by kathryn matthews | Sep 27, 2013 | Hormone Balance
Three years ago, it seemed like I was always seeing my sports chiropractor for two recurrent injuries: a persistent tightness (and pain) in my left knee as well as my lower back. At the time, I worked out about two hours on most days, often doing long runs on the same...
by kathryn matthews | Sep 18, 2013 | Anti-inflammatory, Detoxification, Hormone Balance, Immune Health, Vegetables
This summer, I started getting high on weed. I was curious—and wanted to try it. Now, it’s a weekly habit. And I’m totally hooked…on lamb’s quarters and purslane! Had you going there for a second, right?! Yep. Lamb’s quarters and purslane are weeds. I never...
by kathryn matthews | Sep 3, 2013 | Healthy Fats
I rediscovered aioli, a garlicky Provencal-style “mayonnaise” amid a July heat wave that knocked us off our feet—straight into a languid torpor. In my fantasies, I was in Peter Mayles’ Provence—lounging poolside, glass of rosé in hand, basking in sunshine, the...
by kathryn matthews | Aug 28, 2013 | Healthy Fats
For most of my life, I’ve held butter at arm’s length. It’s not part of my cultural food DNA (Asian). As a child, I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of three home-cooked meals a day. My mother was committed to our nutritional well-being, and, when she...
by kathryn matthews | Aug 2, 2013 | Smoothies
Does eating raw garlic for breakfast make you shudder—or salivate? For me, it’s the latter: I love a raw garlic “high” first thing in the morning! It wasn’t long ago that, upon awakening, I groped my way to mental clarity with a triple espresso (dark, organic French...
