Friday Finds

Interesting reading from this week:

Popcorn is a great whole-grain snack food.  It's so easy to make your own, and any popcorn can be microwaved; there's no need to buy microwave popcorn.  Check out a basic recipe and lots of seasoning ideas:

http://markbittman.com/real-popcorn

Lack of sleep is a "ticking time bomb": Getting less than 6 hours of sleep a night is linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1354980/Lack-sleep-ticking-time-bomb-recipe-heart-attack.html

The National School Lunch Program feeds more than 31 million children every school day.  Lunch Line, a new documentary focusing on the past, present, and future of the school lunch program, will be playing at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring this coming Monday and Tuesday:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/lunch-line,1206660.html#

Another school lunch item, this one an editorial from USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-04-12-editorial12_ST_N.htm

And to end the week on a fun note -- Doritos celebrates adding its one millionth ingredient:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/doritos-celebrates-one-millionth-ingredient,19914/

Have a good weekend.