A few weeks ago, on the coldest day in NYC this winter (which was the rescheduled date, the original date of the event was the day Snow Storm Jonas hit NYC!), I hosted a nutrition talk at Ode To Babel here in Brooklyn.  Due to the extremely cold temperatures turn-out was low BUT I showed up and gave it my…

Food isn’t important just because it impacts the number on the scale, how you fit (or don’t) into your skinny jeans or the levels of energy you have (or don’t). Food is important because it feeds your cells CRITICAL INFORMATION! Let’s take someone who’s “thin or skinny” — most of us would consider them “healthy” right?  Well, not so fast.  If…

I’m no longer into the latest dietary craze.  There was a time however that wasn’t the case and the right words would have me scrambling to find out how to buy the latest miracle.  That said, turmeric is the new “IT” spice in the health and wellness world.  But unlike a lot of health and wellness stuff, this one is actually…

Baby its cold outside, at least here in Brooklyn today.  Anything below 50 degrees feels like the perfect weather for soup to me, so given today was only about 30, I was glad I had this soup on hand (it freezes well if you don’t eat it all at once). I’ve tried lots of black bean soup through the years…