Story

Our first experience of food is from mother.

When I was six years old, my mom was tired of me waking her up before the sun because I wanted breakfast and couldn’t wait… so she taught me how to put together my own breakfast… I fell in love with cooking and with taste.

Making fresh almond milk... yummy with saffron & a little maple syrup

While classic banter between my paternal grandparents was, ”What are ya makin’ fah dinnah?”…  ”Res-ah-vations!” (insert New York accent for authenticity), my mother’s side was just the opposite when it came to food.  My mother, aunts, grandmother, and both  great grandmothers on my mothers’ side were major cooks… everything was made fron scratch (seriously, I’ve never eaten a  twinkie) I have clear memories of my great-grandmother, “Sitoo” moving her hands swiftly back and forth, rolling dough at the kitchen table, her many thin gold bangles clammering and vibrating with each thrust of her arms.  Then there are stories of my other great-grandmother, “Sitah” making Shishkhabob for hundreds of church-goers.  And the memories go on and on of laughing, rolling, heating, spicing, sprinkling, hand-mixing, kneeding, tossing, and waiting in the kitchen.

I became a vegetarian at 14, and the interest in food and taste continued… then came meditation and both formal and informal study of vedic texts and yoga and Ayurveda… all refining my understanding of our relationship with taste, family, love, health, and joy as it relates to food.

Contained in these pages I hope to share with my ayurveda clients, friends, yoga students and loved ones – knowledge of food and cooking and generally spending time in the kitchen… that we may deepen our relationship to the rhythms of nature – discovering wellness a long the way.  I’ll include recipes, tips, stories, ancient teachings and more.  I welcome your feedback & participation.  Bare with me, because I come from a long line of women who don’t use recipes or write anything down! It’s all handfuls and pinches and “until it looks / smells / feels right”… so here goes…