Have you gone apple picking recently? Or perhaps you’ve just noticed that grocery stores and farmers’ markets are prominently displaying all kinds of apples these days. Yes, it’s apple season again! If you’re looking for new ways to make apples or just a few more good reasons to eat them, you can read up on …
This fall I am thrilled to be offering workshops in my neighborhood of Mt. Rainier, MD. I would love for you to come out and see me and to get to know Joe’s Movement Emporium, a vibrant resource for people who love to art as much as they like to move! For each event listed …
Here are some random thoughts on apples that you may not have considered…. Sometimes when a person eats fruit, they end up with a bloated stomach. This is a sign that the fruit is fermenting while it travels through the digestive system. Apples, however, contain a malic and tartaric acids which prevent them from fermenting in …
The most colorful apples are the ones that have been exposed to the greatest amount of sunlight and therefore contain more phytochemicals that benefit your health (Robinson, 2013). In her recent book Eating on the Wild Side Jo Robbins talks about how apple trees are trimmed so that more of the fruit is exposed to sunlight …
Last Sunday, my classmate Josh Smith and I gave a presentation at a parish in downtown Baltimore organized by the Baltimore Food and Faith Project, supported by the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future. While I did mention this in my previous blog, I did want to give a shout out …
Over the past couple of months I have been doing food demonstrations educating people on how to increase the benefits of particular foods through cooking techniques. So far I have averaged about one demonstration a month. Each one I put together helps me to gain the supervised hours I need to get my license to …
If you live on the anywhere in the northern US you know that apple season is here! Many varieties of apples are ready for harvesting. Nutritionally speaking, apples are rich in flavonoids, a class of phytochemicals that act as antioxidants and protect the body against cancer. They are also rich in vitamin C and other …