So, the headline of this AP article is okay: “Europe plans free fruit, veggies for school kids.” Nothing wrong with that — in fact, I think it’s a swell idea. But you do know what’s coming next, right?
An estimated 22 million children in the 27-nation bloc of nearly 500 million people are overweight because of [...]
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So, yesterday’s convo about the Scarlet F (for “Freak,” “Fat,” “Fail,” “Female,” whatever you like) naturally led to a suggestion that what the world really needs is F-shaped donuts.
Today, the world has Shapeling A Sarah to thank for this:
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So here’s why I love the internet. A few years back, I found a recipe in some magazine for this awesome garlic-orange spinach. I made it a couple times, lost the recipe, thought of it fondly on occasion, but never bothered trying again, because I couldn’t remember exactly how to make it.
Now, you could argue [...]
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As Jessica at Feministing notes, the Wall Street Journal, that bastion of…something, has launched a new “women’s” section online. Three guesses what kind of topic is considered Suitable for the Ladies. Okay, to be fair, there are some career and politics-oriented articles, but there are also the obligatory articles on shopping, exercising, and dieting. The [...]
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I spent time with several wonderful fatties this weekend (among them Kate, The Rotund, Lesley of Fatshionista, Meowser, and Substantia Jones) and our lunch conversation consisted, in part, of a bunch of us repeating just about every line from this video and then laughing our asses off. It’s only tangentially fat-related, but it’s a [...]
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Dear Aunt Fattie,
My father is dying. The end is very close - he’s in his final hours. In the past, I’ve always been unable to eat in times of extreme stress. My stomach would knot up and the mere thought of food would nauseate me. A bad breakup could be counted [...]
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Go look at the awesome, awesome thing Michelle (a.k.a. Peggy Nature) made.
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All right, I have a confession to make: I really don’t like Thin Mints.
Judging by some recent posts about Girl Scout Cookie season (and their comments), I guess this is a little heretical. As is the fact that I’m not too fussed about Girl Scout Cookies in general. I do like me some Caramel deLites [...]
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I’ve been remiss in not mentioning National Eating Disorders Awareness Week yet (and in not posting much this week at all). But hey, it’s only hump day — still plenty of week left.
The theme this year, which I absolutely love, is “Be Comfortable in Your Genes.“
Brilliant. And not just because they’ve tied it into a [...]
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We got to talking about food in a comments thread the other day (imagine!), and I promised that I would soon devote a thread entirely to Shapelings’ favorite recipes.
Here is that thread.
As I’ve said many times here, I’m a crappy cook, but I do have two recipes that are always crowd pleasers. One is [...]
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Notes from the Fatosphere
