Post #61 – Women’s Memoirs, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
Eat, Love, Panic –
And Then Make Focaccia!
By Pamela Bell
Monday Morning Memoir Blog
During the three years my family and I lived in Florence, Italy, I got a vacation from medical scares. At home in the U.S., when you call a doctor’s office, they put you on hold and that recording comes on and tells you about all the scary cancers you might have. The media is constantly scaring you about harmful foods, and the warnings are contradictory. Red wine helps prevent cancer; wine causes breast cancer. Fish is great for your heart but don’t eat it more than twice a month because it’s loaded with metal toxins that can kill you. And there’s my personal favorite: worry raises the risk of Alzheimer’s disease so if you worry, you better worry.
In Italy, when you call the doctor, [click to continue…]
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