A few years ago I was in grad school at the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy, nestled in the heart of China Town in Boston. One day each week I’d stop at the local Asian sandwich shop called New Saigon Sandwich to pick up a box of three tofu spring rolls with [...]

I hope you had a happy 4th of July weekend! Funk and I had a little “staycation” and enjoyed the city, which we rarely get to do, even though we live here! We wandered around like tourists in Harvard Square Friday night and found this adorable bakery called SWEET. Filled with mainly cupcakes, and some [...]

Over the weekend, Funk and I had a fantastic dinner at The Other Side Café in Boston. It is a casual café, frequented by bikers (on bikes, not motorcycles) with a pretty nice array of vegetarian and vegan options. For any omnivores out there, they have a meat menu too. We both got the buffalo [...]

How lucky am I to have a friend who knows just the perfect way to sweeten up a sour day? I came home on Monday to see a “perishable!” and, “this side up!” package at my door from my DC-dietitian friend Nicole. Nicole has been wonderful enough to send me care packages before, filled with [...]

Toni, Funk and I spent Sunday afternoon at the Haley House Bakery Café in Roxbury to take part in Boston Vegetarian Society’s Vegan Cooking Class with Vegetarian Chef and Cookbook Author Didi Emmons (photo at right). Didi is a chef at both the Haley House and Veggie Planet in Harvard Square, and author of Vegetarian [...]