees that as many as 26,000 of these dams are hazardous, obsolete or otherwise derelict. Think of them as jalopies in the backyard, eyesores, but worse because they break healthy rivers, ruin habitat and destroy fish migration.
Matilija Dam pictured above no longer serves any useful purpose and blocks steelhead migration on the Ventura River in California in Patagonia’s own backyard. We bet there’s a useless dam or two in your backyard. It’s time to take them out. Please join us and American Rivers in removing 100 obsolete dams in 2012.
Blanchard’s is Moving
If you live anywhere near 5047 Forest Hill Ave., soon you won’t be smelling that delicious aroma of fresh roasted coffee in the morning as you drive by Blanchard’s Coffee Co. Richmond’s original roasting company will soon be packing up their gear and heading to greener pastures. Or in this case, just more room. Their operation has been steadily growing and it is now time for a long needed expansion.
Read the full article and interview from Hills and Heights.