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Have you ever had a dish out at a restaurant that immediately makes you want to try to recreate it at home? Maybe that’s just how my foodie brain works, but it’s where some of our home-run dishes get their inspiration from! When Danny and I were dating, some of the experiences that helped to […]

What do you consider cooking? Does cooking have to mean turning on a heat source? Or can it simply be getting hands-on with food by chopping, mixing, and serving? When I talk to patients, friends, and family about getting in the kitchen, people often shly admit to me that they don’t know how to cook. […]

One of my all-time favorite summer vegetables is eggplant. I absolutely love how versatile it can be- from eggplant rollatini and parmesan, to babba ghanoush or curried eggplant, this fiber-filled veggie is a staple in my kitchen throughout July and August. Although the temperatures have been brutal in NYC, I dared to turn on my […]

If someone asked you to bring a drupe salad to a summer picnic, would you know what that is? How about if they asked for a stone fruit salad? Throughout the months of July and August, peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, and apricots, otherwise known as drupes or stone fruits, burst onto the scene at farmers […]

I have found my forever squash. Some people love butternut, others love acorn, and some don’t discriminate between fall gourds, but I have fallen in love with kabocha squash and declare it my forever squash. Don’t get me wrong, I have a soft spot for butternut and love a good spaghetti squash to replace noodles, but […]