Pursuits Weekly

A Food Writer’s Plan to Jumpstarting Their Wellness

On a wellness kick? Starting one? Here’s the four-point plan that one of our more hedonistic contributors is following.

Photographer: Harold M. Lambert/Archive Photos

Hi, everyone. Happy New Year! It’s me, Kat Odell, one of Pursuits’ freelance writers dedicated to all things food and drink. You can find me @kat_odell on Instagram chronicling the best of New York dining and beyond. (Check out my recent reel on La Bastide in Westchester—a great little gem that just earned a Michelin star and is worth the hour-and-a-half drive.)

So here we are, 2025. I began this year in response to last year: needing a detox. As it typically happens for me (and maybe you, too), I overdid it just a bit during the holidays. My chef husband, Mike, and I hosted Christmas at our Brooklyn apartment for the first time ever—and we take hosting pretty seriously.