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Kitchens takes us into the robust, overheated, backstage world of the contemporary restaurant. In this rich, often surprising portrait of the real lives of kitchen workers, Gary Alan Fine brings their experiences, challenges, and satisfactions to colorful life. A new preface updates this riveting exploration of how restaurants actually work, both individually and as part of a larger culinary culture.

It happens every day: we pick up a newspaper or magazine or turn on the television and are bombarded with urgent advice about how to stay healthy. Lose weight! Lower your cholesterol! Early detection saves lives! Sunscreen prevents cancer! But in many cases, pronouncements we rarely think to question turn out to be half-truths that are being pushed by various individuals or groups to advance their own agendas. The Healthy Skeptic explores who these health promoters are—from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists—what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ways we often don't realize. This treasure trove of little-known facts, written by a seasoned health reporter, provides invaluable tips, tools, and resources to help readers think more critically about what they're being told. Becoming a healthy skeptic is vital, Davis argues, because following the right advice can have a profound impact on overall health and longevity. IN TEN ENTERTAINING CHAPTERS, ROBERT J. DAVIS DISCUSSES: * Diets and why they don't work* Dietary supplements * The campaign to reduce cholesterol * Celebrity exhortations to \"get tested\" * Sunscreen and its promoters' claims * The antichemical activists

From her very first book,Serve It Forth,M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating.M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans,interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings-from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. M.F.K. Fisher was a solitary cook who interpreted the scenario of a meal in her own way, andM.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pansprovides a deeply personal glimpse of a woman who continues to mystify even as she commands our attention.

It happens every day: we pick up a newspaper or magazine or turn on the television and are bombarded with urgent advice about how to stay healthy. Lose weight! Lower your cholesterol! Early detection saves lives! Sunscreen prevents cancer! But in many cases, pronouncements we rarely think to question turn out to be half-truths that are being pushed by various individuals or groups to advance their own agendas.The Healthy Skepticexplores who these health promoters are-from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists-what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ways we often don't realize. This treasure trove of little-known facts, written by a seasoned health reporter, provides invaluable tips, tools, and resources to help readers think more critically about what they're being told. Becoming a healthy skeptic is vital, Davis argues, because following the right advice can have a profound impact on overall health and longevity.IN TEN ENTERTAINING CHAPTERS, ROBERT J. DAVIS DISCUSSES: * Diets and why they don't work * Dietary supplements * The campaign to reduce cholesterol * Celebrity exhortations to \"get tested\" * Sunscreen and its promoters' claims * The antichemical activists

From her very first book, Serve It Forth, M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating. M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans, interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings--from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. M.F.K. Fisher was a solitary cook who interpreted the scenario of a meal in her own way, and M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans provides a deeply personal glimpse of a woman who continues to mystify even as she commands our attention.

This study aims to identify determinants of dietary behaviour in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury or lower limb amputation, from the perspectives of both wheelchair users and rehabilitation professionals. The findings should contribute to the field of health promotion programs for wheelchair users. Five focus groups were held with wheelchair users (n = 25), and two with rehabilitation professionals (n = 11). A thematic approach was used for data analysis in which the determinants were categorized using an integrated International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and Attitude, Social influence and self-Efficacy model. Reported personal factors influencing dietary behaviour in wheelchair users were knowledge, boredom, fatigue, stage of life, habits, appetite, self-control, multiple lifestyle problems, intrinsic motivation, goal setting, monitoring, risk perception, positive experiences, suffering, action planning, health condition, function impairments, attitude and self-efficacy. Reported environmental factors influencing dietary behaviour in wheelchair users were unadjusted kitchens, monitoring difficulties, eating out, costs, unfavourable food supply, nutrition education/counselling, access to simple healthy recipes, eating together, cooking for others, and awareness and support of family and friends. Important modifiable determinants of dietary behaviour in wheelchair users that might be influenced in lifestyle interventions are knowledge, fatigue, habits, self-control, intrinsic motivation, risk perception, attitude and self-efficacy. It is recommended to involve relatives, since they appear to significantly influence dietary behaviour.

L'objectif de cette évaluation était de déterminer impact d'une cuisine pédagogique (CP) éphémère lors d'un congrès national sur les maladies cardiovasculaires. La séance de 60 minutes s'est déroulée dans une salle de conférence d'hótel et a été animée par deux diététistes. Les participants ont préparé 12 recettes, partagé des mets et exploré des stratégies de changement de comportement nutritionnel pour les patients. À l'aide de questions à échelle de Likert et de questions ouvertes, des présondages et postsondages en ligne ont permis d'évaluer l'évolution des perceptions quant aux aptitudes, à l'attitude et à la confiance relatives au counseling en nutrition. Le postsondage a également permis d'évaluer l'efficacité des diverses composantes de la séance et les besoins de formation complémentaire. Le taux de réponse au présondage a été de 72 % (18/25). Vingt et une personnes ont assisté à l'événement (14 préinscrites, six sur la liste d'attente et cing inscrites sur place), et 81 % ont répondu au postsondage. Des changements positifs ont été rapportés quant aux compétences en nutrition, en particulier quant à l'attitude à l'égard de l'utilisation de recettes pour le counseling en nutrition. On a également noté une amélioration des aptitudes et de la confiance nécessaires pour aborder comment manger avec un petit budget et établir des objectifs SMART (spécifiques, mesurables, atteignables, pertinents [relevant] et temporels) avec les patients. Les composantes de la séance de CP qui ont renforcé les compétences en nutrition sont les messages clés destinés aux patients et le partage d'un repas. Préparer des mets et les manger dans une ambiance conviviale a été l'aspect le plus agréable. Pour promouvoir des comportements alimentaires sains, il faut comprendre la complexité de la littératie alimentaire individuelle et sociétale. Si l'intérêt des médecins est élevé, les diététistes sont bien positionnés pour proposer des interventions de médecine culinaire et renforcer la confiance des médecins en promotion de la santé et en prévention et gestion des maladies chroniques.

We use retail transaction prices for a multinational retailer to examine the extent and permanence of violations of the law of one price. For identical products, we find typical deviations of 20-50 percent, with some evidence for convergence over time. Such differences might be due to differences in local costs. If so, relative prices of similar products (round versus square mirrors) should be equal across countries. In fact, relative prices vary significantly across very similar goods within a product group. The finding suggests that differences in local distribution costs, local taxes, and probably tariffs do not explain the price pattern, leaving strategic pricing or other factors resulting in varying markups as alternative explanations.

In a montage of genres, Helen Collins Sitler illuminates the subtle yet powerful, often detrimental messages we send to girls that silence their public and private voices and diminish their opportunities to question and learn.

Regardless of the distractions and interferences that confront your company in the fluid execution of daily operations, success can only be determined as a measure against established goals. The leadership at Joe's Cabinet Shop has established some measurable goals for 2014 that last year would have seemed impossible to achieve but, due to the experience attained during the initial phase of the lean transformation, they are now within reach. You may be wondering how Joe's leaders are going to prioritize the myriad improvement opportunities that will lead them to achieving goals. One technique is called going to gemba or performing gemba walks. Gemba is a Japanese word that means, \"Where the work is done.\" Going to gemba requires a discipline that usually is not promoted in traditional task-managed operations. So far, Joe's has achieved a 15% increase in productivity with current resources as measured against the baseline -- to gauge future improvements -- established five months earlier.