The Hudson Valley Magazine
Published February 2010

“Pie to Die For”

The skinny pizza at Gigi Trattoria doesn’t skimp on flavor

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Hudson Valley Mediterranean

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Today's Diet & Nutrition

Winter Vegetable Hash

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The Real-Food Diet
How to succeed in eating when without really trying.

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“Weekenders, artists, actors and filmmakers” contribute to the “hopping scene” at this “packed” Rhinebeck Italian-Med turning out “wonderful meat and fish dishes” in addition to “upscale” pastas, “_wafer-thin” pizzas and “killer” “Tuscan fries”; the “attractive” if “odd-shaped space” exudes a “nice” “citylike” ambiance… this “hot spot” is “a keeper.”

Rhinebeck named among the Foodiest Towns in America. Gigi Trattoria highlighted.

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Enjoy Bryan Miller's Hudson Valley article in the September '08 issue of Town & Country Travel. Great writing, gorgeous photos! Gigi Trattoria handsomely featured.

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Viva Italia! Gigi owner and registered dietitian Laura Pensiero writes about pasta and why it's back after being banished from the nutritional "good" lsist during the low-carb diet craze. Enjoy "Quick Pasta Dinners"

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Gigi owner and registered dietitian Laura Pensiero writes about pumpkins, their diverse culinary uses and off the charts health benefits in the Sept/Oct 2007 issue of Today's Diet & Nutrition.

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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.

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Video: Laura Pensiero interviews Greg Quinn at The Currant Company in Rhinebeck, NY

Laura Pensiero, RD provides tips and recipes to cool summer... you'll be made in the shade.

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The Evolution of a Farm: Greig Farm and Gigi Market by Barbara Hughey

Laura Pensiero, RD, offers up ideas for grilling summer fruit.

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Laura Pensiero featured in "Girl Meets Grill. Female chefs turn out some the healthiest, easiest barbecue."

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"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.

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"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

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"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..."
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"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

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 "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."

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"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..."

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 "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.... "

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 "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."

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 "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."

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 By Blaise Schweitzer

"Red Hook restaurant owner has plate full with book, expo..."

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 By Janet Crawshaw & Jerry Novesky, Publishers

"Laura Pensiero: Author, Educator, Nutritionist..."

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