Why is it so hard to ignore our craving for sweets? Blame it our genes.

8:25 minutes (1.93 MB)
In this podcast, The Supermarket Guru, Phil Lempert, discusses the new Import Safety Panel Bush set up this past week to deal with imported foods issues, the trend toward eliminating high-fructose corn syrup in sodas and juices, and other interesting developments in the world of food health and safety.

 

One New Year's resolution we could all benefit from, women especially, is to consume more calcium. Dairy products are one way to get your daily dose of this crucial bone-building mineral. What you don't need are the fat and cholesterol that full fat dairy products also contain.

I buy low fat and fat free dairy products as much as possible. Nonfat yogurt tastes fine to me. Fat free buttermilk? Wouldn't bake without it. And I couldn't make my famous cream-free ice cream without fat free sweetened condensed milk.

But fat free half and half sounds oxymoronic to me. What is half and half, if not fat? A fellow foodie told me it wasn't half bad. Give it a chance, she said.