Please Join Me on TV
Glasses For a good time, I highly recommend being on live TV. On Monday, I was on the PIX11 Morning News in New York City talking about “Back-To-School-Week: Food Swap.” What a blast! ADinfinitum, a...
View ArticleNutritious Snacks on TV!
Shelley Goldberg and Mary Hartley on NY1 In case you missed my interview with parenting reporter, Shelley Goldberg, on NY1 News over the weekend, you can watch it here. With back-to-school season among...
View ArticleToddlers & Tiaras & Energy Juice
I hope my upscale readers will forgive me for mentioning an odd thing that happened last month. Twice, I was asked to comment on Honey Boo Boo, a fat 6-year old from “Toddlers & Tiaras,” an uber...
View ArticleHeineken Takes Over the NYC MTA
Who, besides me, thinks it’s weird to see Heineken ads on the turnstiles at the MTA? Check out the 1-2-3 station at 7th Avenue and West 14th Street in Manhattan. I think it’s part of a promotional push...
View ArticleA Bad Week for Fake Nutrition
The food industry is on to “nutrition” as a buzz word, and it’s already out of control. “Functional Foods,” foods with a function to deliver nutrients they don’t normally contain, were on my radar...
View ArticleAdorkable Easter Appetizers
A lot of people ask me, Mary, do you make adorkable appetizers for every holiday? I say, not really, but if I do make anything, I make these. I like my appetizers to be wholesome, easy,...
View ArticleOne Way to Raise a Great Cook
Liza’s Personal Childhood Cookbook As I recall, this is the time of year that gave rise to “Cook ‘Til You Drop”, the cookbook my daughter, Liza, made when she was six or seven. I can’t remember. The...
View ArticleHave a Complicated Halloween
Did you see the Halloween letter from Anonymous Mom? She is handing it out instead of candy to overweight kids. Her stand against childhood obesity made the media outlets. Too bad she doesn’t know that...
View ArticleHealthy Vending Machines Are Here to Stay
An important diet trend is unfolding. The food in vending machines is changing for the best. You can’t believe how often people eat from vending machines. Teens get around one third of their calories...
View ArticleDonut-licking is an Aberrant Eating Behavior
Before this “news” story hits the briney deep, I have something to say about Ariana Grande. She is the 22-year old celebrity of Nickelodeon TV, theater, and music fame who was seen in July, on a...
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