Article: Adults stick to peanut butter, and vice versa

It's time to stop thinking of peanut butter as "kid stuff."

One of the fastest-growing segments of peanut-butter consumption is adults who eat peanut butter for breakfast as a quick, easy, protein substitute for bacon and eggs, says J. Tyron Spearman, executive director of the Georgia Peanut Commission.

For breakfast, they spread it on toasted English muffins or on toast. At other times of day some eat it directly from the jar or sandwich it between chocolate chip cookies or chocolate sandwich cookies. Others spread it on celery sticks or crackers. One fan favors peanut butter with corn chips.

In his latest nonfiction book, Right Reason (Doubleday, $20),

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