One of the Sterns reported that Charleston was a gem of a small town. It is a gem, but it's not a small town. It's a small city. Tamarack Executive chef Jon Reecher gives a cooking demonstration at 6 p.m. today at Tamarack. Manager of Tamarack's Taste of West Virginia Food Court, Reecher will use West Virginia-grown and West Virginia gourmet products in his demonstration.
Obesity is a growing problem all over the world.
Even in China, a land where men and women were traditionally lean and thought the more beautiful for that leanness, one in 10 city-dwelling children is now obese, the Chinese government estimates. In Australia 20 percent of children are obese or overweight. In Chile, the figure runs 30 percent. What's good for the snack food industry turns out not to be so beneficial for the rest of us. The milk industry recently sent a representative to Charleston to promote the drinking of milk and the eating of cheese to meet our daily calcium requirements.