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Few things represent the passage into adulthood for me like food. As a child, I ate well. I always had a well-balanced diet. My mom lovingly packed my lunches so I wouldn’t have to eat processed cafeteria food. She baked everything we ate—from bread to cheesecake. Twinkies were as foreign to my 6-year old palateContinue reading “the ceremony of food”

I eat A LOT of lemons, usually in water. Sometimes by themselves. Sometimes in cake. I even made some lavender lemonade a few weeks ago. Anyway, I was shocked when I received an email yesterday which stated eating lemons prevents and cures cancer. Honestly, I thought it looked like BS, mostly because the whole email was written in the casual typeface comic sans, but sinceContinue reading “Musings on lemons”