NYU Web Event for Alumni
Are you interested in how to bring centuries-old ways of healthy cooking and eating into your kitchen? Learn to prepare a Mediterranean-style salad that contains all the components of a healthy and satisfying meal, from the NYU farm to your table! Join Steinhardt Clinical Nutrition Alumna Layne Lieberman, RDN, MS, LDN, culinary nutritionist, and award-winning author of “Beyond The Mediterranean Diet: European Secrets Of The Super-Healthy,” for a virtual nutrition workshop and cooking class. Layne is hailed as a nutrition expert on numerous television and radio shows and has contributed to various leading magazines and online sites, including the Huffington Post USA and UK. She also leads culinary tours to southern Italy targeted to registered dietitians and those seeking an in-depth Mediterranean diet experience. Jennifer Berg, Director Graduate Food Studies, will act as moderator. The online event will feature a tour of the NYU Urban Farm by Melissa Metrick, NYU Urban Farm Lab Manager. Upon confirmation, registrants will receive access to the recipe that Layne will demonstrate, so ingredients can be purchased in advance. There will be vegan and vegetarian recipe options.
Online June 17, 2021 2:00 PM-3:00 PM ET
More About the Event
Join Steinhardt alumna Layne Lieberman, RDN, MS, LDN, culinary nutritionist, and award-winning author of “Beyond The Mediterranean Diet: European Secrets Of The Super-Healthy ,” for a virtual nutrition workshop and cooking class.
Layne says: “Why give up the pleasures of delicious food when we have learned that three European countries eat traditional foods such as pasta, cheese and chocolate, yet maintain some of the longest lifespans and lowest rates of obesity and heart disease in the world. This lifestyle that incorporates the principles of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet, includes seasonal fruits and vegetables, and high-quality, local ingredients; it benefits all socio-economic levels in these countries. Healthy recipes are treasured and passed down from one generation to the next.”
Layne will share how to bring centuries-old ways of healthy cooking and eating into your kitchen. Layne will prepare a Mediterranean-style salad that contains all components of a healthy and satisfying meal, from the NYU farm to your table! There will be vegan and vegetarian options.
Jennifer Berg, Director Graduate Food Studies, will act as moderator. The online event will feature a tour of the NYU Urban Farm by Melissa Metrick, NYU Urban Farm Lab Manager.
Upon confirmation, registrants will receive access to the recipe that Layne will demonstrate, so ingredients can be purchased in advance.
Registrants will be emailed the Zoom webinar link one hour before the event.
Alumna Presenter:
Layne Lieberman , MS, RDN, LDN is an internationally recognized, award-winning culinary nutritionist and licensed registered dietitian-nutritionist. With a passion for wholesome food and healthy living, Layne has been a leader and innovator in the food, supermarket and health industries for over 30 years. She offers expert advice about diet, cooking and lifestyle without gimmicks or fads.
Layne spent two years living in Europe examining food culture and dietary habits. Her award-winning book, “Beyond The Mediterranean Diet: European Secrets Of The Super-Healthy,” reveals the diet secrets of the three healthiest countries in Europe—Switzerland, Italy and France—and shows how to combine superb food, a relaxed lifestyle and exceptional health wherever you live! With 50 healthy, easy, and delicious European-inspired recipes (including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options), Layne’s beautifully illustrated book offers practical diet and lifestyle advice, introduces the “Super Healthy Plate,” and explains how to food shop and dine out European-style. “Beyond The Mediterranean Diet” is a combination lifestyle, culinary, diet and cookbook.
Layne holds a BS in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University and an MS in Clinical Nutrition from New York University. She completed both an internship and fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM). She continued to work at AECOM as a research clinical nutritionist specializing in diabetes and lipids. Later, Layne completed a chef-RD training course at the Culinary Institute of America. A native of New York, she spent 20 years as Director of Nutrition for America’s first supermarket chain, King Kullen Grocery Company. Her work at King Kullen positioned this conventional supermarket as a national leader in selling and marketing natural and organic foods. Layne was instrumental in creating the vision for Wild By Nature, a chain of natural food markets and subsidiary of King Kullen Grocery Company. With significant experience in menu development and implementation for restaurants and food retailers, Layne has worked with high profile chefs to create and market healthy menus, and to provide nutritional analysis for their menu development. Most recently, Layne and her son (an engineer) who both suffered from symptoms of TMJ disorder and bruxism, developed and brought to market, an organic, 100 percent botanical OTC topical pain relief drug with cosmetic properties to soothe the delicate area around the jaw: TJz Balm .
Layne has been featured as a nutrition expert on numerous television and radio shows and has contributed to various leading magazines and online sites. She had her own platform on Huffington Post USA and UK for four years. Layne leads culinary tours to southern Italy targeted to registered dietitians and those seeking an in-depth Mediterranean diet experience. The program is pre- approved by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for 30 continuing education units.
Layne is involved in philanthropic activities with non-profit organizations including the American Heart Association, which awarded her the distinguished Heart Health Achievement Award in June 2012.