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The Healthy Irishman

Irishman The Healthy

Chef Gavan Murphy aka The Healthy Irishman
The who, you ask? Is there such a thing as a healthy Irishman? I know, I know, I’ve heard it all before but believe it or not, I do exist! I’m an Irishman who has a passion for health, especially healthy cooking that is not only nutritious but full of flavor and easy to do. (Yes, I also enjoy my pints but you’ll find the key word here is balance.) It’s not abnormal to find me at my local farmers’ markets eyeing up what’s fresh (bet you thought I was going to say pub didn’t you?) because at heart, I’m an organic enthusiast.

I’ve been asked to share my recipes and thoughts with the Dancing Spoon community and I couldn’t be more excited about doing so! The choice of buying organic is up to you so I won’t label my recipes with the “O” word. I’m just hoping to get you to explore new recipes and help me bring Healthy back!

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Fueling your body with healthy food.
Fueling your mind with the wealth of health. thehealthyirishman.com
Copyright © 2008 The Healthy Irishman. All rights reserved.

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Blue Nuns: A Foodie’s Profile 1

Foodie About a

by J. Michael Wheeler

Blue Nuns and Coors Beer
I began my creative life as a writer. I wrote fiction for five years and during that time I was a very successful bartender; my writing, not so. I had begun tending bar at the end of my second year in college in San Diego. Soon my college studies and restaurants found an inevitable synchronicity: I had just discovered the writers based in the Parisian café life of the 1920’s (think Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast) and I was introduced to the world of food at the restaurants where I worked. And suddenly my path became clear: with Hemingway as my guide I’d write short declarative sentences and eat at well-lit Parisian tables.

Jonathon Alsop

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Jonathon Alsop is a wine writer covering wine, food and travel since 1988. He is author of the wine column In Vino Veritas as well as many articles for the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor's Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and others. In addition to writing about wine, Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School (BostonWineSchool.com) in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes.

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Gloria Bakst

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Gloria Bakst has created hundreds of recipes and has taught cooking classes for the last 20 years. Her recipes are fast, easy, delicious, and perfectly geared for today's busy lifestyles.

Her recipes and Gloria's approach to a balanced lifestyle have been published by McGraw Hill in her book, ZonePerfect Cooking Made Easy. Her recipes have appeared in the Weight Watchers' Grilling Cookbook, Weight Watchers Meals in Minutes Cookbooks, The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook, and The Healing the Heart Cookbook.

Gloria’s menus are always healthy and nutritious with an emphasis on flavor, freshness, and sophisticated tastes.

Have questions or comments?  . To learn more about Gloria and her nutritional coaching go to her web site at Balanced Nutritional Lifestyles.

If you like Gloria's recipes, you can purchase her book here.
ZonePerfect Cooking Made Easy, by Gloria Bakst

 

 

David Haley

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Any fool can buy good wine: just open your wallet and dig deep. But how do you find those little gems that won’t break the bank?

As president of Haley Marketing Group, a New England based wine brokerage, David Haley travels to wine regions around the world to discover exceptional wine values. (He calls it work, but that’s debatable.) His background in wine spans sixteen years in the wholesale and wine import business with some of the most prestigious importers in America.

David is our guide in our continuing exploration of wine. He’ll help us find exceptional wine values at an all price levels. And he’ll offer insights into our relationship with wine as part of our culture.

David encourages you to share your wine finds and wine experiences with him. Contact David with questions, comments or suggestions at  .

Andy King

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Andy King is the co-owner, with his wife Jackie, of A&J King Artisan Bakers in Salem,  MA. He is a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, ME, and the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier,  VT. While working in establishments such as Arrows Restaurant (Ogunquit, ME) and the Standard Baking Co. (Portland, ME), Andy was the food writer for the Portland Phoenix, and contributed to Downeast Magazine, The Food Network, and Bon Appetit magazine. A&J King Artisan Bakers opened in June of 2006. The couple currently resides in Topsfield, MA with their daughter, Emaline, and their dog, Griffon.

Fiona Barrett

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Fiona Barrett is a certified Holistic Health Counselor trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She creates unique nutrition and life style programs to help you personally discover what nourishes and feeds you to live an energized and passionate life! Fiona was born in England and now lives and practices in the greater Boston area.

For more information go to www.fionabarrett.com or contact Fiona at

Elaine Chu

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Elaine Chu has spent the past 25 years traveling to over 79 countries, eating her way through cities and villages, from the most famous restaurants in Paris to single-table street kitchens on the banks of the Yangtze River. In addition to just outright enjoying food, Elaine connects to real life and people through native cuisine and its associated traditions.

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Wheeler J. Michael

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J. Michael Wheeler has lived, cooked, and eaten in Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, London, Paris and a small port town in New England.

He is a restaurateur, writer, publisher, jazz & wine festival producer, marketing and art director, graphic designer, former Parisian resident, dedicated foodie, and, most importantly, a single father.

If you ask him what his favorite wine is, he’d ask you what does he get to eat with it. If you pressed with the “one type of wine on a secluded island” question, he’d say “good bubbles.”

And if you asked him which one cookbook he’d take to the island he’d answer “Joy of Cooking, without question. What other cookbook has recipes from tuna salad to grilled ostrich?” On an island, you need to be resourceful.

Why is he publishing DancingSpoon.com? “Like any passion you have, the next best thing to doing it, is talking about it. DancingSpoon.com is a place for us to get together and share ideas and recipes and things that we’ve learned about the world of eating. Because, as we say here, there’s more to eating than just food.”

And now I'm pleased to bring you The Kitchen Store at DancingSpoon for those difficult to locate products, kitchen gadgets, and ingredients.

Looking for a particular ingredient or product? Let us know and we'll try to find it. Have a unique product you'd like to sell here. We'd like to hear from you too! Just want to say "hello?" Email me or leave a comment below!

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