<A>FOOD</A>

APB Issue 3: Another Allen Salyer production that seems to vary quite a bit from issue to issue.
Allen and Any have done what I and many other people have attemped over the years. They sampled a wide assortment of Asian ramen noodles and reported their finding here. Ramen noodled, along with boxed mac & cheese, are one of staples of many zine publisher's diets. They tackeled 37 different brands of cellophane-packed noodles, describing the noodle's texure, flavor of broth, and quality of condiments. I really like how all the reviews were accompanied by reproductions of the packages, so you can easily find it in the store without knowing anyting about the kanji name. They seem to have a preference for fish flavored soups and don't care for things too spice but it's still an excellent resource for those of you that live in Asian neighborhoods. I myself have my own favorate brand. Don't know the name of it but it comes in a green package with some yummy dried tofu pieces.
$1 Each to Allen Salyer, P.O. Box 1551, Royal Oak, MI 48060 (20 Pages/D/RSF) back issues/no ads/
Backwoods Home Magazine: Practical Ideas for Self-reliant Living Issue 35 October '95: A practical journal full of useful tips and ideas for those that have foresaken urban living. Recipes, guns, gardening, herbal medicine, Americana, personal essays, and a new column about teens.
There are some excellent kitchen and garden tips this time including a recipe for making string cheese, lots of foods for the garlic lover, the benefits of a one-cow dairy, and an explanation of the chemistry behind hot peppers.
$4.50 Each , Subs: $21.95 for 6 issues to Backwoods Home Magazine, 1257 Siskiyou Blvd #213, Ashland, OR 97520 (98 Pages/S/CWB) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/takes ads/
Backwoods Home Magazine: Practical Ideas for Self-reliant Living Issue 34 August '95: A practical journal full of useful tips and ideas for those that have foresaken organzed urban and suburban living. Recipes, guns, gardening, business ideas, herbal medicine, Americana, and personal essays.
We get tips for making tasty and healthful herbal teas; instructions for making a non-electric pasta machine; techniques for buying prescription drugs cheaply and without a prescription (buy them through international mail); suggestions on freezing corn; and recipes for herbal wine, salad, cookies, and zucchini.
$4.50 Each , Subs: $17.95 for 6 issues to Backwoods Home Magazine, 1257 Siskiyou Blvd #213, Ashland, OR 97520 (98 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/takes ads/
Beano Bulletin: Healthy Ideas - Healthy Recipes - Healthy Living Vol 3 Issue 1 Winter '95
Biscuits & Gravy Quarterly Vol 2 Issue 2 Summer '95: *Biscuits and Gravy* sings the praises of the (lost) cowboy lifestyle, and especially the cowboy breakfast of choice, a plate of fresh-baked biscuits smothered in sausage gravy.
Editor John Lamb interviewed Slim Kite and Everett Brisendine for this issue. The two are cowboy poets, and talk about life on the ranch, poetry, and the future of cowboying. Lamb also prints the cowboys' poetry. And what would an issue of *B&G* be without reviews of biscuits and gravy restaurants? No raves this time, but the Ranch House in Arizona gets a decent score. If you're a do-it-yourselfer, there's Aunt Jonnie's recipe for real cowboy biscuits and gravy.
Recommended to readers of both *Out West* and *Simple Cooking*.
$1 + 1 stamp Each , Subs: $ 5.00 for 4 issues to Jack Lamb, P.O. Box 4290, Carlsbad, CA 92018 (14 Pages/S/MLW) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/
Coffee Times: Complete Guide to the Big Island of Hawaii Vol 4 Issue 1 Winter 95/96: While not really a zine, _Coffee Times_ is much more than most freebie turista guides, and Les' rants about the purity of Kona coffee are the sort of writing we're used to reading around here.
In this issue we learn how five big Mainland and Oahu coffee companies conspired with the federal government to block the trademarking of the word "Kona" as applied to coffee - thus allowing them to continue to sell blends of the lowest-grade Kona coffee (10%) and crap that tastes like it was rejected by Folgers (90%) and sell it as "Kona" coffee. However, the Kona growers have gotten together for a private labelling association. Plus some great Big Island history and the usual food and Bed'n'Breakfast stuff.
Probably the best freebie guide around.
Free Each to Les Drent, Coffee Times, PO Box 1092, Captain Cook, HI 96704 (68 Pages/D/JP) No trades/no ads/
Convivium: A Decidedly Unstuffy Food and Cooking Letter Vol 3 Issue 3 October '95: Catherine writes short personal stories and then completes them with related recipes. Absolutely wonderful with a focus that's always on the food.
You know how sometimes you find something that reminds you about a memorable time in your life. You know how you have to tell the world all about it because it was so wonderful. Well Catherine came across an old *Gourmet* magazine that featured an article about the food in Guanajuato, Mexico. It reminded her of the summer of 1980 that she spent in that tiny town, studing in the university and exploring Mexican culture. All those memories came flooding back to her and thankfully she captured them all on her computer for us to read. It's a wonderful story, that's followed up with recipies for burritos, enchiladas, and fruit slush. As if all that wasn't enough, she also wrote a thoughtful essay on the ubiquitous bread machines and the inferior breads that they make. Explaining how using them is more like "programming" then "baking" she suggests that people should not be allowed to own bread machines unless they can make a loaf from scratch.
$4 Each , Subs: $18.00 for 6 issues to Catherine S. Vodrey, Convivium, P.O. Box 835, East Liverpool, OH 43920-5835 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/back issues/no ads/
Convivium: A Decidedly Unstuffy Food and Cooking Letter Vol 3 Issue 2 August '95: Catherine writes short personal stories and then completes them with related recipes. Absolutely wonderful with a focus that's always on the food.
It starts with an essay on food that explores how human desires shifted from pleasing the stomach (hunger) to pleasing the palate (taste). Catherine related the story of how orphaned children were given free range to choose what they eat. Initially they went for indulgent deserts, but after a while they switched over to healthy breads, vegetables, and fruits. Then it's on to biscuits, as Catherine presents three recipes for busciuts including an excellent-sounding valilla cream biscuit.
$4 Each , Subs: $18.00 for 6 issues to Catherine S. Vodrey, Convivium, P.O. Box 835, East Liverpool, OH 43920-5835 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/back issues/no ads/
Cook & Tell: Sharing good times in the kitchen since 1982 Vol 14 Issue 7 September '95: A simple but joyful foodzine with an emphasis on recipes for food that's wholesome and tasty.
It starts with an essay on the changing seasons, and then follows it up with recipies for shepherd's pie and cooked red cabbage. My favorate part is the "Chocolate Chit-Chat," devoted to making yummy things with lots of chocolate.
Karyl really knows how to make you feel at home -- reading her zine you get the feeling of standing there in the kitchen right next to her as she's preparing these dishes.
, Subs: $16.00 for 10 issues to Karyl Bannister, Love's Cove, West Southport, ME 04576 (12 Pages/HL/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Cook & Tell: Sharing good times in the kitchen since 1982 Vol 14 Issue 4 May '95: A simple but joyful foodzine with an emphasis on recipes for food that's wholesome and tasty.
Mostly recipes with one long essay revealing the sights and sounds of springtime in Maine. I'm a chocohalic (reformed) so I'm pleased to find a bunch of chocolaty recipes in this issue.
Karyl really knows how to make you feel at home -- reading her zine you get the feeling of standing there in the kitchen right next to her as she's preparing these dishes.
, Subs: $16.00 for 10 issues to Karyl Bannister, Love's Cove, West Southport, ME 04576 (12 Pages/HL/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Cook Speak: A Seasonal Narrative With Recipes Issue 7 August '95: This issue of this thougtful, well-written, and outright beautiful zine from Vermont was to focus strictly on berries. Not unpleasantly, Sharon occasionally drifts and meanders from the little round gushers to include a story that dips into the Proust's ideas of memory. The tale begins with a rememberence of an agrarian childhood and the sharp scent of crushed wild chamomile and continues through the beads of that memory.
Then Susan Orzel tells a fine anecdote about a boy who gathers blackberries, following the charming story with a lip-smacking pie recipe. More recipes for lemonade and Middle Eastern yogurt follow, along with some old-fashion berry treats including flummery, plate cakes, slumps, and grunts. Good news, there's more: buttery genoise, taragon dressing, and cherry brandy. And what would a country cooking newletter be without a little over the fence gossip? The popular Bridges section satisfies the bug with the account of a New York awards ceremony for food books. Sharon's *Tomato Imperative!* was nominated and she shared the floor with food world luminaries like Martha Stewart and Paula Wolfert.
But you need not follow the food world to enjoy Cook Speak. This is one food news letter your palate will thank you for.
$4 Each , Subs: $18.00 for 6 issues to Sharon Parquette Nimtz, PO Box 155, Wallingford, VT 05773 (10 Pages/S/JEF) No trades/no ads/
Cooking on the Edge July/Aug. '95: This "Food Newsletter for Distracted People" is a busy, bored cook's best pal.
For instance, in this summer edition, we get help for the high-summer-no-vacation-in-sigh doldrums in the form of an-around-the-world sampling of salads, from Italian tomato-mozzerella to Thai beef salad. Carmel Roth relates the troubles of having your adult kids over to dinner, including the top 10 things you don't want them to say ("White wine doesn't go with this."). The decadent can make brownies, while the retro-minded can try the home-preserved Dilly Bean. All in all, a satisfying (burp) issue, as usual.
$3 Each , Subs: $18.00 for 6 issues to Jill Cornfield, 25 East 86 St Apt 6-G, New York, NY 10028 (20 Pages/HS/MLW) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/
Cooking on the Edge May/June, '9: "The Food Newsletter for Distracted People" keeps us happy with its regular publishing schedule and recipes that are quick, entertaining, and, gasp, sometimes healthy,
This issue is dedicated to that sweet/hot experience -- ginger -- with recipes that range from Korean spinach to chocolate cake. Julie Schuman lists the most important things to have in your pantry: brown sugar, macaroni and cheese, dry cereal, etc., while editor Jill Cornfield tells what to cook after you've spend 14 hours at your office.
$3 Each , Subs: $18.00 for 6 issues to Jill Cornfield, 25 East 86 St Apt 6-G, New York, NY 10028 (20 Pages/HS/MLW) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/
CookSpeak: A Seasonal Narrative with Recipes Issue 8 October '95: More stories then recipies -- and that's just fine by me. Sharon writes elequent prose that captures the flavor of the food and the spirit from which it comes.
Now that fall is upon us we're blessed with a bounty of tomatoes. Just what can one small family do with such a large variety of these luscious vegetables (fruits actually). Sharon just rambled -- about the comming winter, eating tomatoes with sugar, canning tomatoes, and cooking squash -- and when she was done, she had told us all about her childhood and about a zillion things to do with tomatoes. She also presents instructions for roasting tomatoes, the joys of naturtiums, and explains the limitations of writing down recipies.
Wonderfully laid out and illustrated.
$4 Each , Subs: $18.00 for 6 issues to Sharon Parquette Nimtz, P.O. Box 155, Wallingford, VT 05773 (10 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/back issues/no ads/
The Creamy Head Vol 1 Issue 3 June '95: I'm a *serious* beer fanatic so I was excited to recieve this publication devoted to my favoratie malt beverage. There's only a small handful of beer-related zine. Most of them are devoted to homebrewing, so it's great to see this one that also includes articles for non-brewers like myself.
I enjoyed the history of the William Simon Brewery in Buffalo New York. In its heyday, Buffalo was home to a huge number of breweries due to the large amount of grain passing though to the Erie Canal.
We also get beer revies, beer factoids, and a calender of events.
$1 Each , Subs: $10.00 for 12 issues to Andrew S. Morton, 4565 Limelege Rd, Marcellus, NY 13108 (5 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Down The Hatch Vol 5 Issue 5 October '95: It was maybe six years ago that a stumbled across a copy of *Down the Hatch* on the "free" rack at See Hear. It's a simple zine but exposed me to the possibilities of food writing. They capture the flavors of the food, the characters of the resturants, and vibrancy of the neighborhood everything is found in.
Robert tells us about the wonderful Bangkok Cafe on East 20th Street, the birth of Madison's Italian resturants, and a new Jamaican resturant on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Jim Leff tols us about his favoraite ethnic resturants in Brooklyn and Queens.
If you're a New Yorker who's into cheap food then this is a must have. If you're long since moved away, reading this zine will bring back every sight, smell, and taste of that diverse city.
$1 ??? Each to Robert Sietsema, The Mofungo Foundation, 92 Perry St #9, New York, NY 10014 (4 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Down The Hatch Vol 5 Issue 4 July '95: You've already heard the stories of my first zine, *Food for Thought*, but in many ways *Down the Hatch* was instrumental in my inspiration. It was maybe six years ago that a stumbled across a copy on the "free" rack at See Hear. It's a simple zine but exposed me to the possibilities of food writing. They capture the flavors of the food, the characters of the resturants, and vibrancy of the neighborhood everything is found in.
They venure outside Manhattan for this one, exploring Washington's Ethiopian resturants, New Jersey's Indian "chat" houses, Brooklyn's jerk chicken stores, and New Jersey's Portugese neighborhood. They also make a stop at some of the better New York Mexican resturants.
If you're a New Yorker who's into cheap food then this is a must have. If you're long since moved away, reading this zine will bring back every sight, smell, and taste of that diverse city.
$1 ??? Each to Robert Sietsema, The Mofungo Foundation, 92 Perry St #9, New York, NY 10014 (4 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Food: The Newsletter for People who Like to Eat Vol 1 Issue 4 October '95: A simple but enjoyable food newsletter that's filled with a plethora of useful ideas.
I like this one better then the last one I saw, with recipes for "comfort foods," fat free holiday treats, and Toll House chocolate oatmeal cookies from 1939.
$2 Each , Subs: $12.00 for 6 issues to Karen Quigley, 4057 N. Drake, Chicago, IL 60618-2219 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/
The Food Insects Newsletter Vol 8 Issue 2 July '95: In many parts of the world insects are a prized and nutritionally valuable part of the diet. This newsletter is for entomologists and culinary adventurers to trade tips about edible bugs.
When I saw the food insects menu for a Mexican restaurant, I thought it was a gag. But it's not. The La Cava del Leon serves a wide variety of bugs and insects such as beetle worm hot sauce and pots of ant larvae. More scholarly articles cover allergic reactions from insect food production and deliver overviews of recent university papers.
$1.50 Each , Subs: $ 5.00 for 3 issues to Florence Dunkel, Dept. of Entomology, 324 Leon Johnson Hall, Montano State University Bozeman, MT 59717-0302 (12 Pages/S/CWB) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:uneyfd@msu.oscs.montana.edu
Food Not Bombs: Menu August '95: Food Not Bombs is a national organization that engages in the illegal activity of distributing free food to the hungry. This is their collection of newclips, rants, local newsletters, and press releases.
Julia Golden and Jeff Arson reported on the Food Not Bombs international gathering that coincided with the hypocritical UN50 celebration. Interesting headline for the article about a support protest for Abu-Jamal -- "ARRESTS: Almost 300 Jailed in S.F. Protest for Condemned Man." "Condemned Man?" That's all they could come up with to refer to Abu-Jamal? How about "Political Prisoner" or even "Death Row Inmante"? I guess they just want to imply that their protests were futile. Too bad the protests weren't futile as his execution was postponed due to huge grassroots support.
$5 Each , Subs: $30.00 for 6 issues to Food Not Bombs, 3145 Geary Blvd #12, San Francisco, CA 94118 (48 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/
Food Not Bombs: Menu May '95: Food Not Bombs is a national organization that distributes food to the homeless. For some strange reason that activity is often prohibited by law. This is their collection of newclips, rants, local newsletters, and press releases.
There's a report on the recent Soupstock '95 that was held last spring in Golden Gate Park and a reprint of Keith McHenry's piece from the *Anderson Valley Advertiser*.
$5 Each , Subs: $30.00 for 6 issues to Food Not Bombs, 3145 Geary Blvd #12, San Francisco, CA 94118 (48 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/
Gayle Becker's Kitchen Clips Vol 2 Issue 8 August '95: Gayle puts together this monthly recipe collection that has a nice homey feel to it.
Each issue presents an array of vegetarian and meat dishes, as well as directions for the fun stuff like "tiger pops" and frozen mocha cheesecake. Many of these foods, like migas (a sort of Mexican scrambled eggs), and zucchini pancakes, sound interesting enough to even get *me* in the kitchen.
$2 Each , Subs: $20.00 for 12 issues to Gayle Becker's Kitchen Clips, 147 North Rose St, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 (20 Pages/S/CWB) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/takes ads/
Gayle Becker's Kitchen Clips Vol 2 Issue 7 July '95: Gayle puts together this monthly recipe collection that has a nice homey feel to it.
Each issue features a ton of new foods to try along with letters from readers who are looking for specific recipes or who have a tip to share. Lots of great summer dishes and drinks this time including homemade apricot ice cream, cold salads, and "Driving Miss Daisy Daiquiris."
$2 Each , Subs: $20.00 for 12 issues to Gayle Becker's Kitchen Clips, 147 North Rose St, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 (20 Pages/S/CWB) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/takes ads/
The Good News: Good Heart Cooking School's Official Low-fat Vegitarian Newslettr Vol 2 Issue 7 September '95: What a great publication! It's a food zine with the soul of a politically active vegan and the palate of a world-traveled gourmet.
It starts with an isightful interview with Howard Lyman, a former dairy farmer who stoped eating meat in 1987 and now actively promotes vegetarian eating. Also some Hawaiin-inspired recipes and a nice bit of advice on the proper ways to enhance vegetable flavors through carmeliztion.
The recipes will entice even the most ardent meat eater.
$3.50 Each , Subs: $25.00 for 10 issues to Bethanye McNichol, The Good Heart Cooking School, 7419 SW 36th, Portland, OR 97219 (6 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/ Email:bethanye@teleport.com
The Good News: Good Heart Cooking School's Official Low-fat Vegitarian Newslettr Vol 2 Issue 6 July '95: What a great publication. It's a food zine with the soul of a politically active vegan and the palate of a world-traveled gourmet.
There's a very informative essay about the importance of organic farming. I never realized how difficult it was to certify a farm as organic. Following that is detailed instructions for setting up a worm box. They explain that if you keep out the meat, dairy, and fatty products the box will stay relatively odor free. They review Marina Burros' new book but unfortunately it sounds like just a collection of reprints from her articles in the *New York Times*.
Two pages of wonderful recipies that'll entice even the most ardent meat eater.
$3.50 Each , Subs: $25.00 for 10 issues to Bethanye McNichol, The Good Heart Cooking School, 7419 SW 36th, Portland, OR 97219 (6 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/ Email:bethanye@teleport.com
The Healthy Weigh Issue 1: This is the newsletter with "insight, information and support for anyone struggling with food, weight, exercise, body image or eating disorder issues." Common sense, mainstream advice for those who want to lose weight.
In this issue, there are resources for eating disorders, along with an anti-diet rant, a food "awareness excercise" and an explanation of body wraps.
$4? Each , Subs: $39.00 for 8 issues to Todd Nadeau, 7455 Broadway, Ste 219, Lemon Grove, CA 91945 (8 Pages/S/MLW) No trades/no ads/
Inside Tract: Maintaining Your Digestive Health: A short medical newsletter that explores the digestion process and how it effects your health.
This one is devoted to dairy product digestion and the problems of lactose intolerance. I've always stated that aduld humans don't need to eat dairy products and for 80% of Asians, Native Americans, and African-Americans, they can't even digest the stuff.
I'm not sure what the Glaxo Institute is but their newsletter is informative and free. Call 'em at 1-800-232-4434.
free Each to Glaxo Inst. for Digestive Health, P.O. Box 2032, West Caldwell, NJ 07007-9711 (4 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Just Good Food: The newsletter for people who love food, but have a life Vol 5 Issue 1 September '95: John Ryan was a chef for years before he started his newsletter. It presents simple instructions for gourmet cooking that even beginners can understand.
He started with an important statement about the importance of sticking to a recipe, compared with the joys of experimentation. There's an interesting warning about heating up certain foods in plastic containers in a microwave. Oil can get much hotter than water, so a tomato sauce with oil on top can leave a red ring after heating it in a microwave. The results isn't hazardous to your health (at least not according to the *objective* Tupperware corporation) but who wants to dammage their cookware. To deal with the fall flood of zucchini, John presented a unique recipe for potato and zucchini loaf.
Five other recepies are spelled out with precise detail.
$2 ??? Each , Subs: $24.00 for 12 issues to John Ryan, 1955 W. Cornelia Ave., Chicago, IL 60657-1021 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Just Good Food Vol 4 Issue 11 July '95: John Ryan was a chef for years before he started his newsletter. It combines simple instructions with refined ingredients for gourmet cooking even beginners can understand.
Hot-weather recipes take a starring role in the July issue -- cucumber salad, snapper dilled and grilled. Ryan also writes a thought-provoking essay on the concept of appetizers and how, without them, leisurely cooking gives way to frenzied preparing. He also runs through his shopping list for the July market.
$2 ??? Each , Subs: $24.00 for 12 issues to John Ryan, 1955 W. Cornelia Ave., Chicago, IL 60657-1021 (8 Pages/S/MLW) No trades/no ads/
Life Extenstion Magazine: New Health and Medical Findings from Around the World Vol 1 Issue 7 May '95: An unsual magalog with offering a variety of hard-to-find health suppliments and lots of reports on the latest health advances. Sorta like a less technical *Smart Drugs News* with a stronger emphasis on life extention research.
They printed information on how Ginkgo protects against cadiovascular disease, how vitamin E prevents heart attacks, and an over-the-edge piece comparing the FDA agents to Nazi stormtroopers.
Filled with lots of leading edge information but also very "out there."
$4.95 ??? Each , Subs: $75.00 for 17 issues to Life Extension Foundation, P.O. Box 229120, Hollywood, FL 33022-9120 (0 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Life Services News: Newsletter of the Designer Foods Network Vol 6 Issue 5 June '95: A commercial newsletter for this company that distributes health supplements, smart drugs, bio-engineered foods, and other stuff.
There's an interview with Terry Willard about the use of Kava Kava and an interview with Michael Colgran about the benefits of Creatine Monohydrate.
free/$1 Each , Subs: $19.95 to Life Services Supplements, 3535 Hwy 66, Bldg. 2, Neptune, NJ 07753 (12 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming Vol 13 Issue 4 Autumn, 1995: _Mushroom_ finally sends us copies of their great publication a couple years after I have a truly nasty encounter with a *Boletus Edilus* that prevents me from eating *any* mushroom. Now I have to be tortured with the exquisite B&W photos, recipes and tales of successful and frustrating forays.
The featured story in this issue is on fungi in Costa Rica, where eco-tourism can be disasterous and the highly literate population would prefer to keep all mushrooms in their beloved forests and off of their dinner plates. Plus using an old fridge to get year-round cultivation of the more domesticated varieties (oysters, shitake and the ever-popular *Agaricus Supermarketus*), mouth-watering recipes, and reports of hundred specimen hauls of morels. The summer issue has David Arora on over-harvesting and habit destruction, mushrooming in Russia, truffles and mushroom stamps.
You'll look forward to every rainy day.
$4.50 Each , Subs: $16.00 for 4 issues to Mushroom, PO Box 3156, Moscow, ID 83843 (40 Pages/S/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/
The Natural Hygiene - M2M: Letter Group on Raw Foods, Fasting, and Natural Health Issue 20 August '95: "Natural Hygiene" is "a vegetarian philosophy of eating mostly raw foods with some cooked grains and starches." They seems similar "live foodists" but it's a unique philosophy all their own. I'm pleased that Ward suggests topics for each issue, encourraging commentary and keeping it focused.
Mostly mailing comments this time (probably due to the reduced maxac pages Ward imposed) but that didn's stop Helen Kopp from revealing how she came into N.H. Sadly, due to economics, Ward has been forced to reduce the maxac even futher to eight pages.
$5 Each , Subs: $32.00 for 6 issues to Ward Nicholson, 232 S. Belmont, Wichita, KS 67218-1304 (180 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ Email:wardnik@southwind.net
The Natural Hygiene - M2M: Letter Group on Raw Foods, Fasting, and Natural Health Issue 19 June '95: "Natural Hygiene" is "a vegetarian philosophy of eating mostly raw foods with some cooked grains and starches." They seems similar "live foodists" but it's a unique philosophy all their own. I'm pleased that Ward suggests topics for each issue, encourraging commentary and keeping it focused.
This issue's topics are lucid dreaming, consciousness raising through fasting, and consciousness raising through substances. It'll take you days to get through all 196 pages here but with some much good stuff you'll be glad you did.
$5 Each , Subs: $35.00 for 6 issues to Ward Nicholson, 232 S. Belmont, Wichita, KS 67218-1304 (196 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ Email:wardnik@well.sf.ca.us
Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Simple Vol 4 Issue 7 September '95: Similar to the famous *Tightwad Gazette*, this is Karen Quigley's newsletter of household tips that are "quick, easy, cheap, and simple."
You can make an economic body powder by mixing corn starch and baking soda; white vinegar can be used instead of fabric softener; and tomato skins come off much easier after they've been frozen.
$2 Each , Subs: $12.50 for 10 issues to Karen Quigley, 4057 N. Drake, Chicago, IL 60618-2219 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/
Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Simple Vol 4 Issue 6 August '95: I've never seen a copy of the famous *Tightwad Gazette* but this one appears similar to what I imagine it to be. This is Karen Quigley's newsletter of household tips that are "quick, easy, cheap, and simple."
Ease sunburns quicky byt taking a cool bath and then applying moisturizer, buy small denomination stamps from stamp dealers for less than face value, or put some bright tape on your luggage to find in easier at the baggage claim. We also get some gret tips for using herbs as natural cosmetics.
$2 Each , Subs: $12.50 for 10 issues to Karen Quigley, 4057 N. Drake, Chicago, IL 60618-2219 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/
Rump Parliament: Working to Change the Way Society Treats Fat People Vol 4 Issue 1 August '95: Powerful and smart, this zine provides news and commentary for the size-positive community.
There's a rap-up of International No Diet Day and Seattle's International No Diet Week and some interesting discussions about people's relationship to sex and erotic imagery.
$6 Each , Subs: $24.00 for 6 issues to Lee Martindale, P.O. Box 181716, Dallas, TX 75218 (23 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/takes ads/
Simple Cooking Issue 43 Summer '95: John Thorne's wonderful writing style is what has kept this long-running food zine consistently interesting over the years. The essays are first-rate, combining both research and sensual impressions of food into writing that both informs and whets your appetite.
High summer is the time for berries in Maine, and John writes a long piece on the many types of berries you can find there and the joy of getting down into the dirt to harvest them. He accompanies it with a sidebar on things to do with the famous Maine blueberry -- not pie, rather simple preparations like sweetened blueberries on hot buttered toast.
John and his wife earn their living from *SC* but are kind enough to offer a half price rate of $8 for financially strapped *F5* readers like students and other zine publishers.
$4 Each , Subs: $16.00 for 4 issues to John Thorne, P.O. Box 8, Steuben, ME 04680-0008 (8 Pages/S/MLW) No trades/back issues/no ads/
Smart Drug News: The Newsletter for the Cognitive Enhasement Research Institute Vol 4 Issue 2 May '95: Excellent source for information on smart drugs. Not just esoteric chemicals, they also report on vitamins and natural herbs. It features a large question and answer section where they answer readers' questions.
More news about the dangers of apartame (NutraSweet). This informations seems to be trickleing in right now and it seems really scary. According to this article (and others I've read), the manufacturer of aspartame falsified research studies, specifically about the high incidence of brain tumor in rats fed this stuff. An FDA toxicologist also testified before Congress that aspartame is capable of producing brain tumors. This means that the aproval of aspartame was a direct violation of the Delaney Amendment which prohibits cancer-causing additives from entering our food supply. Other side effects of aspartame include birth defects, diabetes, emotonal disorders, and seizures. What's really scary is how the stuff breaks down and reacts when subjected to high tempuratures (like in coffee). Yup, you can always trust our government to look out for our health.
$6 Each , Subs: $44.00 for 10 issues to T.M. Hardy, Cognitive Enhancement Research Inst, P.O. Box 4029, Menlo Park, CA 94026-4029 (12 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ Email:questions@ceri.win.net
Spectrum: The Wholistic News Magazine Issue 44 October '95: One best publications for getting real information on heath issues with pages and pages of condensed news-bites.
I've known about chemicial sensitivity/environmental illness for several years but after seeing Todd Haynes' incredible film *Safe*, I've become even more aware of toxins in my world. This issue of *Spectrum* features a seven-page interview with Debora Dadd-Redalia, author of *Sustaining the Earth*. Debora came down with environmental illness in 1978 and has been fighting toxins ever since. She explained how toxic household cleaning products can be and how her insomnia was caused by the formaldehyde off-gassing from her permanent press poly/cotton sheets.
In every new issue that I read I find some vital piece of information that changes the way I live and eat.
$3 Each , Subs: $20.00 for 6 issues to Roger G. Windsor, Spectrum Universal, 2702 Camellia Dr Apt D, Durham, NC 27705-2099 (36 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/back issues/takes ads/
Spectrum: The Wholistic News Magazine Issue 42 June '95: One best publications for getting real information on heath issues. Pages and pages of condensed news-bites, complete with the original source for further research.
Studies show that while moderate exercise can produce signifigant physical and emotional benefits, it takes more vigourous excercise to provide a noticable increase in lifespan. Roger proposes that those eating a near-vegitarian diet would not require as much excersise since they may be largely protected from cardiovascular disease by low-fat diets. At least *this* seditary vegitarian hopes he's right. I just don't have an extra hour a day for excersise. This is scary -- a Swiss study found that microwave-cooked foods produce signifigant changes in ill health for those that consumed it. Furthermore, a gag order was placed against the authors, preventing them from publishing these results.
$3 Each , Subs: $20.00 for 6 issues to Roger G. Windsor, Spectrum Universal, 61 Dutile Road, Belmont, NH 03220-5252 (36 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/back issues/takes ads/
Taste of Elegance: Sensual Foods - Choice Wines - Exciting Travel Vol 4 Issue 2 September '95: Robert Ciraulo loves to eat, loves to travel, and loves to write all about it in his engaging newsletter.
I enjoyed Robert's history of the eggplant, explaining how it wasn't adapted to the Mediterranean way of life until the late 1800's. The most troblesome aspect of preparing eggplant is removing the bitterness. Robert presents three different methods that will make your eggplants delectable. He follows with seven pages of recipies from all over the world. I'm really pleased with this issue, not only because it de-emphasises meat, but mainly because it features a comprehensive look at this most wonderful food.
, Subs: $19.50 for 12 issues to Robert Ciraulo, Taste of Elegance, 141 Algonquin Rd, Hampton, VA 23661 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/
Taste of Elegance: Sensual Foods - Choice Wines - Exciting Travel Vol 3 Issue 12 July '95: Robert Ciraulo loves to eat, loves to travel, and loves to write all about it in his engaging newsletter.
What is this with olives! The March/April issue of *Cooking on the Edge* featured a lengthy story and several recipies involving...ugh...olives. At least Jill talked about how often men (like myself) don't care for them. (Don't get me wrong, I couldn't cook without extra virgin olive oil.) Robert on the other hand dives right in, gloifying the Greek olive and revealing the secrets to olive oil production. It's eight pages full of everything you always wanted to know about olives and olive oil including lots of recipes and many tips for proper use of olive oil.
, Subs: $19.50 for 12 issues to Robert Ciraulo, Taste of Elegance, 141 Algonquin Rd, Hampton, VA 23661 (8 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/
Wild Foods Forum Vol 6 Issue 5 October '95: A great little newsletter that exlores wild-growing plants and their use in food and medicine.
Vickie told us about the various types of legumes and groundnuts that can be eaten; Joyce Pierdinock presented some useful rules of thumb on gathering wild berries and plants; and Christopher Nyerges explained how to utilize jucca fibers.
Each issue lists upcoming national events focusing on wild foods.
$2 Each , Subs: $15.00 for 6 issues to Vickie Stufer, Wild Foods Forum, P.O. Box 61413, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (16 Pages/S/RSF) reviews zines/back issues/takes ads/ Email:antdadx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu
Wild Foods Forum Vol 6 Issue 4 August '95: A great little newsletter that exlores wild-growing plants and related topics such as medicinal properties and recipes.
The main feature was on adding grass (the kind you mow, not smoke) to our diets. Elizabeth and Vickie tell us about edible seeds, poisonous varieties, and possibilities for preparing the leaves into food. We also learn about chicory, the prickly pear, mullein, and the Dragon's Blood tree which may be useful in combating ebola.
Each issue lists upcoming national events focusing on wild foods.
$2 Each , Subs: $15.00 for 6 issues to Vickie Stufer, Wild Foods Forum, P.O. Box 61413, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (16 Pages/S/CWB) reviews zines/back issues/takes ads/ Email:antdadx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu
Wine Trader: Provocative Wine Editorial - Award-Winning Wines - Classifieds Vol 16 Issue 2: A mass-market wine magazine that retains a fiesty down-to-earth spirit.
Check this out: It's now illegal, that right *illegal* in Rhode Island to advertise the *price* for wine, beer, or spirits. At least we'll soon be able to know how much alcohol is in our beer before we drink it.
Jerry Mead always presents some *spirited* commentary. An excellent compendium of wine newsletter reviews too.
$4 Each , Subs: $18.00 for 6 issues to Wine Trader, P.O. Box 1598, Carson City, NV 89702 (86 Pages/S/RSF) No trades/reviews zines/takes ads/