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Dolores Cakebread, who helped turn Napa Valley into a food and wine destination, dies at 90

October 14, 2020

Dolores Cakebread, the co-founder of Cakebread Cellars and one of the matriarchs of Napa Valley’s modern wine industry, died on Oct. 2 of natural causes. She was 90.

With her husband Jack, Cakebread established one of California’s most recognizable wine brands, which helped define the popularity of American Chardonnay in the 1980s. But Cakebread always believed that wine was best understood in the context of good food and warm hospitality. Through her culinary workshops, masterful gardening and health-focused cookbook, she helped establish Napa Valley as not only a destination for wine tasting but also for experiencing its unique lifestyle.

“She always had a smile on her face and was always full of energy,” said her son Dennis Cakebread. “I know she was grateful for the life she lived.”

Dolores Cakebread grew up in Oakland and met her future husband, Jack, while they were both students at Fremont High School. They

Physical fitness, mental tenacity and desi food helped me beat COVID-19: Venkaiah Naidu

October 13, 2020

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New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said physical fitness, mental tenacity, and eating desi (traditional) food helped him overcome the COVID-19 infection.

In a Facebook post, he said, “I firmly believe that in spite of my age and certain medical problems like diabetes, I could overcome COVID-19 infection because of my physical fitness, mental tenacity, regular physical exercise like walking and yoga, apart from eating only desi (traditional) food. I have always preferred to eat desi food and continued the same during my self-isolation period.”

“I am happy to have recovered from COVID-19 with the doctors declaring me negative after RT-PCR test on October 12. I was in home quarantine after I tested positive on September 29th and took all necessary steps to combat the virus as per medical advice,” he said.

Based on his experience, he urged everyone to undertake physical exercise daily–be

How 10,000 Kettlebell Swings Helped Me Transform My Body

October 12, 2020

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From Men’s Health

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I was working out five days a week. I ate relatively healthy, too. While I was never exactly shredded, I was making good progress on the big lifts and felt comfortable taking off my shirt in public. But when lockdown started, all of that changed.

I was still eating like a person with an active lifestyle, but the most movement I was getting was walking from my bed to the couch. My gym closed. My office closed. The natural routine of my day-to-day life crawled to a near stop. That, coupled with the new existential threats of daily existence under the pandemic, meant I was eating a lot of take out, and food became a distraction from the casual terror of everyday life.

When I stepped on the scale last month, I discovered I’d packed on about 21 pounds. It wasn’t a

Chef Ivy Stark helped change how Americans viewed Mexican food and now she’s onto plant-based eating

October 7, 2020

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It’s been more than two decades since chef Ivy Stark showed diners that Mexican food wasn’t simply hard-shell tacos brimming with ground beef or a basket of chips with guac.

With the recent debut of Whole Food Vegetarian Cookbook, her third book, Stark is adding her voice to the growing movement around plant-based diets. But for the chef—who many New Yorkers may know from her time leading the kitchens of Dos Caminos, Rosa Mexicano and El Toro Blanco—it’s not simply a fad. While she doesn’t consider herself a vegetarian or vegan, this book is full of recipes that shows the way Stark has been eating for years.

Ivy Stark cookbook — Photograph: Callisto Media

“I think it’s here to stay. I’ve been amazed at the growth of it,” says Stark about the growing popularity of plant-based eating. “People are looking to eat in a healthier way, but they still want to enjoy their

‘After My Leg Was Amputated, Fitness Helped Me Focus On My Gains Instead Of Losses

October 4, 2020

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In an effort to balance working hard with playing hard, I once took a red-eye flight back from Whistler to New York City after a big ski trip and went straight to my office where I spent a long day managing a hedge fund. By the time I hopped on the subway to head home, I was so exhausted that I lost my balance while I was exiting the train. I fell between cars, landed on the tracks, and my lower right leg was crushed beneath a wheel. I had to have a below-the-knee amputation as a result.

a person holding a sign posing for the camera: After an accident caused her to undergo a below-the-knee amputation, Christine Yi says finding fitness helped her focus on what she's found (instead of lost).

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After an accident caused her to undergo a below-the-knee amputation, Christine Yi says finding fitness helped her focus on what she’s found (instead of lost).

That was 17 years ago, and since then, I’ve undergone over 20 surgeries and seven blood transfusions—my most recent hospitalization was this past summer.

How UAE’s clear food policies helped the country stay stable during pandemic

September 27, 2020

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A clear governance model and a national food strategy in place helped the UAE stay strong even in the face of a deadly pandemic Covi-19 that wreaked havoc on food imports and supply chains across the world, a UAE minister has said.

Speaking at an online regional conference of the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) for Near east and North Africa, Mariam Al Mheiri, the Minister of State for Food Security, said:”As a country, the UAE imports over 90 per cent of its food. We experienced several supply chain disruptions in the midst of the pandemic with certain food products not making their way into the country. Our crisis management plan, which was part of the food security strategy, was put to the test as we acted and adapted quickly … to ensure our people had access to safe, nutritious and affordable food at all times. We really benefitted

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