Posted on January 1st, 2012 by sanaacooks
Several members of my restaurant staff are from Mexico. I learned from them a novel way of celebrating the New Year. As the New Year approached and we were busy preparing for our lunch rush, I noticed my staff exchanging bags and handfuls of lentils. I had to ask what it was all about. I [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2011 by sanaacooks
Although I am only a nutritionist, I want to share with you a new theory I’ve developed. It’s a syndrome called “cleaning the house before the housekeeper comes.” I have a housekeeper who comes every two weeks to clean up the areas of my house that I’ve missed the previous two weeks. Before she shows [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Today one of my staff gave me hand-full of lentils and told me to put it in my pants’ pocket on New Year Eve. She claims that this will make me make mucho dinero in the coming year. Unlike the United States, where New Year’s day is spent nursing hangovers and watching football, there are a [...]
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Several members of my restaurant staff are from Mexico. I learned from them a novel way of celebrating the New Year. As the New Year approached and we were busy preparing for our lunch rush, I noticed my staff exchanging bags and handfuls of lentils. I had to ask what it was all about. I [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2009 by sanaacooks
My daughter told me the other day that”we should start our own tradition for the New Year”. That got me thinking about the concept of tradition, and I checked the dictionary, which told me that it was, among other things” an established way of thinking, feeling, or doing.” It is also defined as, “a cultural [...]
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