A Foodie Weekend in Dallas
How much food and drink can one person experience in 3 days? I tested my limits this past Labor Day weekend in one of my favorite US cities: Dallas, Texas. As soon as we landed we headed straight for our favorite brunch stop. A Dallas staple, Smoke is a modern Texan restaurant by well-known James Beard Award-Winning chef… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Sheena Pradhan, New York City Private Practice
For this weeks spotlight, I interviewed a new RD that I met while working at Shane Diet & Fitness Resort in New York this past summer. Sheena Pradhan works as an outpatient community RD and recently started her own practice, Nutritious Balance. What’s a typical day in the life of Sheena? During the week, I… Read More»
Dietitian Spotlight Series: Lucette Talamas, Community Health RD in Miami, FL
This week the spotlight is on my dear friend Lucette Talamas, who I met and worked with while I was living in Orlando, Florida. Lucette has an extremely versatile (and busy!) career in dietetics as a community health dietitian for Baptist Health in the Miami area. Her job entails a little of everything— public speaking,… Read More»
Fall Festivities: Dallas Arboretum
Hi everyone, Happy Friday! It’s starting to get pretty chilly here in Dallas but I hear some of my friends up north have already seen SNOW. Whoa weather, winter is still at least a month down the road… A few weeks ago I did something I’ve been wanting to do since I moved here about… Read More»
What Does a Dietitian Keep in her Kitchen?
Not long after I moved to Dallas, I met fellow dietitian and blogger Dixya via twitter and we decided to have dinner. I never thought I’d be making actual friends via twitter, but hey, I met my boyfriend online, so why not friends too?! Dixya posts some seriously impressive recipes (not to mention her photos!) and… Read More»
The Best Brunch in Dallas
Brunch is BIG in Dallas. I know people say that about a lot of things in Texas, but I’ve never really been anywhere else in the US where Sunday brunch is such an event. An event that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed partaking in since I moved to Dallas in December. Since then, I’ve been trying to… Read More»
Fresh Fish Friday: What to Buy
Who doesn’t love fish on Friday? But with all the recent buzz about buying farm-raised vs. wild, mercury contamination, concern about the environment and over-fishing and a recent report that nearly 40% of fish is mislabled, no wonder everyone is confused about what to buy. In my Fresh Fish Friday posts, I’m going to try to… Read More»
What’s a Carambola Anyway?
It’s actually the correct term for a star fruit. Who knew? Well, I found out all about it during a trip to a special little winery in Homestead, FL (about 40 minutes south of Miami). On a Sunday afternoon, my fellow dietitian pal and I went to visit the Schnebly Winery and Brewery to do a… Read More»
Miami (from a Local Perspective)
My previous vision of Miami was probably that of most: topless women on South Beach, packed techno clubs with neon confetti, and money flaunting for the rich and famous. This past trip, however, showed me that Miami has a LOT more to offer. It’s a foodie paradise! We started off the weekend paddle-boarding in Key… Read More»