The Mediterranean diet may be more popular along the Pacific U.S. these days than it is in Italy, Greece, and Spain. According to an NPR story this week, the famous diet is losing ground in its homeland.
Dr. Angelo Pietrobelli, associate professor of pediatrics and nutrition at the University of Verona, said one reason for this is that adolescents there avoid the Mediterranean diet in order to imitate what Americans eat--burgers, fries, and soda. But the diminishing popularity of the traditional diet is also fueled by energies stronger than admiration. Natural instincts and the economy are at play. Ancel Keys, an American military physiologist, was the one to bring news of the Mediterranean diet to America from Pioppi, Italy, where, in the 1940s and 50s, he observed a population poorer, yet healthier than those of wealthier, surrounding nations. Originally, the Mediterranean diet was the meal plan a peasant could afford, not necessarily the one he would choose. In Keys's studies he
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By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Shine Food – Thu, Jul 14, 2011 9:03 PM EDTHeidi Montag's new show and the celebs we'd rather watch run a restaurant
By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Shine Food – Wed, Jul 6, 2011 7:28 PM EDTVote for the winner of Shine's Father's Day Food Contest!
By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Shine Food – Wed, Jun 8, 2011 8:00 PM EDTRenee G. has been voted our winner! Thank you to everyone who entered and voted!
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The time has come for readers to vote for the winner in Shine's Father's Day Food Contest! Who should get the beautiful Henckels BBQ tools set? We asked all of you what you're planning to cook to celebrate the dad in your life-your own dad, the dad of your kids, or the special guy who helped raise you-and why. We also wanted to know a little about the recipe, and why you know he'll love it. We loved hearing from all our contestants about the wonderful foods you plan to grill, chop, mix, and bake for the men in your lives. Below we have listed the finalists. Please read each of their entries and then vote for the winner in the poll below. Poll closes at 11:59 pm PST on June 9. Read up and vote now>>
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Read the entry hereJoin our live Twitter chat with EatingWell's award-winner Jessie Price for tips to cook better + healthier this summer
By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Shine Food – Tue, Jun 7, 2011 1:47 AM EDT
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EatingWell's Southwestern corn + black bean saladLast Tuesday I made a big batch of a black bean and fresh corn salad that I'd never made before. The mix was so simple, so healthy and fresh, that I found myself eating it as a side salad at lunch, a dip for chips before dinner, and a hunger-slayer at other unplanned hours. This dish moved in and uplifted my kitchen and me. Changing your grocery store habit can be as easy as adding one or two new recipes, a few new fruits and vegetables from the store, or getting comfortable with a couple new sauces.
Many of us have the tendency to buy the same foods each season, which we use to cook only the recipes we know best. This can mean trouble if you're trying to lose pounds for the swimming months of summer, if your body is craving a healthier pattern, or if your taste buds are demanding a new experience.
Join Shine's Twitter chat this Thursday, June 9 at 2pm EST to get tips for a better summer kitchen from Jessie Price. Jessie directs all food content for EatingWell and has a newly mintedThe two things to do for better salsa (thank you, Rick Bayless)
By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Summer Living – Sat, Jun 4, 2011 1:22 AM EDT
EatingWell's Salsa RojaThis weekend celebrity chef Rick Bayless will be headlining Celebration Weekend 2011, Sunset magazine's festival in Menlo Park, California. He'll be demonstrating recipes like Mexican-Style Shrimp Cocktail, Sundried Tomato Guacamole, and Tropical Beach Ceviche, while many of us are at home left to our jars of Pace and salsa con queso. I figured we better talk to him. If you don't know Rick or won't have a chance to be in the festival's Chase Sapphire VIP lounge, just know that he's been studying Mexican cooking in Mexico for most of his life, and he's good. So good he won the first season of Top Chef Masters (which he described as the most stressful experience of his life), as well as four James Beard awards. We were lucky enough to talk with him and get his top tip for improving our favorite Mexican dish.
I started with a question that let Rick know I was with it. "What do Americans do wrong when it comes to Mexican food?" He laughed a laugh that said, that is a bad question
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By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Shine Food – Fri, Jun 3, 2011 1:34 AM EDTThis contest is now closed. Thanks for your participation!
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What will you cook for Dad?Father's Day is striding in soon, and if you're like us, you haven't picked up a gift yet. We figured. That's why we found the perfect man present to send to the winner of our Father's Day contest.
In exchange, we want to know what you're all planning to cook to celebrate the dad in your life-your own dad, the dad of your kids, or the special guy who helped raise you-and why. Tell us a little about the recipe, and why you know he'll love it. Put it all in its own blog post on our Food page (see below for help) or in a comment below, and we'll send the person with the best answer this fresh set of BBQ tools.
For the record, Shine gets a lot of offers, and we specifically asked Zwilling J.A. Henckels for this gift to give away. Honestly, if we didn't love our readers so much, we'd try and keep this set because their
Zwilling J.A. Henckels 4-piece grill tool setproducts are top-notch, and that means expensive. We think your papa person is going to freak out if you get to What do you hate most about cooking?
By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Shine Food – Wed, Jun 1, 2011 12:20 AM EDTWhat do you hate most about cooking?
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By Sarah Fuss, Shine Staff | Shine Food – Fri, May 27, 2011 9:45 PM EDTNote to Shine Food bloggers, present and future
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As the editor of Shine Food, I have been amazed with the blog posts that have been coming in lately. They are written well, interesting, and hunger-inducing. Here's the thing: In a few cases, I have been knocked out by a stunning picture, but then not been able to feature it because the recipe is not included. This gets me all restless, because your gorgeous pictures deserve to be shared...but there are rules! In order for me to feature your post in the Editor's Picks blog roll and around the site, the recipe has to be included. Our readers have let us know many times that they get sad when a story promises a recipe that actually lives elsewhere, so our rule is at least one recipe included in every recipe post. Of course, you're more than welcome to include other links back to your own website (if you have one).
With so many great stories coming in lately from our readers, I'd like to call out a few to check out:
User post: Strawberry Jell-O pie
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