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A concerned reader responds…
By Ann | November 21, 2007
After reading our post “Cooking with butter. Lots of it” a concerned reader wrote us the following e-mail:
“Be sure to eat lots of fruits and vegetables and not too much
deep fried stuff, butter or cheese. Every mouthful counts. Be sure
you exercise every day if possible.”
First of all, I would like to reassure my mom, er, this reader, that we here at Cooking the Books eat only small samples of the buttery recipes prepared, exercise at least five times a week and have recently added flax seed to our diet. Yet this reader’s response raises a good point: how can we do a better job incorporating fruits and vegetables into our diet, while eliminating evil saturated fats?
In the next edition of Cooking the Books, we will review a hot new cookbook that offers innovative ways to eat vegetables. Tomorrow, a panel of experts will sample recipes at the Thanksgiving table. Surprise is a key element to these tastings, so I won’t reveal the cookbook right now, in case any members of the panel are reading this blog. (And considering how 90% of this blog’s comments come from reader Chris Klein, that seems quite likely.) Stay tuned!
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November 21st, 2007 at 8:37 am
Hi Ann,
Glad to see you’ve started up a blog and I’m selfishly wishing that you guys were posted to NYC so that you could cook for us! I’ll be cooking tomorrow, too, but I’m sure nothing as innovative as your meal. Hope we’ll see you up here sometime before my family expands beyond all control…
xo
Deborah (and Kenny and Natalya)
November 21st, 2007 at 9:14 am
Hey Ann. After reading Gary Taubes “Good Calories, Bad Calories” (a science book, not a diet book, despite the name), I’m less worried about the butter than about the white bread or pancakes I’d spread it on!
November 21st, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Wow! These recipes are making my mouth water! Where can I get to sample some of these dishes? Happy Thanksgiving and don’t forget broccoli can be a delicious additive to any holiday dessert.
November 24th, 2007 at 5:37 am
haha, my mom would probably say the same thing:)
go butter! i love it. in fact, when i’m eating bread, i even sprinkle salt on the butter first. both bad manners and bad for you, but i love it:)