Apple Beet Fennel Salad

Can salad ever be Ayurvedically approved and Autumn friendly? Yes, if you follow these simple guidelines. Continue reading

Six Star-Spangled Salads For Summer

It’s the season of hot, playful days and warm, starry nights with picnics, parties and parades abounding. It’s also the season of salads. Here are six of the most celebrated from my blog. Each is like the taste of stars spangling or nature sparkling, and health rising. Continue reading

Make Your Own Roti {Video} + Book Giveaway

I have been in the forests of the baby Himalayas, near Dehradun, in north India, working with The Ayurveda Experience on a new rollout for their Ayurvedic skincare line Ajara. It was a beautiful experience, especially because we all lodged … Continue reading Continue reading

4 for Fall: Avoid Autumn Burnout

In the northern hemisphere, where it is Autumn, it is the season when Vata dominates. (If you are in the southern hemisphere, enjoying the warming of spring, look for the tag Kapha here on my site to learn more about Spring’s seasonal tendencies … Continue reading Continue reading

Channa Masala

Chick Peas in Masala Sauce

My husband Bhava and I are going to India in February/March to teach at the International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh. A group of wonderful, heart-centered Yogis are coming with us for a twelve-day Retreat, including 4 days of Ayurvedic treatments on … Continue reading

Chestnut Porcini Soup

I found this recipe in Edible San Diego, a wonderful new magazine about local farms, markets and restaurants. It is featured in a profile of Patrick Ponsaty, Chef de Cuisine at Mistral, a restaurant overlooking San Diego Bay. The original … Continue reading