Category: Food
Garlic Herb Cashew Spread (serves 4–6)
Recipe:
In January 2021, Chef David Robbins launched Not A Burger, plant-protein patties, at the 3rd St S, Downtown Naples Farmer’s Market. A clean, [...]
The Value of Whole Foods When “Healthy” Foods Aren’t So Healthy
Abbott: I say, “Who’s on first? What’s on second? Don’t Know’s on third.”
Costello: Are you the manager?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: You gonna be the [...]
The New Food Attitude: Stop Shaming Your Diet and Have Fun!
As a registered dietitian for over 20 years, I look at food in a very different way. I consider food to be medicine, and I understand the value of the [...]
Roasted Lion’s Mane Fungi and Fermented Garlic Honey Yummm Sauce (serves 4 – 6)
Recipe:
Local lion’s mane, equally delicious and medicinal, is our choice for this recipe. It’s kept simple to let the mushroom’s natural flavor and [...]
Talk DIRTy To Me
Sex, drugs, and rock & roll” excitedly exclaims the general manager of an infamous 5-star South Beach, Miami party hotel abundant with A list cele [...]
The Food Interview…Why Your Dietitian Should Be Asking These Questions
I have been a dietitian for 20 years and when I tell people that, it never surprises me that they think my job is to tell people how to lose weight an [...]
Challenging Our Modern Food Systems
Growing up on an organic, small family farm in rural Kauai, Hawaii during the 80s/90s; eating fresh, clean, and locally/seasonally grown was just a pa [...]
How Dis-ease is Created in the Body
I have pondered on the word “resilient” this year, never thinking how it would become a word with so much meaning and power. We have all witnessed an [...]
We Have to Stop Living in Fear
People are recognizing that we can’t believe everything we are told anymore. Government agendas, hospitals getting money for COVID cases, social media [...]
The 5 Points of Wellness That Are Essential for Longevity and Optimal Health
Born in Sri Lanka, I grew up in a family that considered natural medicine a way of life.
Whenever I had a test in school my grandmother would make [...]
Harvest & Wisdom: Organic Restaurant at the Shangri-La Springs – A Locavore’s Dream
The farm-to-table buzzword has been tossed around so much it’s almost become cliché, not to mention the fact that there are many variations on the def [...]
Abbington Green Bed & Breakfast Inn and Spa: A Dream Come True
Abbington Green B&B Inn and Spa literally is a dream come true on so many different levels. As a guest, it’s a dream to stay there and trust me, y [...]
Selective Mutism: Natural Approaches for Vocal Restoration
What do you do when your patient or client appears to respond to every instruction you give them yet when you directly ask him or her a question there [...]
Fueling Your Cells with Food: A Naturopathic Perspective
Food is medicine and what we fuel our bodies with determines how our body runs. I recently became certified in the Wahls Protocol which is a diet ther [...]
The Benefits of Local and Farm to Table Eating
“Let Food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”
~ Hippocrates, 4th century BC
A quick Google search will reveal a list o [...]
Debunking Fad Diets
It seems like every few months, there is a new diet fad. Let’s talk about the most recent popular fad diets.
Ketogenic Diet
A healthier way to do a m [...]
Chef Paul Pearson Provides Delicious Delights at Community Table Restaurant
Growing up in Yorkshire England, Chef Paul Pearson knew exactly what he wanted to do by the age of 12. He became fascinated with food and enjoyed eat [...]
Chris Addley, Creative Chef and Champion of the Culinary Industry’s Rising Stars, Firebox Restaurant, Hartford, CT
Chris Addley is a local Connecticut Chef that wears two crucial hats. He wears his chef hat as the creative genius behind the fine dining, farm-to-tab [...]
Zachariah Campion of Bailey’s Backyard Farm to Table Restaurant and Catering Company
When you walk through the door of Bailey’s Backyard, you are entering a community venue for culinary and artistic treasures. Original art hangs on the [...]
Healthy Eating for Busy Families
Sarah is a full-time working mom that has a passion for home cooking. She is a self-taught chef who spends hours on the weekend teaching her children [...]
Chefs Glorious Chefs, a New Series about Connecticut’s Best Chefs: Drew Stichter, of Hidden Valley Eatery
Drew Stichter’s life was transformed into becoming food conscious in high school, which started his culinary adventure, “My father fell ill with heart [...]
Is Ketogenic Therapy Right For You?
Please understand that mitochondrial and metabolic health is an emerging discipline and only a handful of researchers and even fewer practicing physic [...]
How Do We Learn From Emotional Hunger?
The holidays with their promising cornucopia of delicious food are fast approaching. Perhaps some of us might be already worrying about over-indulgin [...]
Food-Confused?. . .Choose Minimally Processed for Optimal Wellness
"...the most meaningful label on your food . . . is the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) organic seal. For a product to be certified organic, i [...]