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    1930s Cookbook Recipe Portion Sizes were Smaller

    French Paradox Goes by the Weigh-Side An article from two years ago in the New York Times: The trend line is most significant among children. While adult obesity is rising about 6 percent annually, among children the national rate of growth is 17 percent. At that rate, the French could be -...
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    1930s Cookbook Recipe Portion Sizes were Smaller

    I think it's just going by how many portions the recipes say they make. Naturally, how many portions people actually eat may vary. I just talked to someone who said he recently bought new plates and noticed they were bigger. They were square, and just as wide as the old round ones, but the...
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    1930s Cookbook Recipe Portion Sizes were Smaller

    From the article (I might as well have posted the whole thing): Of the 18 recipes published in all seven editions [of Joy of Cooking], 17 increased in calories per serving. That can be attributed partly to a jump in total calories per recipe (about 567 calories), but also to larger portion...
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    1930s Cookbook Recipe Portion Sizes were Smaller

    What a portion is I'm not sure what portion sizes were in the 30s, but my cookbook Eating for Life gives a definition: a portion is about the size of your fist or the palm of your hand. For me, that's like half an apple and half a can of tuna (one portion each). Or two thin slices of bread and...
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    1930s Cookbook Recipe Portion Sizes were Smaller

    Probably so. Anyone who thinks a restaurant serving is too much can order just an appetizer, ask that half the meal be wrapped up before it's served, or split a dish with a companion. My sister-in-law blames her parents for her being overweight because they made her clean her plate. She left...
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    1930s Cookbook Recipe Portion Sizes were Smaller

    To quote from the article, And changes in "Joy of Cooking" have been going on for a while. Increases in overall calories per recipe have been gradual, but portion sizes tended to jump, first during the '40s, again during the '60s, and with the largest jump in the 2006 edition. .... In the...
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    1930s Cookbook Recipe Portion Sizes were Smaller

    From today's Denver Post: Portion distortion, the trend of eating larger and larger servings, is as much a problem with recipes as it is with restaurants and has been going on even longer, a study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine found. The study, which looked at how...
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    What would you wear to a theme park?

    I'd wear Keds with the jeans. I never found ballet flats all that comfortable. Also, they might fall off on a ride if your feet are dangling. If there's a good chance your feet will get wet (torrential rain predicted, water rides) I'd also bring an extra pair of socks.
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    The Soda Thread: Coke not Classic; Throwback Pepsi

    Anybody else drink Blue Sky soda? The cola and root beer have cane sugar. The orange cream soda is great. http://www.blueskysoda.com/products/index.php?cat=2&id=34
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    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain--and most fools do." And "don't expect gratitude."
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    When Not to Wear a Hat?

    In my case, I would have been wearing a baby bonnet. :p
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    When Not to Wear a Hat?

    If wearing a hat is so trivial, and you know it might hurt your chances, why wear it? I know, you have to be yourself. I submit that getting the best job you can is a greater virtue than wearing whatever you please. I suspect that for most of us, good opportunities aren't so plentiful that...
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    Fashion fads we love to hate

    It would make a beautiful evening gown. Putting on a veil over it would be a bit ironic. Who knows, maybe that's the point.
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    Fashion fads we love to hate

    I take it you're perplexed by modern wedding gowns as well:
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    Valentine's Day. What's your view?

    Another way of putting it: "...the girl who runs, runs after a man who runs faster!" -Emily Post, Etiquette, 1940, p. 374.
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    Valentine's Day. What's your view?

    The heartbreaker runs the risk of getting his own heart broken.
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    Fashion fads we love to hate

    Nothing wrong with a home pedicure.
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    Fashion fads we love to hate

    Shoes without socks Pantyhose is no longer required where I work. I'll continue to wear them, though, for a few reasons: To hide my fluorescent white legs. Fluorescent is not the new pale. To keep my shoes from sticking to my feet. I find it unpleasant. To keep my shoes from absorbing...
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    Miep Gies 100 years old on Sunday

    I had no idea she was still around! Thanks for posting.
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    Vintage Prom attire

    There is a thread on proms; a site search should turn them up.

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