The Dish on Detoxes: A Dietitian's Perspective

Those were the exact words my son and Olympic Gold Medalist, Garrett Weber-Gale said to me when he came home for the holidays in December 2008.  He wasn’t trying to insult me or be mean, and understand, I have never been fat.  Maybe I’ve been 10-15 pounds more than I was when I got married [...]

I was always a steak and cheeseburger kind of a girl.  I absolutely loved meat and coming from a Jewish-Italian family I can’t say I didn’t get my fill: chicken on Shabbat, brisket on holidays, Osso Bucca on special occasions.
Then one day my sister-in-law handed me Skinny Bitch as a “must read” and that was [...]

Brooklyn eatery, Ted & Honey, was founded by Chef Chris “Ted” Jackson to bring healthy local eating to his beloved Cobble Hill neighborhood.  After having his first child, Chef Ted started thinking about bringing that same philosophy of eating to baby food and the result was a line of all natural frozen baby foods that [...]

Buying veggie burgers at the store can have its problems–too much salt, cheese is often used as a binder causing difficulty for some, certain varieties use lots of preservatives, vegetable gum binders and who knows what.
Making veggie burgers at home can have its problems–they fall apart, they don’t taste good, they are A LOT of [...]