I have actively engaged in researching nutrition and American eating behaviors for the past twenty years, at least. I have not even...

One of my daughters has discovered in herself a talent and passion for Tri-Athlete competitions. She's a hella swimmer, runner, and biker...

Like most Americans, I am an omnivore. I eat red meat occasionally, but because of its environmental costs (or economic cost if it is...

In writing nonfiction, imagination is a critical ingredient. It's the jump-start that makes a writer dive down the rabbit hole to explore...

The other night, I desired a well written nonfiction book to lull me to sleep. For as long as I can remember, we have had a copy of...

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I have not yet done the deep dive on Soylent, the 1.6 powder or the 2.0 liquid, but I'm going to assume that the eponymous product is not...

Oliver Evans's Grist Mill: First Automated Industrial Processing in the World c. 1790 Several weeks ago, I asked my daughter who has...

Labels on humans and human institutions always distort the reality they purport to represent. "Feminism" and "feminist" fall among labels...

Like the ineluctable course of a grist-mill water wheel, the profession of milling wheat is coming full circle. My new book on the...