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Larry Olmsted is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author who has published several books and thousands of articles for major newspapers and magazines worldwide over the past 25-plus years. He was named one of the “10 Most Extreme U.S. Journalists,” by the Society of Professional Journalists and Travel Writer of the Year by the State of Mississippi. His last book, Real Food, Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating & What You Can Do About It, was a New York Times hardcover bestseller, an audiobook bestseller, and a bestseller in Canada. It was named to Best Books of the Year lists by People Magazine, Outside Magazine, Apple iBooks and has been republished in several foreign languages. www.bbqradionetwork.com www.holsteinmfg.com
Hour 2 of The Drew Mariani Show on 12-28-23 (originally aired 12-18-23) Maggie shares the news that she & her husband are expecting -- they're through the first trimester now and feel comfortable telling the listeners -- although plenty of listeners have already guessed that she was pregnant! Larry Olmsted explains how some foods can be fraudulent -- honey is a frequent forgery, made of corn syrups and water -- cheese can be another one that dupes the buyer
Hour 2 of The Drew Mariani Show on 12-18-23 Maggie shares the news that she & her husband are expecting -- they're through the first trimester now and feel comfortable telling the listeners -- although plenty of listeners have already guessed that she was pregnant! Larry Olmsted explains how some foods can be fraudulent -- honey is a frequent forgery, made of corn syrups and water -- cheese can be another one that dupes the buyer
Larry Olmsted is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author who has published many intriguing books and thousands of articles for major newspapers and magazines worldwide over the past 25+ years. And he personally broke or set three different Guinness World Records, in skiing, golf and poker. It's no wonder he was named one of the “10 Most Extreme U.S. Journalists” by the Society of Professional Journalists and Travel Writer of the Year by the State of Mississippi. Larry shares why he wrote his book, Real Food, Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating & What You Can Do About It, and explains why food is the one unifying element of travel and what he tries to learn about local and regional food wherever he visits.As an active traveler, Larry is also a passionate cyclist and reveals his love of cycling tours, including his personal favorite, the combination of cycling and gastronomy. He shares the fun he's had on some of his bike trips in Italy, including Tuscany, the Ligurian Coast, Piedmont and the Veneto. And his visits to Parma, Bologna and Emilia-Romagna touring cheese dairies, ham producers, and taking cooking lessons. Yummy!With all this travel under his belt, Larry provides some useful and timely travel tips, including why you should hire a guide or take a tour to really get to know the places you travel. A must listen. Only on Speaking of Travel!Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.
A lot of health and beauty advice has been passed down over many generations. And a lot of it is just plain wrong! Listen as this episode begins with a little myth busting when it comes to some of the things mom told you to do and not do to stay healthy and beautiful. https://www.everbeautiful.com/2010/1622/ten-popular-beauty-myths-debunked Are there actual benefits to watching sports? Yes – several, according to Larry Olmsted author of the book Fans: How Watching Sports Makes us Happier, Healthier and More Understanding (https://amzn.to/2T6YUs1). Listen as Larry explains how and why being a sports fan has so many physical, mental and social benefits. Even if you are not a sports fan, you may want to become one after you listen to Larry. What causes relationships to sour? It turns out that it isn't so much the big arguments and fights – it's really the little things. Or, to be more precise, the lack of little things that wears down any romantic relationship, family relationship or friendship. Carol Bruess is a social scientist who studies relationships and she is here to explain why relationships need lots of small doses of positivity to succeed and thrive. Listen as she explains exactly how to do it. Carol has a TED Talk on messy relationships you can watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOnl76UqUcw&t=14s . She is also author of the book What Happy Couples Do (https://amzn.to/3A8yLcU). How much of your life do you think or talk about the weather? A lot more than you realize because weather is important to us all. In fact, more important than you think. Listen as I explain. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278257/We-spend-SIX-MONTHS-lives-just-talking-weather.html PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Indeed is the hiring platform where you can Attract, Interview, and Hire all in one place! Start hiring NOW with a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING Offer good for a limited time. Keep American farming going by signing up at https://MoinkBox.com/SYSK RIGHT NOW and listeners of this show get FREE filet mignon for a year! Now your ideas don't have to wait. Dell Technologies and Intel are creating technology that loves ideas, expanding your business & evolving your passions. Find out how to bring your ideas to life at https://Dell.com/welcometonow ! Let's find “us” again by putting our phones down for five. Five days, five hours, even five minutes. Join U.S. Cellular in the Phones Down For Five challenge! Find out more at https://USCellular.com/findus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices