Monday Morning Mix-Up 11/9/09

• This week I’ll announce the winner of the $100 tub of beef tallow from U.S. Wellness Meats!

• I’ve got some fun scoop from Ann Marie.  For months she’s been talking about this great idea and now I can finally tell you about it…  On December 6^th she’s launching a new menu mailer! Basically she’ll do a big chunk of your meal-planning and making out the grocery list for you – using kid-friendly, yet super nutrient-dense recipes.  (And a few using liver or other organ meats – yep, we’ll need to put on our big-girl panties for those…)  She’s kicking all this off with a giveaway:  5 readers will get a free 12-month subscription!  (She’s also giving a special 30% off discount for those who don’t win.)  When I found out everything the subscription will include, I suggested she charge more because she’s offering so much extra than the others with similar mailers, but she wants to keep it doable for her readers.  Find all the details at www.CHEESESLAVE.com.

• Thursday afternoon I leave for my first Weston A. Price Foundation/Wise Traditions conference in Chicago – I’m so excited!   It’s been busy getting ready and also preparing for a talk I gave to a local MOPS group last week.  (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers.)  I’ve got my new logo and business cards all done, Ann Marie & I are working on bags & t-shirts to sell at the conference (you’ll love them – we’ll offer them for sale on our sites if we have any left), and I’m also helping her with Real Food Media signs for our table since I live close enough to drive there.  If you haven’t already let us know you’re coming, please do, we want to be sure to meet you.  If you’ll be there Thursday you can go out to dinner with us for yummy duck fat French fries!  For those that can’t make it, check the Twitter box on my homepage throughout the weekend as I’ll be doing as much extra Tweeting as I can to keep all of you up to date.
• Speaking of Twitter, if you missed the #realfood Twitter party last Thursday, Donielle from Naturally Knocked Up (who got this going – thanks Donielle!) has declared each 1st Thursday of the month to be #realfood Twitter party day!  (9:00-11:00 p.m. EST)  It was fun reading all the Tweets that came through because they were ALL about Real Food.  Get this:  Nina Planck came to the party, too!  (By the way, I’m so excited that Nina is one of our new Real Food Media sponsors – if you don’t see her books at that link yet, you will soon.)
• Over at the Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle post there have been some new comments recently from a couple people who have tried this diet.  It has led me to ask some questions about dieting itself that I’d love your opinions on.
• Jimmy had an interesting post last week about the author of the book, The China Study, which promoted low-fat diets (tsk tsk).  Also, see the WAPF book review of the China Study.
• I put up a new index post today to make it easier when you’re looking for topics related to Healthy Meat Choices & Cooking Tips – see if you’ve missed any of these. 
• Real Food Wednesday is hosted here this week, come back to share your post or comments all about Real Food!

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