As Christmas approaches, your mouth may be watering with the thought of mounds of holiday goodies you’re used to. Trouble is many of those foods are likely to wreak havoc on the rest of your body. From high-fat, high-sodium dips and meatballs to pastry-wrapped vegetables to calorie-crazy eggnog and other festive concoctions, the holidays […]
After World War II, rationing in Europe made chocolate so expensive that an Italian pastry maker named Pietro Ferrero began adding chopped hazelnuts to stretch out his supply of chocolate to create what he called “Pasta Gianduja” – a hard paste that was sliced and placed on bread, like cheese. A few years later, he […]
You’ve likely heard of lactose intolerance and gluten sensitivity but do you know about FODMAPs? FODMAPs, which stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols (we definitely prefer the acronym), are carbohydrates and sugar alcohols in your diet that are poorly absorbed by your body. If you’re experiencing gas, bloating, abdominal pain or diarrhea and […]
It’s believed the first Greek to set foot on American soil – in what is now Pensacola, Florida – was a sailor named Don Teodoro who accompanied Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvaez in 1528. In the 1700s, around 450 Greek colonists founded New Smyrna near Saint Augustine, Florida. But it was not until the late […]
