David Siegel: Culinary Instructor & Personal Chef

11/28/2016

A class covering all the essential elements of starting your baby off on the right track.

09/29/2016

Before you reach for that pouch, consider making food at home that your baby AND you can enjoy! Sunday, October 23rd, 3:00-5:00pm at Court Tree Collective: A hands-on cooking class your baby will thank you for attending.

Visit http://courttree.com/event-name/baby-food-making-class/ for details and booking.

09/29/2016

Visit ChefDavidSiegel.com/classes for class listings

Introducing food to your baby is an exciting milestone, but it can be difficult to know how to get started. I offer classes covering optimal timing and foods to start with, nutrition, and how to encourage your baby to develop an adventurous palate.

08/15/2016

Updated my website with three newly scheduled classes for the fall. Stay tuned for more:

http://chefdavidsiegel.com/classes/

Classes Introducing food to your baby is an exciting milestone, but it can be difficult to know how to get started. Bringing together my experience as a chef, parent and nutrition consultant, I can guide you through the finer points of introducing real foods to your baby. I offer an informational cl...

08/08/2016

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04/18/2016

I am extremely excited to combine my experience as a chef, student of nutrition and parent! Please help spread the word about my upcoming class at The Brooklyn Kitchen:

http://www.thebrooklynkitchen.com/classes/class-calendar/cooking-for-your-baby-16052868301

06/25/2015

Looks aren't everything?

It's what's on the inside that matters?

Insert your own cliche:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/ugly-fruits-and-vegetables-get-a-makeover/?ref=health&_r=1

An ad campaign is changing the way French consumers view unattractive produce.

06/17/2015

This is a seriously interesting article for anyone who considers science to be the best indicator of truth. If however, you put more faith in sensationalized "journalism" and social media posts, you probably won't want to read it:

http://chriskresser.com/3-reasons-gluten-intolerance-may-be-more-serious-than-celiac-disease/?mc_cid=b6048607a9&mc_eid=abe63c9f8b

Recent news stories have downplayed the significance of non-celiac gluten sensitivity, even going as far as suggesting that it doesn’t exist. But a growing body of evidence has proven that gluten intolerance is not only real, but is potentially a much larger problem than celiac disease.

06/15/2015

In a follow up study, the chimps cooked "potatoes three ways." Their fellow chimps wouldn't eat without asking for instructions first, and seemed more interested in taking pictures of the food.

How do you like that evolution!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/cooking-has-a-place-in-human-evolution-1433950620

New research in chimpanzees suggests how important cooking may have been in giving human children the nutrition necessary for intelligence.

06/04/2015

I'm not a huge fan of Bloomberg, but even I have to admit that this is a huge win for public health and that his administration deserves credit for making it happen:

http://nypost.com/2015/06/01/fda-to-spread-bloombergs-trans-fat-ban-nationwide/

05/27/2015

Restaurant food isn't meant to be healthy. Nor is it meant to be eaten every day. This article does an excellent job of visualizing how many calories can be lurking behind a single meal or portion. The best part though, are the examples of how you can eat (and how much less it will cost) if you prepare most of your meals at home.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/22/upshot/what-2000-calories-looks-like.html?WT.mc_id=2015-MAY-KWP-AUD_DEV-0501-0531&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=MAYAUDDEVFB&kwp_0=15064&kwp_4=106709&kwp_1=143495&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1

Even as restaurants talk about smaller portions, they continue to serve a full day's worth of calories in a single meal — or even a single dish.