Eat Food...Update from Healthy Kitchens

I have been MIA once again, due to my travel schedule.  Eventually I'll catch up.  I have tons of pics to share from NYC and now from California.

Meanwhile, I wanted to share a bit from the Culinary Institute of America's (CIA) Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives event.  This is a collaborative event of the CIA and Harvard School of Public Health.  The idea is that in bringing clinicians (physicians, registered dietitians, nurses, psychologists, etc.) together with chefs, we might discover the sweet spot where healthy food meets tasty food and be able to really develop some ideas and concepts that make a difference.  The speakers include some of the most influential and wise, such as Walter Willett, Kathy McManus, Suvir Saran, and Mollie Katzen (and others), led by David Eisenberg.  They discuss the science of nutritional health, disease trends and hope for prevention and turning the tide on obesity.  It's good stuff.  It's not complicated.  Here's a summary of the theme of so much of the conference, a quote from Michael Pollan, by way of summary: Eat food.  Not too much. Mostly plants.

Good advice.  Uncomplicated.  I'll share more later.  Oh, but the food...is fantastic.  The wine (we're in Napa, after all) is delicious.  Here's a peek at last night's dinner.  I think I did pretty good...mostly plants!

Cream of Celery Root Soup (note the portion here is a very small tea cup)

Green Salad with Pea Tendrils, Watermelon Radishes and Goat Cheese

Dungeness Crab Cakes with Apple and Celery Slaw

Plus...three bites of fruit sorbet, though no evidence.  Does that count as a fruit?  No, but it was good.  Practice this idea today.  Eat real food, but not too much and choose plants most often.