Stone Soup

Thanksgiving is coming up so fast this year; it’s just around the corner, so I thought I’d look at ways to make it a healthy, festive and local meal—with special consideration for sourcing items from

"Local food" may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Los Angeles. But within this sprawled out city local food is everywhere, even in Hollywood! The Hollywood Farmer's Market,

Though it’s embarrassing to admit, eggplant has always been on my "do not eat" list. The spongy purple veggie just never appeared at the dinner table growing up.  Even after marrying into an Italian family

There's more to Orlando than Disney World. Honestly, even I didn't believe it–and I grew up in Central Florida! After living in Alabama for a while, I moved back to Florida and settled in the

It’s rare I go a day in the fall without eating a crisp, juicy, locally harvested apple. McIntosh apples are my favorite, but sweet Honeycrisp and tart Zestar are close runners up. Perhaps my strong

I'm a Midwestern girl at heart, but three years ago I moved to Nashville for my dietetic internship at Vanderbilt. And what an experience it has been to learn about a new culture and cuisine!

I find it fascinating that the local food and gluten-free trends have simultaneously gone mainstream. The former is my passion and the latter my necessity (and expertise). As a dietitian specializing in the gluten-free lifestyle,

I sometimes forget how lucky I am to be living in what is known as the "bread basket"–a 400-mile stretch in California that grows nearly one quarter of the country's produce. Having this much fresh,