MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Tag: food

  • A foot up

    Telluride Times, May 28, 2026 “The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art” — Leonardo da Vinci. Those of you with foot issues will understand when I say to the world at large: Please, fellow bipeds, take care of your dogs. Considering the single square foot of real estate that…

  • Smoking brain (it’s a good thing)

    Telluride Times, May 14, 2026 “Neuroplasticity is better than mind over matter. It’s mind turning into matter as your thoughts create new neural growth.” — Rudolph E. Tanzi Some months ago, I heard on a podcast by Andrew Huberman, the popular neuroscientist out of Stanford, that adult neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to rewire itself—can be driven…

  • Rolling in the oats

    Telluride Times, April 30, 2026 “A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.”  – Samuel Johnson There’s this young guy on social media with a hefty following whose thing is oats. Oats as an ingredient, in oat bakes, oat breads, oat puddings, crackers, and everything you can…

  • Spring balancing acts

    Telluride Times, April 16, 2026 “Balance is the secret ingredient to a happy and meaningful life.” — Deepak Chopra Many years ago—probably in the early ’90s—there was a cleanse going around Telluride that consisted mostly of psyllium seed husk (the key ingredient in Metamucil) and apple juice. It lasted four to seven days and was…

  • That gut feeling

    Telluride Times, Thursday, January 22, 2026 My long and intimate history with fiber (you have one, too) goes way back to at least the 1970s, when a fiber revolution was underway and things like Kellogg’s (now Kellanova) All-Bran cereal and Metamucil canisters began appearing on Formica counters across the U.S. My dad—I’ve said this before—was…

  • After the fall

    Telluride Daily Planet, e-edition, Friday, November 7, 2025 He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring We have the privilege of living high in the mountains, where our fall season…