Interviews Good Morning America

Food & Wine: New Lawsuit Alleges Poppi Soda’s Health Claims Are Bogus

Here’s what you need to know. By Stacey Leasca Published on June 3, 2024 Poppi, the wildly successful prebiotic soda company, is facing a new class-action lawsuit that argues the brand overpromises on its health claims. On May 29, Kristin Cobbs brought forth the suit, whose lawyers stated in the complaint that the soda lacks […]

Interviews Gut Health

Digestive Health Q&A with gastroenterologist Valerie Antoine-Gustave, MD

Gut health, digestion, microbiome, prebiotic, probiotic—these are all buzzwords we read and hear in our daily media intake. But what exactly is gut health? During Women’s History Month, I want to share the voices of medical professionals whose passion for their field of expertise is remarkable and laudable. Meet Valerie Antoine-Gustave, MD, MPH, a board-certified […]

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Introducing Juliette Blount, NP!

Closing the gap in racial and gender healthcare disparities This Women’s History Month, we wanted to highlight one amazing female-identifying practitioner who is working hard to close the gap in racial and gender healthcare disparities. Today we are interviewing Juliette Blount, one of my incredible colleagues here in New York City. We’ve facilitated race and […]

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Introducing Chef Joel Javier

A unique look into new American Filipino cuisine Introducing my friend, Chef Joel Javier! Chef Joel spent his early years in the Philippines and migrated to Jersey City when he was 10 and has been a New Yorker for the past 19 years. We met through Bill Tellpan, the culinary director at The Met Museum […]

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Introducing Chef Silvia Barban!

Excited to share my friend & book content contributor with you! Silvia came to New York from Italy for what was meant to be a 3 month consulting gig. She somehow turned that into 10 years, becoming an executive chef at 26, getting on Top Chef, and opening this beautiful restaurant, LaRina Pastificio e Vino […]

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Dina Lipkind

I am of Jewish-Russian and Irish descent. My daughter is a beautiful blend of Haitian, Dominican, Russian and Irish! We live in Brooklyn – and being a foodie family comes naturally as there is a plethora of choices. We are fortunate to be able to access all types of cuisine, we love to cook and […]

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Mariana Dineen

Tell us about your ethnicity and culture. I was born and raised in Monterrey, a northern city in the beautiful country of Mexico. I dearly remember and miss our huge family gatherings every Sunday at my grandparents house and our Easter tradition of coloring eggshells, filling them with confetti, hiding them for our Easter egg […]

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Rachelle LaCroix Mallik

Tell us about your ethnicity and culture I was born and raised on the East End of Long Island (Sag Harbor) by parents who were also born and raised on Long Island. My background is mixed European – Irish and Ukrainian/Ashkenazi Jewish on my mother’s side and French and German on my father’s side. Despite […]