The Skinny Pig NYCDara Pollak

Dara is a born and raised New Yorker, former ballet dancer, and professional writer/photographer. Following a devastating car accident where she nearly lost her leg, Dara was forced to give up her dreams of being a dancer on Broadway and had to choose a new career path. She graduated from FIT with a degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications, but realized that her passion for fashion was not as strong as her passion for bacon.

The Skinny Pig NYC is a food blog born in 2008, covering restaurants, recipes, and more recently, social media musings from her account @skinnypignyc (now @darapollak). In 2018, Dara started The Skinny Pig Inc., a social media marketing and branding consultancy for restaurants and CPG brands, as well as other entrepreneurs in the content creator space.