WinnieAb

New Paltz, NY
holistic nutrition writer/food blogger

I grew up in a restaurant family (my parents owned the now closed Quilted Giraffe in NYC) and I've always loved to cook. My interest in the connection between food and health led me to pursue a graduate degree in naturopathic medicine. I started a healthy diet/green living website called Healthy Green Lifestyle (to visit my site, go to www.healthy-green-lifestyle.com) about a year and a half ago and then a healthy recipes blog (called Healthy Green Kitchen and you can find it here: http://blog.healthy-green-lifestyle.com/) in May of 2009. I spent many years as a vegetarian but nowadays I enjoy eating just about everything. I have a large organic garden and grow lots of my own vegetables; I try to buy everything else as locally/seasonally/organically as possible. I live in upstate New York and I have two kids, two dogs, four cats, 3 turtles and a fish. I'm learning how to knit and I have a brown belt in karate.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  uni/sea urchin
• What do you cook when home alone?
  eggs with stir-fried greens, garlic and coconut oil
• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  large cookbook collection
• Your ideal meal:
  one where I don't have to clean up
• Something you'd like a chance to eat or cook:
  durian
• The number of bottles of wine you own:
  not many- not a big drinker- maybe 3?
• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  6
• Kitchen pet peeve:
  messy refrigerator
• Your favorite cookbook:
  Think Like a Chef by Tom Collichio