Written for CH2 by Carla Golden For years we have been told that food is fuel. Like a car needs gasoline, our bodies need food for mobility. While this is true, it reveals only the partial purpose of food. If a car were more like a human body, it would not need a mechanic in […]

True teas all stem from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. They become green, black, or other types of tea depending upon how they are cured and handled. (Herbal teas do not contain tea leaves and are rather, infusions.) Right after tea is picked the leaves begin to oxidize, but with Japanese green teas this process […]

You’d think that we’d eat just when we’re hungry, right? That would be so rational. However, you also know that situations beside true hunger drive many of us to food. I believe that we eat like we live – in peace or in chaos or somewhere in between – and food becomes a coping mechanism […]