by Lauren Slayton | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
With the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics less than 12 hours away, I have sports on my brain. I’ll admit it, I’m a little bit of an Olympics junkie. And I don’t stick to the mainstream sports, I will watch anything and everything and even like curling...
by Lauren Slayton | Feb 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was doing a TV segment with Chuck Scarborough a couple of months ago on flu-fighting foods. Zinc is an important nutrient for immunity and I mentioned oysters as a food that’s high in zinc. I was prepared to answer questions about the flu, vitamin C and...
by Lauren Slayton | Feb 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Sue (now Susan but that’s another story) picked me up in her car. She had come in from Connecticut and we were headed to a reception for a high school teacher who was retiring. All I can say is times have changed since high school....
by Lauren Slayton | Feb 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was feeling immense blog guilt that I hadn’t posted since Monday. I have had a busy week with book club (which I had to cram for), a lecture on my top 10 winter training table foods and a TV segment on edible aphrodisiacs all of which you will hear more about...
by Lauren Slayton | Feb 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
A month ago, I sat in Vermont looked out the window at the mountains and the trees and typed a highly motivated post about resolutions. I was away from the city and had time to think about the New Year ahead. My advice was to make a list of resolutions and review the...
