Gluten Freebird

Denny’s debuted a commercial during the Super Bowl about a character named Nannerpuss*.

The premise was that nobody wanted a Nannerpuss because “isn’t it time for a serious breakfast?”
Well, Denny’s, what breakfast isn’t serious? Sure, there was that whole campaign about a breakfast of champions, but let’s face it. Breakfast is usually sleepy-eyed, wolfed down before [...]

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Last month I attended a breakfast with a prominent skincare maven. She got up to speak and started summarizing passages of her forthcoming book on quality skin. I half-heartedly paid attention, stabbing at my mediocre fruit-and-eggs plate while she talked about the importance of sunscreen, sleep, and hydration.
When she got to nutrition, she finally got [...]

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Apparently in some golden era of America, breakfast was a large family affair with glistening sunny-side up eggs, sizzling bacon and freshly squeezed orange juice. This wasn’t ever the case for me growing up (think power bars grabbed in a race out the door) or in college (think coffee on the run), but I have [...]

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