“Where do lamb chops come from?” I’m not sure my grandmother ever planned what she was going to say when I, her then-six year old grandchild, made the connection between the cute, fuzzy creatures in my storybooks and the piece of meat on my plate. This situation hadn’t presented itself before; my mother grew up […]
For the first few years of her life, Kayla Lafi seemed to be a perfectly normal little girl—until she reached the age of six. At that point, she stopped growing, and no matter how much she ate, she lost weight. Checkups with her pediatrician revealed nothing out of the ordinary. “The next two years were […]
Don’t hate Samantha Brick because she thinks she’s one of the pretty girls. Hate our double standard of sexism. Three scenarios, within three weeks: The other day, a group of workmen were having lunch on my corner. I considered crossing the street to avoid them because I suspected they were going to make comments as […]
Are Latinos doomed to be diabetic? As quickly as the U.S. Census numbers for the Hispanic population rise, so do the percentages of Latinos being diagnosed with diabetes. The National Diabetes Education Program reports that 10.4 percent of Latinos age 20 and over have this debilitating, life-threatening disease. We’re not alone; diabetes runs across cultural […]
Black bean soup—that’s what was on the menu last night. I remembered the onions, the garlic, the oregano… But what was the ingredient I was forgetting? And which of my many cookbooks had the best recipe? I couldn’t remember either detail, so I did what more and more home chef superstars are doing: I went […]
“You’re getting pregnant this weekend,” my doctor announced. I sat up to look at him between my feet in the exam table stirrups. “Are you sure?” He showed me the results of the internal ultrasound: Those three little blobs were eggs. The horrid-tasting herbal liquids my fertility acupuncturist prescribed, and the needles he stuck into […]
We know how it is: You work hard at a job all day, then come home and have to get dinner on the table. You make sure the kids do their homework, try to have a complete conversation with the man in your life, take care of the house, and hopefully work in a little […]
You shouldn’t shop when you’re in a rush, but wait until you have time to think. That makes you a good supermarket shopper. Those items marked “Special” are on sale. And don’t make a big amount of food because you’ll eat it all—isn’t that true? No, no way, and uh-uh, chica. Keep shopping like this […]