Food eaters should pay more attention to entire process


You probably aren’t conscious of it all the time, but the fact remains: Food is life. At the very least, it’s true from a literal point of view. After all, what’s more essential than food? Technically water and air, but that’s a conceit. Think about it: Food is everywhere, and in a smorgasbord of flavors, […]

Start the new year by giving back to others


The end of each December heralds the usual quixotic resolution to lose 40 pounds, the customary “Year in Review” articles, the standard rehashing of already irrelevant pop culture references, the habitual pats on the back for another year completed. But instead, maybe we can strive to be more aware of our surroundings. For example, we […]

Trojans hope to begin year on right foot


Every year around this time there is a faint sense of renewal and change we really can believe in. When the calendar flips to a new 365-day period, the talk is always about what we hope to achieve tomorrow, not of what we didn’t achieve yesterday. Yet in these often best-laid plans, our fickleness typically […]