Food | Ian Rubin, Master Foodologist in Portland, Oregon

A Portland Food 4 Thought Meal with Ian Rubin

I am very excited to be holding a local Food 4 Thought Meal in Portland on September 24, 2010 at 6pm – 9pm. Here are the details.

The “Food for Thought” part:

Experience mindful eating and discuss the thoughts, feelings and ideas that arise about the important role food plays in [...]

You can change your life and culture one bite at a time (video & 8/31 replay)

If we change our relationship with food, we change our culture and our future.

How? Two ways.

The first is changing our relationship with food from the inside (mindful eating and the practice of eating) and the other is changing our culture by choosing to making food and mealtimes important parts of our daily lives. [...]

Fat is your friend!

I just had a wonderful conversation that I wanted to share with you all. AnnMarie Michaels is a fellow lover of real food and is involved in the Weston Price Foundation which advocates many of the ideas that I believe in about the WHAT we should eat. Check her out at http://www.cheeseslave.com or http://www.realfoodmedia.com

Ian- [...]

Something a bit more personal

So, I feel a little weird writing about this but a video doesn’t feel right either. Let me know what you think.

I was eating a casual dinner with my wife Sarah and watching Rick Steves doing a show on Saltzburg Austria and the surrounding rural areas. Twice during the show I had a powerful [...]

Eating Alone Suck!

The busier we all get the more I find myself eating alone and I don’t like it. I would love to hear your thoughts on eating alone in the comments below.

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Pork shoulder tasting surprises me

RECIPE- all amounts except meat are approximate

1 lb pork shoulder- cut into roughly 1″ chunks
1 medium yellow onion, diced
3 cloves garlic crushed and chopped
1/2 can diced tomatoes with mild green chilis
1/4 cup white wine
salt/pepper
oil sufficient for browning meat and onions
hot sauce or hot chilis (optional)

Cook meat over medium heat in a skillet until all the pieces [...]

Why sugar free may not be the way to go

Douglas Fox sites a recent study that supports the concern that artificial sweeteners may not actually help with weight loss. In fact, it might actually make things worse. [...]

My greatest food creation yet

So I outdid myself cooking a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to share. The rice pasta recipe got a lot of response so I thought this would also be popular. Not to brag too much but I’m a pretty good cook. What I did blew my mind and my wife’ Sarahs. Grilled corn [...]

HOW, WHY, WHAT

In the last week, I’ve had two clients reinforce my belief that this is the fundamental issue for so many of us. Both are women, one mid-thirties, one early sixties. One of them is a new client whom I’ve only met with twice and the other is one I’ve been seeing for some time.

The new client, [...]

Rice pasta lasagna

Ok. This has generated a lot of interest so let me share some details.

I used a fairly standard recipe to make the lasagna and I suspect any variation on it would work. The only variation was that I used rice noodles. They came out great and no one would have known the difference. Here are the [...]