by The Omnivorist | Sep 26, 2018 | Health
,, We’re used to thinking that we live in a golden age when it comes to… well, EVERYTHING. But take a quick look around you and you’ll see that at least when it comes to human health, progress has not always followed an upward trajectory. As a...
by The Omnivorist | Mar 22, 2015 | baby, baby food, Health, Recipes
While milk kefir is a traditional Turkish drink with its roots in the Caucasus Mountains, I had never heard about it growing up — which is quite remarkable if you think about it! As my interest in making my own cultured foods grew, I knew that cultured dairy was a...
by The Omnivorist | Dec 15, 2014 | Health
When you think about the first words people associate with unhealthy eating habits “fatty” has got to be on top of the list. It’s one of those refrains that is thrown around so often that it’s considered to be a truism by most reasonable people. Dietary fat and...
by The Omnivorist | Oct 16, 2014 | Health
We had barely sat down to our first meal in Rome that all hell broke loose. Much like seeing family, no matter how far you’ve think you’ve come, how long you have lived away from them and established your independent self, seeing old girlfriends sets off a...
by The Omnivorist | Sep 16, 2014 | baby, Health, Pregnancy & Baby
Upon finding out about my very international background, somebody recently asked me which culture I prefer: Turkey, my native country, the US, my home for some 15 years, or France, my current home. It is a question I don’t usually ask myself since I probably...