The first disadvantage of the disease model is that, for individuals with addiction problems, it is distracting. If I drink too much alcohol, my attention would best be focused on what I need to do about this behavior. By focusing on reducing or stopping my drinking, perhaps I can be successful on my own, or [...]
When the days are hot like they have been, (and if we’re being honest, even when they’re not) I pretty much live off of ice cream. For some people it’s a once in a while treat or reserved for summer, for me it’s a mandatory everyday occurrence. I need it to function properly [...]
BINGE drinking” is a useful term that indicates an excessive, unhealthy and dangerous level of drinking. “Binge” drinkers aim to get drunk, often as quickly as possible. It is disappointing to see the term misused in the current debate over the new National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines (Sunday Age, 15/6).
These guidelines are not [...]
The Cooking of Scandinavia, one of the 20-odd volumes that form Time Life Books’ rather famous and collectable The Foods of the World series from the late ’60s/early ’70s, you’ll find three similar-yet-different photographs of the Swedish film actor Max von Sydow.
An early Max triptych: actor with aquavit.
And there is, as collectable food book guru [...]
The products will include ingredients sourced from her 400-acre farm in Gloucestershire. They, like the recipes, will be all but fat free, as befits a woman who has made a career out of looking supernaturally svelte.
“I’ve just made an arrangement with a very good organic food producer and we’re going to do some products together,” [...]
Worthington is finally out of the Big Brother house, which must be a relief to the remaining housemates – because now they can drink.
No alcohol in the house was just one of the legal stipulations Channel 10 and Big Brother producers Endemol Southern Star have had to abide by in order to have a person [...]
While complimentary meals have all but disappeared for most coach flights, there’s a whole new culinary landscape for first class. In the latest effort to lure customers and create buzz, airlines are serving up gourmet menus cooked up by celebrity chefs.
Travellers flying to South America or Japan on United Airlines can feast on award-winning chef [...]
The news that Heston %26ldquo;Bacon and Egg Ice-Cream%26rdquo; Blumenthal is to have a hand in
revamping the Little Chef chain of service station restaurants has thrown
Britain’s gastronomic reactionaries - and believe me, they are legion - into
a ferment.
%26ldquo;Eggs and bacon were made for the breakfast table, not some poncy ice-cream,%26rdquo;
roared The Daily Telegraph, no doubt suppressing [...]
NyoodAddress: 1096 Queen St. W. (at Dovercourt Rd.), 416-466-1888Chef: Roger MookingHours: Monday to Saturday, from 6 p.m.Reservations: EssentialWheelchair access: Step at entrancePrice: Dinner for two with wine, tax and tip: $160
Short of a dead chef, the worst thing for a brand-new restaurant is an unexpected shutdown.Smoking hot Nyood (pronounced %26quot;nude%26quot;) had been open just [...]
There was a lesson on the sexual chemistry of the human body as well.
%26quot;Human sexual behaviour is not primarily a breeding mechanism, its primarily a bonding mechanism,%26quot; the judge told Michael John White (17), unemployed, of Stratford.
%26quot;When you get involved with another, it triggers strong bondings built into your DNA.
%26quot;Wed have a lot less work [...]
