I just finished reading Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, which is coming out towards the end of August. The book summarizes, in very accessible terms, thirty years of work by John Cacioppo of the University of Chicago and his colleagues. It’s initially hard to get past Read more…
Karen celebrated a huge victory today. She met her Jenny Craig goal, having lost 76 pounds since November 2006. Now, none of us find weight loss to be easy, but this has been a special challenge for Karen. Her “profession” since middle school has been competing as an elite track Read more…
My schedule doesn’t allow me too much time to indulge in domestic interests, so fortunately, Mr. F is willing and able to serve as master of the kitchen. Unfortunately, he is SO good that we are on Jenny Craig! I had to work around his latest project, Boston Cream Pie Read more…
I received a very nice email this morning from Joshua Hartshorne, a graduate student at Harvard. Back in March 2007, Joshua had asked if we could help get the word out on his research, which is conducted online, and a number of Cal Poly students participated. Joshua had good news Read more…
Scientific American ran an interesting article about “flavor modulation.” What exactly does that mean? It means that food companies are using chemicals to make foods taste sweeter, saltier, etc. with less sugar, salt, and so on. I suppose this is the food industry’s version of the fake “new car smell” Read more…