Food Rules

We have an macrocosmic unhealthy relationship with food.

Somehow our country has created a polarizing nueroticism around the very thing that we need to do every day to function: eat. We're encouraged to drink beer and snack during The SuperBowl, devour holiday feasts; eat packaged high sodium foods on the run, desperately follow diet crazes, while at the same time measuring and comparing ourselves to chopstick thin supermodels, rock stars and Hollywood starlets as the recommend standard of beauty. We drive ourselves crazy counting calories, drinking diet sodas, eating low fat chips, and blaming ourselves for our perceived failure.

At Dalish we worship foods with life force and know that without them our body, mind and spirits would be severly undernourshed and depleated. Arugula, Kale, Shallots, Garlic, Broccoli Rabe, Spinach, Mushrooms, Olive Oil, Fresh Fish, Butternut Squash, Peppers, Edamame, Almonds, Pecans, Walnuts, Fresh Fruits and all the good stuff that the good earth provides.

Categorically, we're omnivores, but at Dalish we will not deny ourselves pastrami, freshly baked bread, beef burgers, chocolate cake, rack of lamb, Thanksgiving feasts, or the decadence of the best chocolate chip cookie in the world. No butter or milk substitutes, just real food in real moderation. So yes, you can have cake but your'e going to have to check yourself if you want to eat the entire cake.

It's about creating your own personal system of checks and balances. There are no rules to good food; just life philosophies. And you must ask yourself what's yours. And yes food can be enjoyed without using it as a vice or crutch for emotional distress. Dalish is about balance, moderation and sustainability. Here we will present to you recipes and philosophies on eating and living well. Cause the two go hand in hand.

You can't live well without eating well. Good food is that important. We're proud to be a part of the food movement that brings us back to balanced living. Because frankly, how we eat is not separate from who we are.


Dalish Philosophy
Eating with friends and family; Eating simple uncomplicated food. And living life without the crazy.