A crispness is sneaking into the morning air and the leaves are ever-so-slightly turning yellow. Children across this great land of ours are sending up a wail and gnashing their teeth—summer is almost …
Cool Outfits for Hot Days
It’s hot outside. The bosses are away on vacation. It’s tempting to make every day casual Friday. But if you want to leverage your wardrobe to help advance your career, it’s worthwhile to keep some …
Vanilla-Roasted Stone Fruit
In June, we must eat stone fruit. Stone fruits are those fruits that consist of flesh surrounding a single hard pit. They include peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, cherries, and even mangoes. …
Ode to a Beloved Berry
Is there a word that brings as much hope to the heart as “springtime”? Grass, leaves, and flowers burst forth after their winter slumber, and the world smells fresh and new. And there are …
Spring for Lunch
The season of renewal is here and with it, the fruits and vegetables we’ve been craving all winter long. These three salads take advantage of the ingredients that just shout “spring!”—Asparagus, …
Easy Heart-Healthy Lunches
When it comes to what’s healthy to eat these days, there is undoubtedly conflicting information. Dietary factions bicker like a cranky old married couple. But whether you’re paleo or plant-based or …
Quick Office Stretches: Simple Moves to Stay Active at Your Desk
Ever leave the office after a long day of sitting in front of the computer and feel like you’ve just run a marathon? Is your body sore and stiff, feeling a couple of decades more than its age? Think …
Go Nuts!
Every so often I remember that as a kid, I didn’t like peanut butter and I’m shocked anew by how much I’ve changed. These days, I am a little bit obsessed with it. And by “a little bit,” I mean “a …
10 Ways to Save Water in the Office
The ongoing drought in the Western states has reached historic proportions. California Governor Jerry Brown has put statewide water restrictions for homes and businesses into place for the first time …
Lunch Maneuvers
How many times has this happened to you? You get in a good groove of taking your lunch to work every day and you’re starting to see some real progress on your weight loss and healthier eating goals …
How Office Carpooling Benefits Your Wallet, Work-Life Balance, and the Planet
Hey, you there—driving to work all by yourself with only those wacky Z-100 DJs to keep you company. Aren’t you lonely? Wouldn’t you like to save some money and help the environment? Achieving those …
Outstanding Oatmeal
Little orphan boys like Oliver aren’t the only ones craving extra bowls of porridge this time of year, especially when the porridge is a warming bowl of oatmeal. The humble bowl of oats earned a …
Successful Entrepreneur Couples
The morning routine for most of us in the coupled world goes like this: Kiss the spouse, get in the car, and head off in separate directions. Maybe we’re both going to different offices, or maybe one …
Fruit=Happy
Life got you down? Eat more fruit! Yes, it turns out that eating more fruit and vegetables is correlated with greater happiness. An October 2014 study from Australia’s University of Queensland …
Buy a Box; Save an Apple
Like the snowy owl and the snail darter, foods can be endangered too. If farmers stop growing your favorite variety of tomato because it’s too hard to ship or too prone to pests, we come that much …
Modern Office Coffee Culture
Oh coffee, is there anything you can’t do? You taste great. You enhance our productivity at work. And you may even be a veritable health-giving elixir that could stave off Alzheimer’s and reduce the …
Naked Lunch
The mason jar—that humble, old-fashioned glass canning jar—has taken the place of the bento box as the latest lunchtime accessory. And why not? Using a quart-size jar as a container for salad is a …
2013 GoodWorks
Each year, The FruitGuys GoodWorks program supports people, projects, and good health from the field to the table, and 2013 was a record year for giving. In keeping with the long-held tradition of …
Seeing Red
Valentine’s Day may have been co-opted by greeting card companies, chocolate makers, and the romantic love-crowd, but there are so many different kinds of love that I’d argue for a more inclusive …
Citrus Christmas
Orange You Glad I Made You A Present? Theoretically, I like to make big batches of yummy homemade treats to have on hand during the holiday seasons. That way, when I get a last-minute invitation or …
