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Legumes Are Central to the Mediterranean-Style of Eating

August 13, 2010 by Joyce Bunderson

Dr. Grandma shares some ways to increase beans in your diet; in addition, she shares an easy Mediterranean-style recipe for Black Beans and Rice.

Full Food Cost Accounting: Part 2. Designing Foods for Craving

April 16, 2010 by Victor Bunderson

Dr. Grandpa discusses ‘Designing Foods for Craving’ in the second part of a series about the real full cost of subsidized commodities that end up as processed and junk food. Dr. Grandma shares a recipe for Exotic papaya and Wheat Berries.

Full, or True Cost Accounting for Food: Part 1

April 7, 2010 by Victor Bunderson

Dr Grandpa, writing a guest blog, introduces a cause and effect model to show Part 1 of a way to consider the full, or true costs of the food we buy and eat. He uses a graphic and explains how the benefits of government subsidized foods and health care have social costs in taxes and public health problems.

Hire Pancakes for the Morning Drive

November 20, 2009 by Victor Bunderson

When we have a particular job to get done repeatedly, we look around to “hire” a product or service to help us do that job better. Pancakes for the boring morning commute rise to the top of the chart.

Chronicles of Foodland: A Stranger in Foodland

November 4, 2009 by Victor Bunderson

In his first Guest Blogging post, Dr. Grandpa recounts his adventures in something he is calling “Foodland”, a term referring to the marvellous mixture of good and bad food offerings that give so much choice and abundance to the consumer, but at a cost.