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How do you define processed foods?

 In short, we don’t consider rice cereal, organic or otherwise, to be babies perfect first solid food. [This post was revised on January 10, 2012 to clarify the intention behind it and to further expand upon our recommendations for baby’s first solid foods:] Yesterday, I read the following list of recommendations on what to feed…

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A Portrait of Dr. Weston A. Price

The Next Generation

 “I am deeply interested not only in your health individually but in the efficiency and welfare of your families. It is particularly important in these times of industrial and financial stress, that children shall not suffer defects which may mark and handicap them for their entire life.” So wrote Dr. Weston A. Price, author of…

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Pearls of Wisdom

 Back on December 7, 2010, I asked our Facebook community of parents to offer their pearls of wisdom: “For those here who are parents, what would you consider to be the most important pearls of wisdom re: nourishing your child, or yourself in preparation for having children, that you’d like others to know?” Here are the…

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2011 Blocks

2011 In Review

 There really is so much to review this year in particular however, I want to keep this relatively short … and hopefully sweet! A few highlights: We were at the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Annual Wise Traditions Conference for the eighth time! I revised every page on our website and changed our organizational branding –…

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Soup

 Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite. — Auguste Escoffier Here is a recipe for carrot soup as is pictured above that can be used with any vegetable of your choice … I make it based on what…

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Winter Solstice – Eating Dogs?! … and Drinking Wassail

 Albert Camus is quoted as having said, “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Depending on where you are in the world, December 21 or 22 marks the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere: the official beginning of winter, and the longest night and shortest day of the year.  Many Westerners live with the belief that Winter Solstice celebrations are the stuff of British pagan traditions dating back thousands of years. In reality, Winter Solstice is one of the most honored celebrations in cultures around the world from the Buddhists of Vietnam to the Swedish festival of St. Lucia. Winter Solstice Food…

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Nutrient Dense Fish Roe

 Today, I’ve decided to post two entries from our Facebook archives since most of us are in need of supplemental food sources of Vitamin D at this time of year, as well as sources of nutrient dense foods to boost our immune system. Salmon roe, picture above, is a nutrient dense food for all of…

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