Did you move to Winnipeg and forget to look me up?

I was admittedly glib in my review and maybe even intentionally provocative, if for no other reason to say 'hi' to you.

At home we eat quite well, with the possible exception of my one kid who is working in the restaurant industry and eating a lot of convenience and junk food partially due to her irregular work hours and partially out of late teen laziness - and frankly her habits are catching up to her - we assume she will learn better soon enough. I digress.

My wife grew up on a farm, the second generation descendant of Mennonite immigrants who made everything from scratch and wasted none of it. That which wasn't eaten at today's meal was the stuff in tomorrow's stew or borscht. She shops around the perimeter of the grocery store where the produce, dairy and baking is stocked and consciously tries to very selectively go down the middle aisles where things are packaged in cardboard, plastic and metal containers. Its a simple rule but surprisingly effective.

The fresh stuff is generally washed before it is prepared. We maybe use the can opener once a week. The most common items in the pantry that are in tins are chick peas, lentils and tomato paste - in fact that might be all of it. Dessert is served twice a week max. Wine is served with most meals for its healthful benefits.

That said, we are 'known' at Carlos and Murphy's where the ingredients of the carne picante are a complete mystery and at Obie Khan's Shawarma Khan you'd have to be crazy to ask the proprietor if his menu is organic.

Buddie the Terrier's diet is vet recommended, though not home made. He's not really much of a foodie anyway, sometimes his morning serving is still in the dish after our supper. It's gone by the next morning though. He's way more into repetitive exercise rituals than food. I've never met such a creature of habit.

Hope the winter is a mild one for you so far.

It's entirely probable that the research is non-existent due to the fact that the minimum wage is rarely, if ever, systematically increased to keep pace with consumer prices, let alone increased at a pace greater than that.

To conduct a study demonstrating the effectiveness of 'generosity', you would need some data that includes 'generosity'.