I'm Darya Pino and this is my personal blog. I'm a neuroscience PhD, San Francisco foodie, food and health writer, and proud geek girl. This is where you can find my latest obsessions, adventures and ramblings.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 4:22PM | Darya 
I'm completely blown away by this.
Thank you TIME Magazine for including me in this list of rockstar websites. I'm honored and delighted to see healthy eating starting to get some recognition from the cool kids.
xoxox
Darya
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 4:16PM | Darya Last week I made a guest appearance on the grossly unhealthy show Epic Meal Time. Somehow the space-time continuum is intact.
Enjoy!
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 1:11PM | Darya 
I just happened to be browsing on Pubmed and noticed that my latest paper is finally published. It's super geeky stuff about the molecular control of neural stem cell development in the olfactory bulb, but a lot of you have asked to see my work so here it is.
You super geeks are extra lucky that you can view the entire manuscript for free. Check it out here.
And if you're wondering how on earth I survived working on something so technical and tedious for six solid years, I can assure you I'm wondering exactly the same thing.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 11:57AM | Darya This came out a few weeks ago, but it's still worth sharing.
The clip is of my boyfriend Kevin and co-host Alex on their podcast Diggnation. Apparently no one in the room knew the exact function of roosters in relation to egg laying, so they decided to call me and ask.
Please note: this contains potty-mouth language and is not intended for those with delicate sensibilities.
Protip: Hens can lay both fertilized (with rooster) and unfertilized (sans rooster) eggs.
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 11:44AM | Darya 
Jamie Oliver and Darya Pino at Bar Jules
Last night I unexpectedly ended up at a dinner with Jamie Oliver. I'm still not quite sure how it happened, meeting up with good friends at my favorite restaurant is not exactly unusual. But I was certainly honored to share a table with someone doing such amazing work--spreading the message about real food and real health. Keep fighting the good fight Jamie :)
Huge thanks to Chris Sacca for the invite and for snapping this photo.
Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 8:38PM | Darya This was cracking us up. Our little foodie puppy @toasterpup tried his first artichoke tonight, and instinctively knew to scrape it with his teeth.
Amazing.
