Today's Diet & Nutrition Published July 2007 Gigi owner and registered dietitian Laura Pensiero writes about currants, a much-overlooked super-food in the July-August issue of Today's Diet & Nutrition. Enjoy the recipes and the black, white, and red currants on our menu at Gigi Trattoria and in our retail cooler at Gigi Market. Full Article/Review

Today's Diet & Nutrition Published July 2007 Laura Pensiero, RD provides tips and recipes to cool summer... you'll be made in the shade. Full Article/Review

About Town Guide Published Spring 2007   The Evolution of a Farm: Greig Farm and Gigi Market by Barbara Hughey

Today's Diet & Nutrition Published May/June 2007 Laura Pensiero, RD, offers up ideas for grilling summer fruit. Full Article/Review

Fitness Published July 2007 Laura Pensiero featured in "Girl Meets Grill. Female chefs turn out some the healthiest, easiest barbecue." Full Article/Review

Real Simple Published July 2006 "The Best Whole-Grain Breads: Experts pick the best-tasting, most nutritious breads" Here are the top picks, based on both taste and nutrition, to best accompany your ham-and-cheese (or hummus-and-sprouts), courtesy of Laura Pensiero, a registered dietitian and restaurateur and a coauthor... Full Article/Review

Your Way Magazine Published February/March 2006 "You'll Pray for Leftovers" - Three divine dishes from one master meal. Chef and certified nutritionist Laura Pensiero is a genius at creating scrumptious meals that also happen to be exceptionally nutritious. Here, she presents a chicken and vegetable "one-dish" recipe that's ready in minutes and can be adjusted to accommodate the fresh product of the season. Full Article/Review

Shape Magazine Published February 2006 "I never think in terms of 'cheating,' just in terms of balancing. I love imported and domestic cheeses, and since I don't eat a lot of meat, I look at it as a trade-off, and it works" - Laura Pensiero, R.D., Owner of Gigi Trattoria in Rhinebeck, N.Y. and co-author of The Strang Cancer Center Prevention Cookbook Full Article/Review

"O," Oprah Magazine Published January 2006 "It's Not About Dieting, It's About Enjoying" by Laura Pensiero, RD "As a trained chef, restaurant owner, healthy-cookbook author, and confirmed food lover, I absolutely refuse to let the word diet hijack my life—and I don't think you should, either..." Full Article/Review

Figure Magazine Published September/October 2005 "Makeover Meals" Laura Pensiero restructures three classic dishes according to her refreshing food Eating healthily doesn't have to mean giving up your favorite foods. In fact, "it's more about getting the right foods into your diet than taking them out," says Laura Pensiero, owner and general manager of Gigi Trattoria in Rhinebeck, New York. Full Article/Review

Today's Diet & Nutrition Published Fall 2005 "Roasted vegetables are a great stand-alone dish -- think roasted shallots, baby carrots, beets, buternut squash, or any of the limitless seasonal combinations." -- by Laura Pensiero, RD     Full Article

Albany Times Union Published August 31, 2005 "Culinary Capital: Rhinebeck has Become the Hudson Valley Dining Destination" If one restaurant gets credit for starting the trend, it is Gigi's Trattoria. Owner Laura Pensiero, a French Culinary Institute graduate, registered dietitian and cookbook author, opened her sophisticated yet casual restaurant on Montgomery Street (Route 9) in September 2001, two weeks after the most horrific day in modern American history. It was a hit from the get-go. Locals and New Yorkers who had fled the city after 9/11 were thrilled to come to a fun, lively restaurant featuring ingredients from Hudson Valley farms. "The timing of the opening of Gigi's was absolutely perfect," Pensiero says. "It was what what people wanted at that moment." Full Article

Zagat Published 2005 The "enticing menu" of "imaginative, delicious" dishes includes homemade pastas and "irresistible" super-thin-crust pizzas with "yummy" toppings at this Rhinebeck Italian-Mediterranean that just "keeps getting better and better"; the "nice decor" featuring faux-finished walls adds to the "jolly, convivial" vibe, so the only problem is the no-reservations policy that makes it "tough to get a table during prime time." FOOD = 25; SERVICE = 23 ; DECOR =

"O," Oprah Magazine Published May 2005 "Five amazingly gifted and giving food professionals: They teach, write cookbooks, run superb restaurants and devote huge helpings of time, energy and experience to making their slice of the world better. Here, they share their most inspired recipes. "Ready to be inspired? These five foodies get you jazzed about what's on your plate and how it got there. Yes, they can make your mouth water, but away from the stove each of them has put huge stores of imagination and energy into projects that improve the world, or a least a corner of it. Laura Pensiero, owner o f Gigi Trattoria in Rhinebeck, NY, teaches healthy cooking principles to cancer patients, survivors, and their families..." Full Article/Review

"O," Oprah Magazine Published April 2005 "We gave Laura Pensiero, dietitian and founder of the nutritional consulting service Chef4Life, and Jayne Hurley, senior nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and coauthor of Restaurant Confidential—a book analyzing the often grisly nutritional details of hundreds of restaurant dishes—some of our favorite takeout meals. They gave us healthier ways to hit the spot. Your order, please?" Full Article/Review

Primo Magazine Published February 2005 "Lose Weight, Eat Well, Stay Healthy" by Laura Pensiero, RD "A Mediterranean-style diet is among the most flavorful, relaxed and pleasant ways to eat healthy.... " Full Article/Review

Prevention Magazine Published February 2005 "Ultimate Diet's 7-Day Eating Plan" by Laura Pensiero, RD "If you've given up on deprivation diets, the Ultimate Diet's 7-Day Eating Plan is your rescue party." Full Article/Review

"O," Oprah Magazine Published October 2004 "Body Wise", Chee Gates "I could be thin if... it weren't for delectable diet bombs like creamy fettuccine Alfredo... hot, bubbly mac 'n' cheese... buttery mashed potatoes... You don't have to give them up, says nutritionist Laura Pensiero. Just try these lightened-up alternatives." Full Article/Review

Daily Freeman Published May 19, 2004 By Blaise Schweitzer "Red Hook restaurant owner has plate full with book, expo..." Full Article/Review

About Town Published December 1, 2003 "Chefs and Farmers: Spreading the Word on Healthy Eating" By Laura Pensiero Full Article/Review

Hudson Valley Table Published June 2, 2003 By Janet Crawshaw & Jerry Novesky, Publishers "Laura Pensiero: Author, Educator, Nutritionist..." Full Article/Review

About Town Published September 6, 2002 By Cait Johnson Full Article/Review

New York Metro Published June 5, 2002 By Ann Marie Gardner Full Article/Review

Poughkeepsie Journal Published December 7, 2001 By Lori Pierce Abendschein "Walking through the doors of Gigi Trattoria is a reminder that tradition, culture and a passion for food and wine is still very much alive..." Full Article/Review

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