posts by Debra Samuels

Navigating the nutrition info highway

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Looking for some good food jokes? Try the KidZone page at asfsa.org, sponsored by the American School Food Service Association. Need a lesson plan and ”ready to print” activity sheets on the food pyramid and good food choices? Visit nutritionexplorations.org, the site of the National Dairy Council. Looking for ways to reduce the fat in …

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Crabber keeps fishing in family

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DEER ISLE, MAINE – Kelly Pratt, ninth generation Islander, has deep rootsin this part of the Maine coast. Legend has it her great-great-grandfather,Julius Heanssler, found his way to a cove here in the late 1800s in a row boat andnever left. For generations, fishing has been the family’s livelihood, and Pratt, 36,keeps that tradition alive. …

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Cool Ades

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Cool Ades

¡Es muy caldo! (Spanish) Atsui nee! (Japanese) What a way it hot – mi well thirsty – mi need fi cool down (Jamaican patois) Is it hot enough for you? No matter how you express it, summer brings on the heat, the sweat, and a very big thirst. And culture can matter when trying to …

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Think simple for at-home weddingsProper planning should help you put together a memorable affair

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Scene 1: ”Hi Mom, I have a great surprise for you: Ilsa and I got married last week here in Berlin. We are coming home next month so you can meet her. Do you think we could have a small wedding at the house for some friends and family? No big deals, please.” Fade to …

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For all levels of play, winning diet is key

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Cleats? Check. Sneakers? Check. Bats? Check. Shin guards? Check. Frisbee? Check.Snacks and water? Check. Breakfast? Oops. ”Food is fuel for the body,” says Walter Norton Jr., strength and conditioning coach for the Boston Breakers, the women’ professional soccer team. ”If you are not fueled properly, you are going to run out of gas,” adds Ellen …

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What’s for lunch? Mom may be surprised

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NAOMI Joshi, mother of three and director of a nonprofit organization in Boston, still happily packs a lunch for her 15-year-old daughter, Emily, throwing in a sesame bagel with whipped cream cheese, a yogurt stick, a bottle of sparkling water, an apple, carrot sticks, and a package of graham cracker cookies. ”This is one way …

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When the lunch bell rings, teachers run

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NEWTON – It’s Burr Elementary School at 12:25 p.m. Stomachs are growling, excitement is mounting. ”Line up!” Squeals of delight and they’re off to the lunchroom – the teachers’ lunchroom. It is ”Salad Bar Wednesday” for the second-lunch-period teachers and almost nothing gets between them and their meal. No stopping in the halls for a …

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Secret to a luncheon feast is finally out of the bag

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She unfurls her cloth napkin. She lays out her silverware. The aroma of a real meal emanates from under the lid just lifted. With anticipation, she begins her lunch. Everyone asks: ”Do you eat like this every day?” Inadequacy is in the air. Excuses are floating thick and fast. Lunch mates reach into wrinkled paper …

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