Vegetarian Times articles from June 2001

Vegetarian Times archives from June 2001

The hunger.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
June 1, 2001... Last winter I was invited to participate in a Native American ceremony that involved giving up all food and drink for the better part of two days, staying awake (in the freezing outdoors) the whole time and sitting through two sweat lodges. No...

LETTERS.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2001... Biology 101 In "How Safe Is Our Food?" (April, p. 61), Mark Harris states, "E. coli, which now sickens 25,000 people every year, didn't even exist until the early '80s." I learned about E. coli in an honors biology class in 1972. It is a...

Reader Recipe of the Month.(Brief Article)(Recipe)
June 1, 2001... This recipe comes from Tonya Cimino, of Colorado Springs, Colo., who wins a Vegetarian Times tote bag. Send your favorite original recipe to Kathy Farrell-Kingsley, Food Editor, to the address above. Polenta Primavera SERVES 4 ...

Natural selections.(natural products)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Bowl of Cherries Cherry season comes and goes all too quickly, but with Back to Basics' Cherry Stoner ($19.95), you'll be able to make enough cherry pies and preserves to last till next spring. This gadget is easy to work and handles up to...

The 10 most wanted.(10 fruits and vegetables that contain the highest legal levels of the most toxic pesticides)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... With some fruits and veggies, buying "organic" should be a must In a perfect world, we'd all eat organic fruits and vegetables all the time. In reality, however, buying organic can sometimes present a challenge. Certain produce may not be...

young at heart?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... An old killer is making inroads with a younger crowd, and health experts fear that the casualties may continue to escalate. In the 1990s, the death rate from cardiac arrest among 15- to 34-year-old Americans rose 10 percent for men and a...

news flash.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... money talks... $3 billion: Amount of advertising dollars spent annually on commercials by the fast-food industry, whose products contribute to the growing rates of obesity and cancer. $1 billion: Amount spent annually promoting the...

brush, floss and sushi.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... As if you needed another excuse to eat more vegetarian sushi, a new study indicates that wasabi, the fiery condiment served in Japanese restaurants, may be a potent cavity fighter. According to lead researcher Hideki Masuda, Ph.D.,...

is bottled better?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Americans spend close to $4 billion a year on bottled water. Sales have tripled in the past 10 years, and, according to a report by the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), the average person consumes 2.3 servings per day. Most of us...

a new beef with fries.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... McDonald's French fries, a guilty pleasure of many vegetarians, may not be as "safe" as we would like to believe. It appears that McDonald's has fallen short in the full disclosure department. As a result of the low-cholesterol craze back in...

Exercise your funny bone.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Grab the remote and flip to Comedy Central--your heart health may depend on it. A study conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore suggests that a sense of humor and the ability to laugh may help protect against a heart...

the human touch.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Humans are not the only creatures to benefit from the healing power of touch. Animals innately rely on touch to soothe, reassure and bond with their offspring, mates and human friends. The oldest of all healing methods, touch can be simple in...

carrot & stick.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... AN INAUGURAL STICK to George W. Bush for reneging on a campaign promise to secure reductions of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Strong resistance from the coal and oil industries and from Republican supporters convinced Bush to...

emotional rescue.
June 1, 2001... Flower remedies can work wonders on the stressed and depressed When Terry Badger split up with his wife a few years ago, he became depressed and started gaining weight. Like millions of other Americans, he turned to antidepressant drugs,...

Take it outside.(picnic planning)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Tips and advice for staging the perfect picnic Blade Runner Slicing a tomato with a plastic knife simply doesn't cut it. And yet, who carts their good knife to a picnic? Here's a tip: You can use a cone-shaped paper coffee filter as a...

a serious crush.(pepper mills)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Not all pepper mills are created equal. Ultimately, you'd like one to do three things well: 1) grind; 2) fill; 3) produce everything from a shower of powdery pepper to a deluge of coarse, cracked peppercorns. Here are the three basic kinds of...

Low-fat and fast.(vegetarian recipes)(Recipe)
June 1, 2001... Great recipes and easy strategies for busy cooks recipes 1 Avocado-Lime Salad 2 Spicy Thai Wraps 3 Szechuan Tofu, Broccoli and Mushrooms 4 Rigatoni with Tomatoes, White Beans and Zucchini 5 Portobello Burgers ...

salad days.(vegetarian recipes)(Brief Article)(Recipe)
June 1, 2001... It's probably safe to say that two of the best things about summer dining are salads and grilling. If that's true, these recipes are sure to be big hits for warm-weather menus. They revolve around simple ingredients like potatoes, pasta,...

Cutting Edge Cuisine.(vegetarian recipes)(Recipe)
June 1, 2001... This second of four Cutting Edge Cuisine sections in 2001 offers a dazzling array of flavors arranged by students of Le Cordon Bleu Programs at Pittsburgh's International Culinary Academy. Le Cordon Bleu Program at Pittsburgh's...

The Hidden Face of HUNGER.(Cover Story)
June 1, 2001... More than 30 million Americans won't get enough to eat this month. What's being done about it? Children with distended bellies and protruding ribs, desolate and dusty landscapes ravaged by massive crop failures and civil war: These are our...

hair-free zone.(hair removal techniques and products)
June 1, 2001... Waxing, zapping, shaving, plucking, tweezing -- which one's best for you? We love it on our heads but hate it pretty much everyhere else. In fact, we 11 try just about anything to get rid of unwanted body hair. Toward that end, we allow...

hold that thought.(nutrition to improve one's mental abilities)
June 1, 2001... When your powers of concentration are functioning at their best, the mind works like a high-intensity beam, zooming in on one point at a time. But when the mental batteries start to fade, that focus can become as scattered as a strobe light....

GLOSSARY.(vegetarian cookery terminology)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Chili paste with garlic: A concentrated red paste made of ground chilies, garlic and oil; used to flavor Chinese dishes. Sold in small jars in most supermarket and Asian speciality stores. Keeps indefinitely when refrigerated. Herbes de...

love letters.(Excerpt)
June 1, 2001... Playing relationship games isn't always a bad thing Probably because more people get married this month than any other time of the year, June has come to symbolize the purity and innocence of new love. But the following story, excerpted...