Originally Published in Aspen Business Journal. by Karen Connington Farm to Table. Slow Food. Community Supported Agriculture. However you call it, one thing is certain: the locavore food movement is thriving in Colorado’s Western Slope. As consumer demand for sustainable cuisine increases, regional... Read more →
Autism: Doubts About The Diet
Emma has been on “the diet” for exactly seven weeks and two days now. Because Emma did not test intolerant for gluten, last Wednesday we introduced gluten back into her diet, but stayed the course with all the other foods she tested an intolerance for. Here is what we have seen: nothing. There... Read more →
Autism: Literacy, Diets, Progress
Dr. Marion Blank has written a terrific piece for the Huffington Post regarding the 60 minutes segment on APPs for autism and the current ways in which language is taught. For anyone with even a passing interest in language or autism, I encourage the reading of it. An update on Emma, her diet, her... Read more →
Autism: Emma’s Diet After 30 Days
It’s been a month. Last Monday I wrote that it had been four weeks and two days, I was wrong. It just felt like it had been a month. One month ago, on October 16th we began Emma on a GF/(modified) CF/ soy free and a great many other free diet. This is our second go around with this diet. The... Read more →
Autism: Emma’s New Food, Day 10
Riding the wave of my previous day’s success, I fully expected to come home last night to find Emma agreeable to whatever was placed on her plate. With visions of cheerful family dinners in my mind I set about making Hollandaise Sauce (with those duck eggs and Ghee). Making hollandaise is a meditative... Read more →
Autism: Emma’s New Food, Day 3
I didn’t have time yesterday to go into Emma’s response to being told she could no longer have her usual breakfast of the past six years – cheerios with milk and 2 slices of whole wheat toast with butter and raspberry jam or her weekend breakfast of pancakes (mix from William’s & Sonoma)... Read more →
Autism: Emma’s New Food, Day 2
Last Friday, I took Emma to see a doctor who has seen over a thousand children with autism and is also a Natureopath. “What the hell is a natureopath?” My husband, Richard, asked when I told him. “I’m hoping he can help me with getting Emma to eat different things. It’s more of a holistic... Read more →
Glenwood Springs A Great Place To Eat
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – A host of new restaurants have recently taken up shop in spaces occupied by former eateries along Grand Avenue, including a new life for the old “Loft” at the King Mall.The Grand Restau Copyright 2011 Glenwood Springs Post Independent. All rights reserved.... Read more →
Aspen’s Nutritarian Festival focuses on healthful eating, cooking
Martin Oswald brings up a conversation he had recently with a gentleman who appeared dedicated to healthful ways of eating. “He talked about omega-3s” – the fatty acid found in some fish and plant oils – “ Copyright 2011 Glenwood Springs Post Independent. All rights... Read more →
Spanish Rioja Wines
The wine industry today is extremely competitive. However, the wines produced in the various Spanish wine regions represent not only great value, but they are also very high quality wines. It doesn’t matter if you prefer the intensity and fruitiness of red wines or the refreshing acidity of the... Read more →