Healthy Eating

Who Knew a Blender Was a Go-to Gizmo?
By all accounts yesterday's workshop about what a raw foods diet really means was informative, enjoyable, and had a tasty outcome. We thank all who attended and appreciate your taking time out of your busy day to join us. We also thank our presenters, Sioux Wimler and Sabrina Granniss.

Further Reading
If you are interested in learning more, here's a few subject clicks that lead to books; though there will be some overlap in the search results :
Raw foods -- Vegetarian
Vegan -- Natural foods

Related Reading and Viewing

Each of these titles has a different point of view, frequently debated and often hotly so. As always, pick and choose.

Food Matters by Mark Bittman

Harvest of Hope : A Guide to Mindful Eating by Jane Goodall

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell

Food Inc. or King Corn (documentary fims)

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock (documentary film)

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Just Food by James E. McWilliams

Take a Poll!

The library is looking to offer an ongoing series of programs focused on healthy lifestyles. One component of our overall effort will focus on healthy eating. Please take a moment to participate in the first of series of overlapping polls about healthy lifestyle topics that might interest you. Look to the right-hand column on this blog to vote.

2009 Nutmeg Book Award Intermediate Nominees

Decisions, Decisions: All of Them Yours!

The time to begin voting for your favorite 2009 Nutmeg Book in the Intermediate Category (grades 4-6) is already here. Though rumor has it there are strong local favorites among the crop of 10 nominees; there's still time to read and review nominees you might have missed.

Explore plot descriptions to help you choose yet another stellar Nutmeg nominee; check our online catalog for availability -- then Spice It Up a Notch on the Nutmeg's wicked "wiki" cool web page. Here you'll find easy online ways to say what you mean/mean what you say about which Nutmeg books mattered most to you...

How Green is Our Valley?

Only You Can Say...
Owing to a grant from the Middlesex County Community Foundation and the efforts of the Connecticut Library Consortium, 17 Middlesex County libraries will collaborate to host a series of 'green' programs this year. Your local library, the EHPL, is one of the 17.

If you would, please take a minute or two to participate in the survey, shown right, and let all of us know about your green programming interests.