Category Archives: Food

No Day But Today and Other Overused Phrases

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Sometimes you attend a Seder dinner and sample all 12 kinds of unleavened cookies in solidarity with the Israelites. Sometimes you opt for the lobster roll and chips in lieu of the salad once you learn your Oyster Bar dinner … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: RiledUpRunner + InspiredByMollie = Skinny Success

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Note from the real RiledUpRunner: Below is a guest post from my college friend, Tara, whose simultaneous appreciation for delicious food and healthy ingredients makes for some awesome recipes that are impossible to pass up. Tara is just two months … Continue reading →

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Charm City Memorial Day

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

My Memorial Day weekend was a healthy and active one, chock-full of sweat-inducing activities like baseball, running and lifting. That is, (watching) baseball, running (errands) and lifting (pints of hard cider to my sun-parched lips.) To be fair, it was … Continue reading →

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Mongolian in Michigan

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Hello from Dearborn, Michigan, both home to the largest Middle Eastern population outside of the Middle East, according to my taxi driver, and home to a pretty anticlimactic hotel room view, according to my pretty anticlimactic hotel room view. I … Continue reading →

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Local Fare

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Today proved to be one of those formulaically beautiful spring days that compel New Yorkers by the droves to swarm my (read: everyone’s) farmers’ market to fill their reusable bags with seasonal greens and camera reels with seasonal photos. Ah, … Continue reading →

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Meat Free… Tuesdays.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Remember when I suggested everyone slowly up their protein intake with the calculated addition of more eggs, Greek yogurt, legumes and canned tuna into their daily diets? Turns out, there’s a faster way to reach your targeted protein threshold: order … Continue reading →

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Back on Track

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Sometimes the temperature grazes 80° for the first time this calendar year and your mom offers to buy you an ice-cream cone. Sometimes you go to a gorgeous Southern wedding and you can’t pass up the mounds of barbeque beef … Continue reading →

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The Power of Protein

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Let’s pretend this post is an honest appeal to see my readers introduce more protein into their diets and not a thinly veiled excuse to share photos from my Easter egg dyeing party last night. Agreed? Good. When it comes … Continue reading →

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Traveling Light

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

As difficult as it may be to eat healthy in New York – especially after Shake Shack decided its flagship restaurant 0.4 miles from my office wasn’t sufficient and opted to open a second East Side hub 0.3 miles from … Continue reading →

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Willpower or Lack Thereof

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

I have never been good with temptation. Out of sight, out of mind may work for the more evolved among us, but if I know there’s an entire tray of blueberry muffins cooling in the kitchen, I know I’m not … Continue reading →

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