Category Archives: diet

Heart Disease and Heart’s Desire: The Future’s in the cards

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

It is not everyone who can stomach fried oysters at breakfast but, really, this morning at 8 was my only opportunity to sample this dish, for which New Orleans is famous. We went to Stanley where I had fried oysters … Continue reading →

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Offally good, offally nice

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

Birthday feasting with Tom and Mike. We went to Eola at Dupont Circle. Mike, who is an editor and ever alert for a typo, managed to overcome his lurking suspicion that the restaurant’s name should really be Ebola. “Perhaps the sign writer was in the … Continue reading →

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Pushing the Boundaries at Boundary Road

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

Boundary Road restaurant http://www.boundaryrd.com/on DC’s newly fashionable H Street NE is selling a foie gras peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Chef/owner Brad Walker is the genius behind this appetizer which magically combines some of my favorite food forms. The bread is thick cut, drizzled … Continue reading →

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Three kinds of Potato

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

The beans are soaking. The swimming schedule has been agreed with Gretel. I had a no-sugar cereal for breakfast and a salad for lunch. It is back to porridge now I have returned from a gluttonous trip to Ireland. Readers … Continue reading →

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Bubbly, baps and Belfast Lough

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

I justified the pork and leek sausages, potato bread and soda farl because I started the day with a swim. At St. Georges market, I dodged all the temptation, including  Pie Tanic, a delicious sounding mixture of haddock, cider and … Continue reading →

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Back with a Vengeance

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

My levels of self-loathing are at a new high and this is a hard post to write. I have put on most of the weight I lost last year and, as the anniversary of my respite at the (yes, madly … Continue reading →

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Position Vacant: Marketer. Salary: 1000 calories a day and all the exercise you can handle

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

The Duke Diet and Fitness Center is cutting back on its weekend services, a victim, it says, of the economic downturn. It is expensive to be sure–about $10k for a month, not including accommodations when I was there enjoying the … Continue reading →

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A Many Splenda Thing

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

I have lost 50 pounds since last July. Yaaay! Go me! I am pleased with how I look, but I will admit that the pleasures of bean stew were beginning to pall. I decided to splash out on an 8 … Continue reading →

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#stuffubuyatnite

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

What it is about the middle of the night that makes a normally prudent person reach for her purse? I woke up to Hoda and Kathie Lee ( I know, the stuff of nightmares) this morning at 2am. NBC provides … Continue reading →

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My new look for 2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

I am resolved to wear more frocks in 2012, starting with three new ones I bought this week. Obviously I will need new shoes to go with them… My signature item for 2012 is my fab green scarf, a Christmas … Continue reading →

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