Stress can be found in the faces of family, friends, neighbors and coworkers. I have seen perfect strangers with frantic looks on their faces. My heart goes out to them. I can share that I, too, have experienced forms of stress. As a local business owner, wife, mother and grandmother, I have stress points throughout the day. My overall health has been affected. You may have read in the past two articles that I have Hashimoto’s Disease, an autoimmune disease that specifically attacks my … [Read more...] about Eating During Stressful Times
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A Faster Trip from Farm to Shelf
For more than a year, the pandemic has shaken things up, including how grocery stores (a $40 billion industry) can efficiently execute the journey that food and other products must make from farms, ranches and other production centers to our tables, pantries and garages. Arizona’s Bashas’ Family of Stores has taken an innovative step forward to speed up the connection between grocers and local suppliers by partnering with Forager, an East Coast online and mobile platform. Bashas … [Read more...] about A Faster Trip from Farm to Shelf
Food and Wine Pairing: A Love Story
I am a sucker for a good love story. I love those warm and fuzzy feelings, hoping my favorite characters find each other and that they make it last. My favorite love story, however, is an unconventional one, but one of the greatest romances of all time: wine and food. These two have been together for centuries creating magic at dinner tables around the world, finding each other again and again, but, like any good relationship, the two must be compatible to work. This is where we come in, the … [Read more...] about Food and Wine Pairing: A Love Story
Healing Through Food and Massage
Few people would consider being in four major vehicle accidents in four years a positive thing. Richard Maranville does. Between the ages of 18 and 22, Maranville got first-hand experience dealing with pain and learning how it feels to be limited. Because of the accidents that fractured his spine, dislocated a knee, tore his rotator cuffs and inflicted other hard bumps and bruises, he has made it his life’s work to help others through their aches and pains with massage therapy. “It is a … [Read more...] about Healing Through Food and Massage
Satisfying an Appetite for Locally Grown Food
Those who crave organic fruits and vegetables from the Quad Cities area have options beyond their backyards. They can contract with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operations such as Whipstone Farm in Paulden or The Yavapai County Farmers and Ranchers Cooperative (YCGrown) in Chino Valley; participate in community gardening; or shop weekly at farmers markets in Chino Valley, Prescott and Prescott Valley. Depending on the CSA, typical options priced at about $25 per week per share … [Read more...] about Satisfying an Appetite for Locally Grown Food
A Number You Should Know: Why Cholesterol Counts
We’ve all heard that it’s important to monitor our cholesterol levels. Cholesterol is produced naturally by your body, but it’s also found in food products that come from animal sources like meat, poultry and dairy products. Even though cholesterol has gotten a bad rap, your body actually needs a certain amount of it to form cells, aid in digestion, convert Vitamin D in the skin and develop hormones. But when your body produces too much cholesterol, it can line the walls of your … [Read more...] about A Number You Should Know: Why Cholesterol Counts
Restauranteur Serving Fun, Food, Music
Looking for a lively, quirky place to sit down, have a wonderful meal and listen to music? Barry Barbe will direct you to El Gato Azul in Prescott. “We are not pretentious,” said Barbe, the restaurant’s owner. “We don’t take ourselves very seriously.” In fact, the only thing they take seriously is their food. Bistro style, it features tapas for everyone from hard core carnivores to vegans. “What you are eating looks great. It puts people together in a fun atmosphere.” Barbe … [Read more...] about Restauranteur Serving Fun, Food, Music
Homeless Satiated by Eighth Graders’ Culinary Care
“I had tears in my eyes when one of those kids not only served me but gave me a hug.” The grizzled, elderly man smiled and wiped his eyes with gnarly fingers as he thanked the petite eighth grader. Outfitted in a crisp white chef’s jacket and a colorful hair cover, she handed him a heaping plate of freshly prepared food. She and nine other youngsters from the middle school culinary class in the Bagdad Public Schools fed not just a grateful man. They served a free tasty meal totally … [Read more...] about Homeless Satiated by Eighth Graders’ Culinary Care