Before I begin this cookbook review, I have to clarify one thing: I don’t cook. Not that I can’t cook, I just don’t like doing it. I do, however, love to eat. Lucky for me, I married a man who enjoys whipping things up in the kitchen, so we make a great team.
My husband, Erik, was a big help in making three of the recipes in the cookbook by Michael Moore — not the…
The exhibit hall at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Meeting is a bit like Costco for diabetics. There are food vendors everywhere, and you can spend plenty of time just walking around sampling many of their wares. Of course with so much of D-management revolving around food, it makes sense that diabetes educators would want to know what the latest food options are for their patients.
Actually, the exhibit hall reminded of…
After the whole Paula Deen controversy earlier this year, we were interested in seeing what her “Diabetes In a New Light” cooking campaign was going to be all about. That chance arose recently when Indiana-based fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins took a bus ride to Chicago, where one of Paula’s sons was doing a cooking demonstration showing their new “diabetes friendly” Southern recipes. Mike had the chance to not only watch the demo and…
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Thinking about eating healthy during the holidays is never fun… but when you’re talking about healthy holiday eating with celeb chef hottie Sam Talbot, a type 1 PWD, things start to get a little more fun! 33-year-old Sam joined the ranks of celeb chefs after his appearance as “Fan Favorite” on Bravo’s Top Chef’s Season Two and has become a darling of the diabetes community for his work with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Sam…
I get loads of cookbooks sent to me to review. Luckily, I love to cook. But honestly, who the heck has time to make a fancy meal from scratch more than once or twice a week? I’m pretty good at the slap-dash — you know, throwing things together from Trader Joe’s and elsewhere that make a decent meal.
For months, I’ve been guiltily surveying the piles of diabetic cookbooks in my office, however, feeling compelled…