I was recently invited to Forum by Bard Valley Medjool Dates and their spokesperson, Laura Hartung. I was in right away since I love the new Forum (used to be Vox but looks even better inside!), loooooove dates (especially adding them to my banana oat smoothies) and know Laura from some corporate wellness work we’ve [...]

I recently had the pleasure of joining some other Boston bloggers for dinner at Troquet, thanks to California Olive Ranch olive oil. We were invited for a three course dinner showcasing their olive oil (yes, including dessert!) and got to hear from the VP of Marketing, Mike Forbes, as well as local chef Tony Polito, [...]

This past weekend Funk and I got to finally celebrate Jess‘ birthday, which was rain-delayed after hurricane Irene’s arrival a few weeks ago. Fun fact about our friendship with Jess: she used to work with Funk at UMass when they were undergrads, but then lost touch. Jess and I met a few years later through [...]

Last weekend I headed to NYC to spend some time visiting my grandparents and sister. Despite NY being home to three of my favorite family members, it is not my favorite place. I don’t know if it’s the crowds, the confusing (to me) subway system, or the fact that money magically escapes my wallet every [...]

When Funk and I returned from Costa Rica, not only did we have zero fresh food in the house, but we also wanted to stretch our honeymoon just a few days longer. That meant another date night out to dinner, but we traded the Costa Rica jungle for the cement city of Cambridge. After days [...]

Last week, in honor of National Dietitian Day, I – along with the Membership Committee for the Massachusetts Dietetic Association – organized a Dining in the Dark event at the Hampshire House in Boston’s Beacon Hill. I heard about “dark dining” a few years ago when it became trendy in major cities, but when my [...]

Last night I made a top 10 dinner. Ok so I’m not really keeping tabs on my best ever homemade meals, but if I were, I really think this is definitely one of the best meals I’ve ever made. I have to give most of the credit to my favorite food magazine, Eating Well for inspiring this [...]

I can’t recall when or how I learned about Technique restaurant, but a few months ago when my friend Carrie and I were thinking of a place to meet for dinner, I clicked through my “restaurant” folder in Gmail and came across the link. Technique, with locations across the country, is a restaurant where you [...]

While in Vermont, we cancelled our swanky dinner reservations for something more low-key and came across what we thought was Cappuccino’s restaurant in Ludlow, VT. When we called to make a reservation, they told us Cappuccino’s was no longer in business (despite the awning above the door saying it was) but a new restaurant, The [...]

On one of the two nights in Florence where we weren’t wined and dined in the Villa San Michele restaurant, Funk and I had plans to visit Acqua al 2, at the recommendation of Jaime and some twitter peeps who raved about it. We actually wanted to go there on our first night in Italy [...]