• I’ve added a casual chat room to CookingBites as a place for off-topic banter, light conversation, and short-lived chit-chat that doesn’t belong in forum threads. The chat room is informal and lightly-to-not moderated, with messages being temporary, so it’s ideal for friendly back-and-forth that would otherwise derail discussions. Site rules still apply, but there’s no reporting system or expectation of post-by-post moderation - if something becomes uncomfortable, the right response is to step away. If a topic has substance or lasting value, it still belongs in the forums; everything else can head to chat.

Plant based diet.

The Blue Zones are apparently the places in the world where people have the most longevity. Somewhere lost around my home is a copy of one of the books that discuss this phenomenon. Places like Okinawa, some place on the Greek islands, the 7th Day Adventist colony in California... I forget the rest. At any rate the commonalities appear to be diet (low but not NO meat), no highly processed junk, and a sense of long term community. So it isn't an actual set of recipes per se.

Oh yes - I saw a TV doc. about that although they didn't call it the blue zones. I think TV Chef Jamie Oliver did a series about that too.
 
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