Starting June 1^st you can watch my show, Healthy Appetite, Monday through Friday at 9:30 am (8:30 central) on the new Cooking Channel!

Cooking Channel, which launches on May 31^st, is the newest network from Scripps Networks Interactive, which also manages Food Network, HGTV, DIY Network, Travel Channel, and GAC. Cooking Channel caters to passionate food lovers like us by focusing on a richer variety of food information and cooking styles, a broad diversity of cultures, lifestyles and cuisines, and a deeper dive into cooking instruction and food information. It’s an exciting, fresh and intelligent new food channel that I am excited to be a part of.  For more information go to www.cookingchanneltv.com.

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for geeky science types. It’s most likely rooted in my close relationship with my grandpa Burt, who was an engineer with an analytical mind and the highest standards of excellence, standards that really rubbed off on me. I could feel my grandpa’s pride in me last week as I accepted the 2010 Nutrition Science Media Award from the American Society of Nutrition “for consistent, accurate nutrition science reporting…”

I have to say, all that accuracy can be challenging in this media environment. You see, science is evolutionary- knowledge unfolds gradually and a body of work is necessary to get a genuine understanding of an issue. But the media demands revolutionary- it wants the latest, hottest, newest, most profound, life-altering idea daily. I work hard find the place where the two meet, presenting sound information in interesting and fresh media-friendly ways. What an honor to be recognized for my work by the premier nutritional scientists (a.k.a. geeky science types) whom I regard so highly.