Healthy Alternatives: Food tips and tricks

Ok so I’m a bit of a snacker. I literally need to eat every couple of hours or so. It’s not boredom eating and it’s not stress eating (usually), it’s just my body and my metabolism. But for those of you who don’t know this, snacking throughout the day is actually healthier for your body. […]

Summer Grilling Season-No Problem….Unless You have Digestive Sensitivities!

Digestive Tip of The Month- Our first summer holiday has come and gone.    Memorial Day, too most of us, means the official kick off to the summer season; an extra day added on to our weekend, family gatherings, and grilling. Culminating in the honoring of our veterans who have sacrificed so much for the freedoms we […]

Butterwood’s is Back!

If you are from the Western New York region then you should be familiar with Butterwood’s. Can’t remember? Let me refresh your memory. For over a decade, Butterwood’s-located on Main St. in Wiliamsville NY, was the pastry hot spot for all things decadent. The cakes flew off the shelves, the creme brulee was so good […]

Digestion Tip of the Month: A closer look at Lettuce

What do you do when you recieve unsolicited food “tips” while out to eat? Do you (A) smile politely and keep eating? (B) start a dialogue with them about why they are right or wrong? Or (C) Tell them thanks, then go home and look up the facts? Well if your anything like me- you […]

Old Orchard Inn (GF)

Executive chef Jeremy Gryzbowski has been serving up culture and class, seasoned with creativity, at the Old Orchard Inn on Blakeley Rd, East Aurora NY. This hidden gem is so far off the beaten path that I can promise you will be saying “I think we drove past it, we might be lost- turn around.” Having started […]

Happy New Year!

To all my followers…………… Thank you for continuing to follow my blogs. It means a great deal to me and I wouldn’t be able to continue doing what I love without you. December has been a busy busy month- hense the lack of food reviews. While eating was a top priority (for many of us), […]

Digestion Tip of the Month: Keep “Balanced” During the Holidays!

We all enjoy the holiday season, and with good reason. The holidays bring out the best in us. Festivities, parties, twinkling lights, gifts, and a shared sense of giving back to our communities fill us with a joy that many miss the other ten months of the year. But with the good comes the bad, […]

Festive Foods For Fall: Betty’s (GF)

It’s that time of year when the steely eyed mammoth’s of the corporate world make a frenzied dash toward the finish line; where the dubious notion of “getting it all done before the holiday’s” seems possible; and where cold’s and germs run ramped. For anyone who hates cold’s as much as I do then you […]

Festive Foods for Fall: The Roycroft Inn (GF)

“Eat, Drink and be Enlightened”- that is the motto of the Roycroft Inn, and they couldn’t be more right. With a party of eight our journey began; stepping back in time to 1905.  Walking through the gigantic oak doors the first thing that smacks you in the face is the smell of yesteryear; that antique […]

What’s in a name…..Siena Restaurant (GF)

The phrases “fine dining” and “casual” don’t usually pair together. In most cases one cancels out the other; not at Siena Restaurant. Located at 4516 Main St. Snyder NY; Siena Restaurant takes the creature comforts of a rustic cabin in the woods and mixes it with the class and elegance that we’ve come to know […]