To the Editor:
On behalf of Eating for Your Health (EFYH), we want to express our gratitude to the many people who shared kind and encouraging messages following Town Topics’ coverage of our integration with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s Family Medicine Clinic.

This milestone marks an important next step for EFYH. By establishing the Eating for Your Health Food as Medicine Program — supported by the Dorothy Mullen Eating for Your Health Endowment — we are furthering our mission to make an even greater impact. While our programs have a new home, our focus remains the same: practical, joyful, evidence-based programs that help people to cook and enjoy delicious, healthy food.

This integration builds on years of collaboration with Rutgers. With guidance and support from Adi Benito, MD, EFYH’s Chief medical advisor and a board-certified endocrinologist, we have presented in both graduate and undergraduate classrooms, delivered “Joy at Work” programs for faculty and staff, and partnered with medical students to bring cooking and nutrition education to homeless shelters in Newark. This is in addition to dozens of regular programs with community partners such as the Thomas Glasser Caregivers Center at Overlook Medical Center, Millhill Child & Family Development, public libraries, the Henry J. Austin Health Center, Homefront, and the Workwell Partnership, to name just a few.

Many in Princeton will remember Dorothy’s tireless efforts to make healthy eating accessible, joyful, and rooted in community. She could be found teaching in the Princeton school gardens, leading programs at the Princeton Public Library, or cooking with neighbors at Whole Earth Center and in her home. She lived by the belief that “How You Feel is Data!” — that listening to our bodies and brains and learning from food experiences can guide us toward better health.

Today, thanks to Dorothy’s legacy and the years of dedication from our board members, facilitators, donors, and community members, EFYH is poised to expand its reach. With Rutgers, our work will reach more people, including patients, healthcare providers, and underserved communities across New Jersey. It warms our hearts when we have MDs participate in our programs and say things like, “I normally don’t like squash or kale, but I like this!” or “That’s an easy thing to share with a patient” or best yet, “We need to hold these programs for our entire department.”

We are grateful to all who have joined us along the way and invite our neighbors to continue exploring our recipes, videos, and resources — and to sustain this work through the Dorothy Mullen Endowment. Dorothy showed us that gratitude is best expressed through action: by cooking, teaching, and sharing what nourishes us. As we look ahead, we remain committed to honoring Dor’s legacy and ensuring that her spirit of curiosity, connection, and practical hope continues at Rutgers and beyond.

MARION REINSON
Executive Director
FIONA CAPSTICK
Board President
The Suppers Programs – Eating for Your Health
North Harrison Street