Food: An exciting endeavor. Food is such a powerful part of our culture almost all of our important meetings involve one form of food or the other: Reunions, business meetings, going out, hanging out, treating someone, caring for someone, etc. Well, you get the idea. Although we are a culture that likes to invite people over to our homes, more often than not, we end up eating out. When that happens, we are faced with a whole new set of rules. For those of us trying to lose weight or may have a medical problem (diabetes, heart disease…), dining out may be more dangerous than enjoyable; maybe more stressful than relaxing; maybe more troublesome than it is worth. After all, eating at home,we control the ingredients and how we cook our meals. Eating at home means we can measure, we can pick and choose and we control our destiny (a bit dramatic but again, you get the picture). Dining out does not have to mean a change from who we are, what we can or cannot eat or putting our ...
