Category Archives: Rant

Why I Cook, Part II
The Cooking Imperative

By ruhlman | Published: March 4, 2010
I was honored to be asked to speak at our local TEDxCLE last Friday where I was allowed to try to explain why I think cooking is important.  There's a great book out now that argues that our ancestors became human only after we began cooking for ourselves and our families. I believe it's still [...]
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Salt Research Nonconclusive

By ruhlman | Published: February 23, 2010
As readers here know, I'm a salt advocate, if only because I believe America is hoodwinked into fearing all kinds of natural foods for no good reason. I admit my pleas to have you salt your food as you wish so long as you avoid processed and fast food are based on nothing more than [...]
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Why I Cook

By ruhlman | Published: February 19, 2010
Dicing Onion, photo by Donna I posted yesterday on twitter that I began cooking because I was hungry but continued to cook because I loved to eat, and it got me thinking.  There are so many different reasons to cook, as a number of twitters pointed out.  Self-defense was a good one!  And with the state [...]
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What Salt Should I Use?

By ruhlman | Published: February 2, 2010
Equal weights of different salts, photo by Donna. Notice the difference in volume between the kosher and fleur de sel. After my minor salt rant, a number of people asked which salt to use and what I thought about various salts.  There are a mind-numbing array of salts out there, even big blocks of salt you [...]
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Salt. Is It Good Or Bad?

By ruhlman | Published: January 21, 2010
Photo by Donna The salt issue.  People keep bringing it up as though it’s news. A new report says reduce your salt by 1/2 teaspoon a day and you will be more healthy (as though that alone would do it). The fact is, we have struggled to make our food so inexpensive that we’ve basically decided to grow [...]
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