Editor’s Note: Survey Says …
May 15, 2017
The month of May is always a particularly busy and interesting time here at the IFIC Foundation: It’s when we typically release our annual Food and Health Survey, an extensive…
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Editor’s Note: March for Science a Day for Renewal
April 24, 2017
April 22 was a rainy, especially chilly day for this time of year in Washington, D.C. Yet hundreds of thousands of people marched here and, reportedly, in more than 600…
Editor’s Note: Forking It Over
March 22, 2017
Behold, the humble fork: It is a deceptively genius means of nutritional conveyance, and not just the implement I fall back on after fumbling undexterously with a pair of chopsticks,…
Editor’s Note: There’s Good News, If You Know Where To Find It
February 9, 2017
As a former journalist, I still look ruefully on what some view as the prime directive in news rooms: “If it bleeds, it leads.” That is, lurid headlines and sensationalistic…
Editor’s Note: Kicking the Holidays Up a Notch
December 23, 2016
I was interested to learn the other day that the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve fall on the same day this year for the first time since 1978.…
Editor’s Note: Navigating the Thanksgiving Table
November 17, 2016
With a historic election now behind us, some pundits seem to think that discussions around the Thanksgiving table will be a little more … shall we say … “spirited” than…
Editor’s Note: Global Perspectives on Food Days
October 19, 2016
It’s October again, and that means “Food Days,” which center around the awarding of the World Food Prize on Oct. 16 … which is also World Food Day, so designated by…
Editor’s Note: Passages
September 2, 2016
Well, summer’s over. Maybe not “astronomical” summer, but summer as it exists in our minds. The older I get, the more wistful I become about these kinds of passages. Not…
Editor’s Note: “Weather” or Not To Eat Healthy
July 22, 2016
Recent years have brought heightened interest and simplified messages about weather and the climate. There’s the “polar vortex,” which was especially brutal to those of us in the eastern United…
Editor’s Note: Eat Up, But Avoid the Pitfalls
July 6, 2016
Last month I extolled the culinary virtues of summer, especially the evocative powers of the barbecue. However, I have to admit to some trepidation about the dietary pitfalls summer can sometimes…