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Stop Smoking, Stupid!

A new study finds that smokers tend to have lower IQs.  If you live in the Middle East, like I do, you'll notice one of...

Green Pillow Talk: Sustainable and Healthy Choices For Your Bed

With all the time we spend in bed, it behooves us to make sure they are safe as well as comfortable. Our pillows can do...

PART III: The ABCs of Middle-Eastern Spice Medicines from Hyssop to Nutmeg

Kitchen spices as medicine are a green way to get a useful, and always on hand supply, when you need it. Choose organic when...

Melt-in-your-mouth tehina cookie recipe

You won't be able to keep these halvah-like cookies around for long. And they couldn't be simpler to make. We never thought to use tehina...

Middle-Eastern Spice Medicines from Dill to Ginger

Dried galingal root is a Middle East spice great for nausea and flatulence. In Mama Nazima's Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine, author Rivka Goldman mentions that her mother...

Café Louise Serves Organic, Healthy Fare in Haifa and North Tel Aviv

A variety of healthy, homemade, organic spreads and olives at Cafe Louise in Haifa. Israel has no shortage of organic cuisine.  From LovEAT café in...

Sticky Liquid in Carnivorous Plant Could be Organic Fungus Fighter in Hospitals

New Tel Aviv University research investigates anti-fungal agents in the sticky "pitchers" of carnivorous plants. Biomimicry at its best.  In the tropics, carnivorous plants trap...

Organic Supermarket in Dubai Brings Organic (but not local) Trend to UAE

Organic Foods & Cafe, an organic supermarket and cafe in Dubai, brings a range of organic products to the United Arab Emirates and defines...

Parkinson’s in Arab Communities Linked to Pesticides

  Need another reason to eat organic?  Or at least pesticide-free? In a study to be published this month, Israeli researchers examining the prevalence of Parkinson’s...

Foodbridge Blog Bridges Cultures Through Cooking

There's really no better way to get to know someone than by sitting down and sharing a meal. Sarah Melamed, plant biologist and naturalist, aims...

MS Tech Keeps Food Safe from Farm to Fork

How can you be sure that bacteria are not festering in your food? Dangerous pathogens like Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria and chemical contaminants are...

IsraWinexpo In Tel Aviv Showcases Israeli Wines

IsraWinexpo 2010 opened last night to journalists, critics, and wine industry representatives. The exhibition opens to the public today and tomorrow, Feb. 10-11, from...

Za’atar Pesto Recipe From Israel’s Slow Food Chef

Fresh za'atar at Ramla Open-Air Market Chef Moshe Basson created this pungent, chunky pesto in just a few minutes, right under our eyes. Za'atar (Arabic: زعتر‎,...

Chef Moshe Basson Revives Biblical Food Traditions In Israel

Basson's passion for the land and its native edibles began when he was a small boy roaming the hillsides and abandoned gardens between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Arab women taught him to forage wild herbs; his father taught him the names and uses of culinary and medicinal plants growing in the home garden.

Organic Garden at Neveh Amit Retirement Home Keeps Centenarians and the Environment Healthy

When most of us think about retirement homes, we think about sad, isolated places with TVs turned to the highest possible volume, very few...

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Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

My 13-year-old son told me about Elon Musk's flying Tesla Roadster while we were hiking. Could flying electric cars transform our cities, reduce roads and make more room for trees?
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