d’Origina, an organic herb company I discovered on a trip to Saguenay Fjord, Quebec, specializes in Labrador. Not the dog, but the medicinal herb growing wild in the boreal forests of Canada. Labrador was used by many First Nations tribes (akin to US Native American tribes) to treat stomach and skin ailments. It has also […]
Archives for January 2012
Bedouin Principle: A Scarf for a Scarf, Instead of Eye for an Eye
Negev Desert, Israel – Tea time took on a whole new meaning for me as I waited for my Nana (mint) tea made by Mohammad, a Bedouin camel farmer, on the Noam Bamidbar Farm. I learned a valuable lesson Gandhi would have approved of. During my travels in Israel, I had vaguely heard about the […]
Resolution 2012: Drink Less Coffee by Inhaling It
Aeroshot Pure Energy is the thing we’ve all been waiting for – zero-calorie, inhalable caffeine, especially if one of your resolutions is to cut back on coffee or calorie intake. Now you can switch out that 400 calorie double mocha mint latte with whip cream on top with a shot from a device much like […]