The holidays are a great time for family traditions. When I was a child, one tradition we had every year was making tamales. My mom, aunts, and cousins would get together and make tamales that would last the whole holiday season. Now, I continue this tradition with my two daughters every year. Looking back at […]
Make Memories by Making Food Together
Food memories are more than the taste, smell, color, and texture of food. They can be some of the strongest associative memories we have. This is in part because they involve so many of our senses, as well as our emotions. Your food memories are often a combination of the time, place, people, and emotions […]
Delicious AND Nutritious Desserts? Do Tell!
Let’s face it, sweet desserts will be around this holiday season. All it takes is one quick glimpse of a delicious holiday treat to send your thoughts into a silently streaming debate on whether you should or shouldn’t eat one. One could argue the best reason to eat is that you’re hungry. But we also […]
