Here’s a little excerpt from a book written by Robert Armitage titled How to Stay Young. If this is true, I’m in big trouble, because my Girl Scout cookies ~ those delicious chocolate mints, of course ~ arrived this week. 1918: How Unnatural Cravings Are Caused An abnormal desire for something is due to a disordered condition […]
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Diet to Increase Flesh
No wonder I’ve haven’t been losing any weight! I think I’ve mistakenly been on this “increase flesh” diet from Mary Ries Melendy’s book titled Vivilore. Drat. 1904: Diet to Increase Flesh Thin, nervous people, and all who wish to increase in flesh, may like to know that a dessert spoonful of olive oil, taken before each […]
Eating, Sleeping, and Speaking ~ Simple Precautions
I’ve got a bad sore throat. While recovering on the couch today, I browsed through the “Temperment and Health” section of Home and Health and Home Economics, written in 1880 by C. H. Fowler and W. H. De Puy. These tips may not help me this week, but maybe, just maybe, they’ll help someone out there! […]
1937: How to Eat an Artichoke
Every year (for the last 8 or 9 years) I jointly host an artichoke party (yes, really) with friends Art and Lucille. We order the ‘chokes from Pezzini Farms in Castroville, California and gorge with friends and family for hours on end. The big event was yesterday. Loads of fun, as usual. The early years […]