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Strik­ing a major blow in the GMO debate, Whole Foods stands alone as the first major food man­u­fac­turer to require label­ing of all prod­ucts con­tain­ing genetically-modified organ­isms (GMOs). Even though the WHO and the FDA deem GMO prod­ucts safe, many peo­ple feel … more →

This morn­ing I awoke to find a mes­sage from Ama­zon regard­ing a vol­un­tary recall of some of Pamela’s Prod­ucts. The prod­ucts tar­geted in the recall are: Bak­ing & Pan­cake Mix Choco­late Cake Mix Choco­late Chunk Cookie Mix Peanut But­ter Choco­late … more →

Keil’s is lead­ing the gluten-free charge! If you’re lucky enough to live in San Diego, then you’ll be delighted to know that Keil’s, a won­der­ful inde­pen­dent gro­cery store with two loca­tions in San Car­los and Claire­mont, is aim­ing to be … more →

I had great inten­tion of pro­duc­ing a slew of won­der­ful hol­i­day recipes, in fact many are ready to go, but they’ll have to wait for next year. My dar­ling mom passed away on Decem­ber 3 and I can’t seem to … more →

Come and sam­ple the lat­est, great­est gluten-free food at the Scot­tish Rite Cen­ter, here in San Diego this Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 12 from 12:00 — 4:00 p.m. Tick­ets are afford­able and bought at the door. Located at 1895 Camino Del Rio S, … more →

Pamela’s Prod­ucts, my favorite culi­nary short cut, has offered to send boxes of their new When­ever Bars to three of my read­ers! These gluten-free, oat­meal based snacks are agave sweet­ened and come in four fla­vors: Blue­berry Lemon (my per­sonal favorite), Cran­berry … more →

One of my favorite orga­ni­za­tions, oceana, is get­ting involved with the League of Con­ser­va­tion Vot­ers to com­pel the FDA to bet­ter enforce seafood reg­u­la­tions. Recent stud­ies have shown that seafood may be mis­la­beled as often as 25–75 per­cent of the … more →

Like any par­ent or work­ing pro­fes­sional, I’m always on the look out for any­thing that makes my life run a bit smoother and save me time. Enter the Magic Bul­let. When my nieces each took one to col­lege, I was … more →

Namaste Foods is a com­pany my sis­ter intro­duced to me when we vis­ited her in Idaho. Based in Coeur d’Alene, this company’s mantra is “Meet­ing the needs of more peo­ple with food aller­gies than any other brand.” And that’s just … more →

Good news! Eat­ing out just got a lit­tle bit eas­ier. Udi’s ham­burger buns are now being offered at all Ruby’s Cal­i­for­nia loca­tions! Hope­fully this is just a sign of things to come! Find a Ruby’s loca­tion near you.

Read this arti­cle by William Neu­man from the NY Times regard­ing truth behind terms like “nat­ural” and “uncured” as applied to processed meats like bacon, sausage, hot dogs and deli meat. Once again, label­ing is inef­fec­tive at con­vey­ing the actual … more →

My thanks to all of you who par­tic­i­pated in my Pamela’s Prod­ucts give­away with your orig­i­nal gluten-free recipes! It took me a while to get through all of them, which ranged from soup to scones to desserts to treats. I … more →

My sis­ter Leigh, who works in the food indus­try passed this on to me. Good news! Science-based Gluten-free Label Unveile Respond­ing to growth and both con­sumer and indus­try demand, a new science-based gluten-free cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pro­gram is now avail­able from organic cer­ti­fier … more →

Only 2 more days to win a box of good­ies from Pamela’s Prod­ucts! Please sub­mit your favorite orig­i­nal gluten-free (dairy and soy optional) recipe by May 15th. A panel of expert judges (myself, my hus­band and two kids) will pre­pare and test … more →

Call­ing all San Die­gans, While I am sym­pa­thetic and sen­si­tive to California’s bud­get cri­sis, I believe that edu­ca­tion IS NOT the place to make cuts. If we tem­porar­ily extend exist­ing taxes (no new taxes), we can stem these pro­posed cuts. … more →

This is a really fas­ci­nat­ing arti­cle that should be read with an open mind and with the under­stand­ing that the amount of sugar we cur­rently con­sume is remark­ably higher that in past gen­er­a­tions. Remem­ber the old adage, “Every­thing in mod­er­a­tion”? … more →

Accord­ing to researchers in San Diego, a sim­ple check­list could some­day let doc­tors and par­ents know if a young child shows signs of autism. Read the full arti­cle here. For more infor­ma­tion about the treat­ment of ASD (Autism Spec­trum Dis­or­der), … more →

On Sun­day, May 1, join your friends and neigh­bors for the 2nd annual “Race for the Play­ground” to ben­e­fit the Lake Mur­ray Play­ground Project. Reg­is­tra­tion includes entry to the race as well as a pan­cake break­fast. Choose the 1 mile or … more →

So have I men­tioned how much I love short­cuts? Maybe twenty or thirty times… Pamela’s Prod­ucts pro­vide some of my favorites — short­cuts for bak­ing, or a box of ready made cook­ies when I don’t want to turn the oven … more →