Over the past year, we’ve started clearing a little piece of land near my fiancé’s work to experiment with our first real garden. My guy has become passionate about dry stack stone wall building, so naturally the first thing we did was clear all the rocks from the thick volcanic clay soils. He built the perimeters of the first stone wall, tilled the soil and then we built mounds in …

Following a longstanding tradition on the Vidya Living blog, I’m excited to share another Thanksgiving/winter holiday recipe round! This year’s recipe, Cumin-Roasted Carrots with Carrot Top Gremolata, is Fall favorite from my book Living Ayurveda. This Thanksgiving Day also marks the two year anniversary of the book launch and in celebration of the book’s birthday I’m hosting a fabulous Fall giveaway with friends! The giveaway includes a hardcover copy …

It’s Labor Day weekend here in the US, a time where many are savoring the last moments of summer and feasting with family and friends. And corn seems to be a standout dish on many holiday weekend menus.

This week, I spent a day with my dear friend Kelsey Lea of Island Veda, who’s also the Ayurvedic chef of our upcoming Mexico Ayurveda Retreat. We’d texted for days over …

It’s that time again! Time to gather around the table, celebrate the fullness of life and share nourishing cozy food. Honoring the tradition, I’m sharing my annual Thanksgiving Guide here, along with a favorite new recipe for a pumpkin risotto with crispy sage. I first shared this in our Fall cooking class last month. Since then, I’ve made it a half a dozen times and each time I love it …

Thanksgiving snuck up on me this year. Between preparing for my big book launch (just four days away!!), and stocking up on food and supplies for another mandatory state-wide lockdown (sigh), I looked at the calendar today to realize this year’s feast and festivities were less than a week away! This year has been an emotional marathon of events, to say the least. And what normally feels like an …

Happy Thanksgiving and holiday feasting season! I was on the mainland this fall and got to enjoy a few weeks of cozy sweater weather and cooked meals with my favorite autumn ingredients. I baked a lot. Tested new recipes, including this warm farro salad, and caught up on a few books and shows (I’m all about the Durrell’s in Corfu right now). After two years skipping winter for island weather, I forgot …

I’m very excited to share with you a new cookbook project I collaborated recently. Friends, Brendan Davidson and Maggie Harrsen of Good Water Farms in Montauk, invited me to contribute three seasonal Ayurvedic-inspired recipes to this gorgeous cookbook that features Brendan’s many micro greens. The Microgreens Cookbook appeals to health-conscious home chefs, gardeners and those looking to expand their interest in sustainable consumption, with a collection of mouthwatering …

A few weeks ago, I was preparing to fly out to Sonoma to lead our last retreat of the summer. I found myself frantically rushing around to get ready. In between client sessions, errands, packing and planning, I also had to eat. So one afternoon, I jumped into the kitchen to start cooking. I was cutting the vegetables, rinsing the lentils, getting everything prepped to go on the eventual plate. If you’ve ever cooked, …

From stones to plants, nature provides us with an abundance of resources to nourish our bodies and minds. It’s easy to become depleted in the fast pace of urban living, but sometimes all we need are little connections to the natural elements in our homes and kitchens to help us sync back to nature’s rhythms. Working with the healing energy of crystals and the nutritive properties of plants through …