Tag Archives: food

Tonight, I ate bugs.

By Julie Laurin | Published: December 2, 2011

I learned a few years ago that insects are actually a great form of protein.  I saw it as part of a documentary and I wish I could remember the name of it… Anyway, eating insects is a widely accepted thing in other parts of the world, whether they serve it as a dessert with [...]

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Life as a fat girl

By Julie Laurin | Published: May 11, 2011

I’m mostly a size 16.  I say “mostly” because sometimes, I fit in a size 14, but never in a 12… at least not in recent years.  In terms of sizes, I am your modern ‘average’  woman.  But, let’s be frank: by all other standards, I’m fat. I live in downtown Ottawa but I don’t [...]

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101 in 1001: the June book giveaway!

By Julie Laurin | Published: June 8, 2010

If there’s one thing that has had a huge impact on our behaviour, our health and our economy in modern times, it’s food.  All sorts of food.  We don’t just consume the stuff that we grow – we eat stuff manufactured in laboratories, too.  It’s food developed by chemists that rule the supermarkets and end [...]

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