OLDWAYS – Cultural Food Traditions

Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, resilience, remembrance and joy. Each year on June 19, communities across the United States gather to honor the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word of emancipation, more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

At Oldways, we believe that exploring the foods of different cultures opens doors to deeper understanding and respect. A longtime friend of Oldways, Chef Jennifer Hill Booker was kind enough to share her experience learning about the culture and cuisine of Lagos, Nigeria. Through embracing cultural food traditions and heritage diets, Jennifer ins...

In the 1990s, when low-fat and no-fat foods dominated the wellness landscape, Oldways offered a strikingly different vision for nutrition, one grounded in both science and tradition. It was of course, the Mediterranean Diet, a delicious and nutritious eating pattern that prominently featured olive oil, nuts and other healthy plant foods – a far cry from the low-fat di...

This is how I will remember my friend, Aglaia Kremezi.  Sadly, Aglaia’s husband Costas Moraitis wrote me that she is now gone – she died in Athens this morning after a battle with cancer.

For those of you who know Aglaia, you can just hear her saying FANtastic, which is what she ...

Mother Teresa once said, “If you cannot feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” As I sat in my kitchen channeling my 14 years of dietetic experience to get my first and only baby to take his first bite of solid food, my only thought was, “Easier said than done.” Now, with a couple of months of infant feeding under my belt, we have gotten in a good groove with fami...