Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.

Spicy cooked crab on white plate with rustic wood

How Many Calories Are in Dungeness Crab?

Dungeness crabs are available year round all along the West Coast, in particularly in the Pacific Northwest. They are large, averaging about 2 lbs. each, and offer tender, briny, succulent meat.

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Homemade Lobster Bisque Soup

Tomato Bisque Soup Calories

A bisque is a rich, creamy soup of French origin. The word bisque is derived from bis quit, or “twice cooked”, writes Clifford A. Wright in his book “The Best Soups in the World.” You can make a delicious and easy tomato bisque simply by adding milk and butter to a can of tomato soup.

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Wine glass with beautiful flowers

Calories in a Glass of Pinot Grigio

Pinot grigio is a crisp, dry Italian white wine that, according to Joseph Bastianich in his book “Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy,” is best served as an aperitif, or pre-meal cocktail. The fresh, mild flavor primes the palate for food.

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