Even if you're not working, take some time to decompress your life this summer. I recently attended a macrobiotic potluck meal at Sanae Suzuki's home in Venice, California.

Looking for organic whole grain corn or organic ground whole grain corn? When you can find organic dried whole grain corn, you can be sure of what you are getting.

Last week I shopped in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles, and in a newly remodeled and enlarged store (the Marukai market), I saw a bin which held the new crop of fresh ume plums, price

Yesterday I bought 2 different sizes of cooking chopsticks at the Safe and Save local Japanese grocery market on Sawtelle Blvd. in West Los Angeles.

The Cornucopia Institute online just released the results of a survey of soy product manufacturers.

Here is a color code to use when you shop for lentils:

Brown lentils are widely available, and often the least expensive.

There is a lack of detailed information online about the concept of macrobiotic gardening and/or farming.

Lotus root is one of the few vegetables used in macrobiotic cooking for which you should remove the skin before cooking.

Here is the address of a new macro site that is mostly complete, with just a few pages still under construction:

http://www.thecancerpreventiondiet.com/

The site adds much more i

As someone said, freedom isn't free. Even a website costs something to set up and maintain.