Archive for January, 2012

Kitchen Experiments: Stuffed Japanese Pumpkin

Friday, January 13th, 2012

My mother’s kitchen wouldn’t be complete without a few essential items.  Sure enough.  When I returned home for the holidays I found a squat Japanese pumpkin waiting on the counter.  Kabocha, the Japanese pumpkin, is naturally sweeter than a sugar pumpkin and boasts a glamorous green skin over its brilliant orange flesh.  I decided to [...]

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Close Up with the IOM’s Nutrition Labeling Committee

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Welcome to the year 2012!  The bustle of the holiday season is over, and before this year gets rolling I wanted to share my last article The Sprout, the graduate student nutrition newspaper of the Friedman School of Nutrition, Tufts University. Q-and-A with Alice Lichtenstein: Close-up with the IOM’s Front-of-Pack Labeling Committee A plethora of [...]

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Coconut Crumbs

Blogging a trail through my experiences as a dietetic intern and nutrition graduate student. I plan to crack open the shell, dig out the meat, slurp the juice, and scatter the crumbs. Follow my trail as I munch my way through life!