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Cody offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition, Chef Cody will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Farm-to-Table Seafood Delights 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Sometime in the mid-80s, Chef Cody Requejo had his first sushi meal experience. What followed was an obsession that has turned into a full-fledged career for the past 3 decades. At 18, he quit a college culinary program and knocked on his favorite sushi joint’s backdoor hoping for an opportunity. An apprenticeship was offered and immediately he accepted. For several years he honed his skills, learned the ins and outs of Japanese restaurant culture, fish selection, and butchery, and eventually made his way behind the sushi bar. From there his career continued to grow, and in 2002 he opened his first restaurant, Tuna Town in downtown Huntington Beach, CA. There, he met Van Vu, who would later become his wife and business partner. In 2012, Chef Cody and Van invested in Roe Seafood and Fish Market in Long Beach, California, where Chef Cody’s passion for sustainable aquaculture began, as wild capture was expensive and difficult to source. In 2016, a new form of distribution was created that incorporated telling the story of sustainable aquaculture products coming out of Baja. Now, Chef Cody works for the Baja Kanpachi farm, Omega Azul, as their chef, brand ambassador, and sales strategist. He also recently opened FIISH in Culver City with his friend Chef Colin Whitbred. The pair share a passion for sushi, sustainable aquaculture, and sourcing local fish whenever they can.
@chefcodyrequejo, @fiish.food

Fran offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Fran will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Summer Plant-Based Delights Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Fran Costigan, chef, cookbook author and Director of Vegan Pastry at the Rouxbe Online Culinary School is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Professionally trained, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching 25 years ago. Her unapologetically luscious confections lack nothing — except dairy, eggs, white sugar, and cholesterol. Fran’s vegan desserts are appropriate for everyone who loves dessert, whether or not dietary restrictions are an issue. Fran loves teaching and enjoys mentoring students off all levels, from beginner to pro in The 90-day Essential Vegan Desserts Course she developed and leads at Rouxbe, the world’s leading online culinary school.

Fran’s cookbook, Vegan Chocolate Dessert: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy-Free Desserts, is available in German, French and Italian editions, and follows the classic, More Great Good Dairy Free Desserts.

You can find Fran sharing her knowledge and passion across North America and Europe, at schools, conferences, festivals, and corporations at resorts and on cruise ships too, and in 2020 – 2021, primarily online.

A professional member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Les Dames d’ Escoffier, and American Culinary Federation, Fran is a proud to be an advisory board member of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Foods, and Main Street Vegan Academy.

For more information and recipes, newsletter sign up, visit www.francostigan.com.

Follow @goodcakesfran on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn

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Essential Vegan Desserts at Rouxbe

Vasudha offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Vasudha will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Tres Estrellas Garden Feast 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Vasudha Viswanath is the author of The Vegetarian Reset and the founder of We Ate Well, a community for foodies that puts nutrition back in focus. She has been a lifelong vegetarian and passionate home cook. Her journey into eating healthy started with a doctor’s note about her elevated blood sugar after a routine physical. She transformed the way she cooks to cut out excessive starch and sugar and has never felt better. After spending over a decade on Wall Street, Vasudha left her career in finance to write a cookbook and create We Ate Well. Her work has been featured on national media like MindBodyGreen, Eating Well, NPR and ABC. Vasudha grew up in Bangalore, India and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.  Find her on Instagram using the handle ‘v8well‘.

Deborah offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Deborah will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Mexican Flair Fiesta 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Chef Deborah Schneider is a working professional chef and baker, and co-author of the Ranch’s beautiful cookbook Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta, which was nominated for a James Beard Award. Deborah has over 30 years of professional cooking experience, and her popular Ranch classes will inspire you to go home and cook something wonderful.

She is the author of eight cookbooks that explore her fascination with Mexican food and culture: best-sellers Mexican Instant Pot and The Mexican Slow Cooker, Salsas & Moles, Amor y Tacos and Baja! Cooking on the Edge (an adventurous trip through the foods and wines of Baja California that was chosen by Food & Wine Magazine as one of the best cookbooks of its class.) She is co-author of Williams Sonoma Essentials of Latin Cooking and Rustic Mexican.

Currently Deborah is working as an artisan baker in the San Diego area. Previously she was Executive Chef and part-owner of the award-winning SOL Mexican Cocina restaurant group, with six locations in California, Arizona and Colorado.

Through her restaurant work and writings, Deborah has been influential in the Southern California farm-to-table movement and in supporting sustainable fisheries in California and Baja. She has mentored many chefs and supports community groups and culinary fund-raising efforts. She received her CEC ranking (Certified Executive Chef) in 2001 from the American Culinary Federation, recognizing over 20 years of professional cooking and other accomplishments.

Felicia offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz is a native Arizonan, living in one of the most edible and medicinal landscapes in the world. Following her family’s lineage, Felicia began training as a curandera (medicine woman) in her early twenties, working in cafes and coffee shops to make ends meet. Eventually, Felicia would find success as an award-winning restaurateur, and later join over twenty-five years of Indigenous healing practices with food as medicine.

Recognized for her work with Indigenous foodways and decolonizing wellness, Felicia is passionate about sharing food and lifestyle as medicine across many platforms. Her book Earth Medicines: Ancestral Wisdom, Healing Recipes, and Wellness Rituals from a Curandera, has received praise from industry leaders including Padma Lakshmi, Dana Cowin (former Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine magazine), and Julia Turshen (best-selling cookbook author, food writer, and cook). She is a founding board member of the nonprofit organization NATIFS, (North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems) founded by James Beard award winners The Sioux Chef, dedicated to addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities. Felicia’s work has been featured in Spirituality & Health, Forbes, Bon Appétit, and several other media outlets including The Original Americans episode on Padma Lakshmi’s Taste The Nation (Hulu). Felicia presents frequently around the country on traditional healing practices, culinary medicine, holistic wellness, and Native American food sovereignty for nonprofits, universities, and museums–including the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

Valerie offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Valerie Gordon is a celebrated chocolatier, chef, and entrepreneur whose creative vision has elevated Los Angeles-based Valerie Confections into one of the country’s most respected confectionery brands. Her 2013 cookbook, Sweet, was a James Beard award finalist, and her recreation of the iconic Blum’s Coffee Crunch Cake has gained national popularity. Valerie has been featured in countless top-tier media outlets, has served as a judge on Netflix and Food Network cooking shows, and has parlayed her passion for barbecue into an MC role at Alisal Ranch’s BBQ Bootcamp. Valerie is one of L.A.’s most well-known food personalities, a trusted tastemaker, and an avid supporter of AAPI causes and fellow small business owners. Follow her @valerieconfctns and subscribe to her Substack Hi Gang for exclusive recipes.

Tamie offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Tamie will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Mindful Dining Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Growing up, Tamie Cook loved to cook at the knee of her Mother. Little did she know, this early love for food would be re-kindled years later in Paris, leading her to the New England Culinary Institute and then to the Food Network show, Good Eats, where she worked as Culinary Director for 11 years. Now, when she’s not working as a personal chef for celebrities such as Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Anne Hathaway, or Sylvester Stallone, she is researching, cooking or playing with food. Started in 2013, and celebrating it’s 10^th year in business, Tamie Cook Culinary Productions is a much sought after culinary consulting firm specializing in recipe development, teaching, food styling and myriad other services. Whether it’s an intimate dinner for two or a cookbook with 200 recipes, bringing food and people together in ways that transforms them both, is always Tamie’s goal.

Jill offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Jill will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Baja-Garden Pairings 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Jill Silverman Hough wrote 100 Perfect Pairings: Small Plates to Enjoy with Wines You Love and 100 Perfect Pairings: Main Dishes to Enjoy with Wines You Love —both chock-full of delicious, doable recipes that make food and wine pairing fun, friendly, and absolutely unintimidating. Other book projects include co-authoring The Clean Plates Cookbook and developing the recipes for Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, a New York Times best seller.

Whether she’s writing cookbooks or working with magazines or brands, she is all about happy cooking and delicious food.

Her writing, recipes, and photography have appeared in magazines including Bon Appétit, Cooking Light, Napa Sonoma, Clean Eating, where she is on the advisory board, and Fine Cooking, where she is a contributing writer.

Jill creates recipes for brands and commodity boards, too, including the National Pork Board, the California Milk Advisory Board, California Sweetpotatoes, Lindsay Olives, Annie’s Homegrown, Circulon, Anolon, and Grgich Hills Estate Winery.

Last by not least, she teaches cooking to home chefs around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Her classes are jam-packed with energy, enthusiasm, and immediately-useful information—plus, of course, delicious food.

Her background includes a dozen years as an advertising copywriter at agencies in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She launched her food career by opening a small cafe in Sausalito, which she ran for five unforgettable years and where she made—among other things—the world’s best chocolate chip cookies.

Want happy cooking and delicious food? Subscribe to her recipes and kitchen tips at JillHough.com and follow her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram.

Dan offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Dan will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday French Meets Mediterranean Dinner 4:45 PM
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Dan Hayes is the chef and owner of Cooking School with the London Chef, a dynamic cooking school offering both live and online cooking classes to people all over the world.

Dan has been in the kitchen for over 20 years working with, and for, some of Europe’s most revered seafood chefs. Dan has worked in various capacities in the kitchen, opened restaurants in London and Spain, and worked as a food stylist, cooking instructor, and corporate chef.

Dan’s food is heavily influenced by his classic French training and love of Mediterranean cuisine. He is passionate about sustainable seafood, sharp knives, and the joy of cooking.

In addition to running his own kitchen, Dan stars in the documentary food series Moosemeat & Marmalade – an informative and highly entertaining exploration of culture, worldview and really good food – currently in its 7th season and airing in three languages in Canada, US, Europe & New Zealand.

Dan offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Dan will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday French Meets Mediterranean Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Dan Hayes is the chef and owner of Cooking School with the London Chef, a dynamic cooking school offering both live and online cooking classes to people all over the world.

Dan has been in the kitchen for over 20 years working with, and for, some of Europe’s most revered seafood chefs. Dan has worked in various capacities in the kitchen, opened restaurants in London and Spain, and worked as a food stylist, cooking instructor, and corporate chef.

Dan’s food is heavily influenced by his classic French training and love of Mediterranean cuisine. He is passionate about sustainable seafood, sharp knives, and the joy of cooking.

In addition to running his own kitchen, Dan stars in the documentary food series Moosemeat & Marmalade – an informative and highly entertaining exploration of culture, worldview and really good food – currently in its 7th season and airing in three languages in Canada, US, Europe & New Zealand.

Davin & Jessica offer hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chefs Davin & Jessica will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Plant-Powered Culinary Fiesta 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

A local legend in the sustainable food community, Chef Davin Waite is a classically trained sushi chef who thrives on pushing boundaries with creative uses for ingredients that deliver exciting flavors while minimizing food waste and celebrating local proteins and produce. Davin co-owns and oversees culinary operations at Oceanside restaurants Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub — beloved for its innovative omakase and dry-aging program — plant-based The Plot, which will sprout new locations in 2023, local seafood concept Shoots Fish x Beer, and most recently Brine Box, a sustainable seafood joint situated at the end of the iconic Oceanside Pier.

With each new project, Davin creates a dining ethos in his own image; scrappy, irreverent and constantly pushing boundaries. He aims to stay in a state of consistent innovation and creation in order to inspire and is often teaching sustainable cooking techniques to elementary students, culinary students and city officials. Davin has collaborated on grants with Scripps Institute of Oceanography and NOAA Fisheries in an effort to popularize sustainable cooking techniques, turning bycatch and less utilized cuts into marketable dishes. He was recently bestowed the 2022 Sustainability Advocate Award by the California Travel Association, the only chef to receive the honor.

Davin’s menus reflect his mission and core values as he continues to evolve as a chef and as an advocate.

Oceanside restaurateur and regeneretarian, Jessica Waite is a tireless advocate for improving and educating people on food systems. Empowering communities is one of her most essential feats, revealing that what one eats is one of the most important things we can do for the health of our communities and the planet, all the while making badass food with plants. Her goal is to build a business based on the ideals of conscious capitalism; a strategy that will benefit all stakeholders, partners, customers, and the environment.

In 2017, while attending the California Resource Recovery Association in San Diego, Jessica wrote the first business plan for a restaurant with a zero-waste ethos and an entirely plant-based menu. Two and a half years later, the first location of The Plot opened in South Oceanside. The Plot is yet another extension of Jessica’s sustainability projects that she has pursued with husband and partner Davin for over ten years. A vegetarian by age seven and vegan for more than half of her 41 years, Jessica considers The Plot to be the most culture-shifting restaurant she’s conceived to date. The Plot, a 100% plant-based oasis, focuses on the whole vegetable, the total utilization of fresh, boundary-pushing ingredients — some of which are grown directly behind the restaurant. The Plot was awarded the Best New Restaurant in 2020 by San Diego Magazine and awarded one of the Best New Restaurants in the US by The Vegetarian Times in 2021. In 2023, The Plot was ranked #2 in Tasting Table’s list of the “20 Best Restaurants in San Diego” and one of “The Most Sustainable Vegan Restaurants Nationwide” by Veg Out.

Jessica is prepared to feed the evolution and illuminate the idea that plant-based eating does not have to be dull but rather colorful, imaginative, and full of flavor.

Kim offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Kim will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Meat Lover’s Meatless Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

For the past 25 years, Kim O’Donnel has been working in food as a chef, journalist, and teacher. A former food writer for The Washington Post and several other newspapers big and small, Kim is the author of three vegetable cookbooks. Most recently, she has been the recipe editor for the forthcoming cookbook from chefs Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook of Zahav and Laser Wolf fame. The thing she is most proud of: Going to Poland in April of 2022 as a World Central Kitchen volunteer cooking for Ukrainian refugees.

Kristine offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Kristine will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Spring Delights Dinner 4:45 PM
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Kristine Kidd was the food editor at Bon Appétit magazine for 20 years, where she was responsible for filling the magazine’s pages with delicious recipes. While there, Kristine became the resident expert on food trends, championing coverage of farmers’ market ingredients and products that are local, sustainable, and organic. Her talent for developing simple, approachable recipes led to the creation of the magazine’s foolproof recipe style.

Currently working as an author, Kristine has written eight cookbooks, including two that feature fresh, healthful, gluten-free food: Weeknight Gluten Free and Gluten-Free Baking. She also developed the recipes for Tamara Duker Freuman’s Bloated Belly Whisperer.

Her recent projects include working as a culinary consultant- for a cruise line specializing in culinary vacations, a green-oriented food service company, and specialty bakeries. Kristine worked as the Food Editor for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch website, where she taught people to use sustainable seafood. Kristine has been a guest teacher at UCLA and frequently speaks at conferences.

Kristine offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Kristine will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Spring Delights Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Kristine Kidd was the food editor at Bon Appétit magazine for 20 years, where she was responsible for filling the magazine’s pages with delicious recipes. While there, Kristine became the resident expert on food trends, championing coverage of farmers’ market ingredients and products that are local, sustainable, and organic. Her talent for developing simple, approachable recipes led to the creation of the magazine’s foolproof recipe style.

Currently working as an author, Kristine has written eight cookbooks, including two that feature fresh, healthful, gluten-free food: Weeknight Gluten Free and Gluten-Free Baking. She also developed the recipes for Tamara Duker Freuman’s Bloated Belly Whisperer.

Her recent projects include working as a culinary consultant- for a cruise line specializing in culinary vacations, a green-oriented food service company, and specialty bakeries. Kristine worked as the Food Editor for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch website, where she taught people to use sustainable seafood. Kristine has been a guest teacher at UCLA and frequently speaks at conferences.

Katie offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Katie will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Nourishing Spring Goodness Dinner 4:45 PM
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Katie Sullivan Morford is a food writer and registered dietitian with more than two decades of experience sharing her passion for food and nutrition through writing, teaching, and recipes. She is the author of three cookbooks: PREP, Rise & Shine, and Best Lunch Box Ever. Katie has written and developed recipes for dozens of magazines, including Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Oprah, Parents, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the voice behind the blog Mom’s Kitchen Handbook, which features recipes and free meal plans. You can also find her on Instagram sharing cooking videos and nutrition tips. Over the years Katie has taught cooking and nutrition in a variety of settings, but her biggest accomplishment might be inspiring her own three children to cook and eat well. Katie has an undergraduate degree in English literature and holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.

Katie Sullivan Morford, MS, RD
Food & Nutrition Writer
Author of PREP, Rise & Shine, and Best Lunch Box Ever
www.katiemorford.com
IG @katiesmorford

Katie offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Katie will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Nourishing Spring Goodness Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Katie Sullivan Morford is a food writer and registered dietitian with more than two decades of experience sharing her passion for food and nutrition through writing, teaching, and recipes. She is the author of three cookbooks: PREP, Rise & Shine, and Best Lunch Box Ever. Katie has written and developed recipes for dozens of magazines, including Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Oprah, Parents, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the voice behind the blog Mom’s Kitchen Handbook, which features recipes and free meal plans. You can also find her on Instagram sharing cooking videos and nutrition tips. Over the years Katie has taught cooking and nutrition in a variety of settings, but her biggest accomplishment might be inspiring her own three children to cook and eat well. Katie has an undergraduate degree in English literature and holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.

Katie Sullivan Morford, MS, RD
Food & Nutrition Writer
Author of PREP, Rise & Shine, and Best Lunch Box Ever
www.katiemorford.com
IG @katiesmorford

Lia offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Lia will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Nourished Spring Feast 4:45 PM
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Lia Huber’s first book NOURISHED: A Memoir of Food, Faith and Enduring Love (with recipes) recounts the world-roaming search for sustenance that healed her body, shaped her faith, and defined her life’s calling. It was named a Buzzfeed book of the year, and called “[A] charming foodie’s travel memoir…” by the New York Times.

Lia is also the founder and CEO of NOURISH Evolution (nourishevolution.com), for which she was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Cook the Seasons (cooktheseasons.com), a subscription-based real food community and online menu planner.

Over the last 20 years, Lia has been widely-published as a writer and recipe developer for Cooking Light, Better Homes & Gardens, Eating Well, Prevention, and more. She also teaches and speaks at spas, churches and corporations on real food, deliberate living and purposeful pursuit. Lia appears frequently on television, including ABC-TV in San Francisco and LiveWell Network.

Lia offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Lia will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Nourished Spring Feast 4:45 PM
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Lia Huber’s first book NOURISHED: A Memoir of Food, Faith and Enduring Love (with recipes) recounts the world-roaming search for sustenance that healed her body, shaped her faith, and defined her life’s calling. It was named a Buzzfeed book of the year, and called “[A] charming foodie’s travel memoir…” by the New York Times.

Lia is also the founder and CEO of NOURISH Evolution (nourishevolution.com), for which she was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Cook the Seasons (cooktheseasons.com), a subscription-based real food community and online menu planner.

Over the last 20 years, Lia has been widely-published as a writer and recipe developer for Cooking Light, Better Homes & Gardens, Eating Well, Prevention, and more. She also teaches and speaks at spas, churches and corporations on real food, deliberate living and purposeful pursuit. Lia appears frequently on television, including ABC-TV in San Francisco and LiveWell Network.

Lia offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Lia will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Nourished Spring Feast 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Lia Huber’s first book NOURISHED: A Memoir of Food, Faith and Enduring Love (with recipes) recounts the world-roaming search for sustenance that healed her body, shaped her faith, and defined her life’s calling. It was named a Buzzfeed book of the year, and called “[A] charming foodie’s travel memoir…” by the New York Times.

Lia is also the founder and CEO of NOURISH Evolution (nourishevolution.com), for which she was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Cook the Seasons (cooktheseasons.com), a subscription-based real food community and online menu planner.

Over the last 20 years, Lia has been widely-published as a writer and recipe developer for Cooking Light, Better Homes & Gardens, Eating Well, Prevention, and more. She also teaches and speaks at spas, churches and corporations on real food, deliberate living and purposeful pursuit. Lia appears frequently on television, including ABC-TV in San Francisco and LiveWell Network.

Denise offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Denise will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Pie Lover’s Fiesta 4:45 PM
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Denise Marchessault is a cookbook author and classically trained cooking instructor from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Trained at Le Cordon Bleu, Ottawa, she was awarded Le Grand Diplôme (for qualifications in both cuisine and pâtisserie).  Denise is the author of “British Columbia From Scratch,” a culinary tribute to her native home, and “The Artful Pie Project” a deep-dive into sweet and savoury pies. She’s currently knee-deep in vegetables for an upcoming vegan-themed cookbook. Denise teaches online cooking classes from her home kitchen and is a guest instructor for Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Cooking School. She lives in Victoria with her husband, Claude. Their vegan twin daughters return home every Sunday for a family meal (and to raid their pantry). www.denisem.ca

Denise offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Denise will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Pie Lover’s Fiesta 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Denise Marchessault is a cookbook author and classically trained cooking instructor from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Trained at Le Cordon Bleu, Ottawa, she was awarded Le Grand Diplôme (for qualifications in both cuisine and pâtisserie).  Denise is the author of “British Columbia From Scratch,” a culinary tribute to her native home, and “The Artful Pie Project” a deep-dive into sweet and savoury pies. She’s currently knee-deep in vegetables for an upcoming vegan-themed cookbook. Denise teaches online cooking classes from her home kitchen and is a guest instructor for Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Cooking School. She lives in Victoria with her husband, Claude. Their vegan twin daughters return home every Sunday for a family meal (and to raid their pantry). www.denisem.ca

Annie offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Annie will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Feast for Thought & Longevity 4:45 PM Sign Up
Celebrate the abundance of our organic farm and the connection to community with a Farm-to-Table dining experience – a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Annie Fenn, MD, is a physician, chef, and leading voice in the Alzheimer’s prevention movement. As a Board-Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Menopausal Health Expert, she has helped her patients age gracefully for decades. Dr. Fenn switched gears in 2010 to practice medicine from a different angle—as a chef and culinary instructor. She attended culinary school in Italy, Mexico, and at the Culinary Institute of America. In 2015, she launched Brain Health Kitchen, the only cooking school of its kind to focus exclusively on preventing Alzheimer’s and dementia. Dr. Fenn teaches the Brain Health Kitchen method of cooking throughout the U.S. and abroad. To date, more than one thousand participants have enrolled in the hands-on cooking school. Her book, The  Brain Health Kitchen, is available through Amazon.

Theo offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Theo will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Olive You Valentine’s Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Gather around the table to celebrate love in olive its forms with us. This culinary event is a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Theodora (Theo) Stephan was the first to plant olive trees in Santa Barbara county, California, for Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) in 1996. She is celebrating her 24^th harvest season this year and was awarded “Olive Oil Sommelier” (one of less than 300 in the world) in 2019. Theo’s brand, Global Gardens, offers 12 different varietal EVOO’s, 20 hand-crafted balsamic-style wine vinegars, organic snacks and a myriad of pantry items made from her formulas. She was the first in the US to create an olive oil subscription program. Educating people on the nuances of cooking and baking with fresh olive oil is a great passion of Theo’s. She specializes in creating full-flavored Mediterranean Diet (on which she was raised by Greek-American parents) cuisine. She has written two popular cookbooks and has been featured prominently in the Los Angeles Times, Sunset Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, Mother Earth, Home and Family TV show, Oprah, Martha Stewart blogs and many more.

Palma offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Palma will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Dal Campo alla Tavola: A Mexican-Italian Culinary Journey Dinner 4:45 PM
Defy borders and celebrate cultures in this culinary event, which is a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

Palma Bellinghieri is a second-generation culinary artist and chef. Born in Mexico City, she is a graduate of the Pierrefeux Institute and Glion Hotel Management School in Montreaux, Switzerland. A founding member of the Mind/Body Health Initiative, daughter of world-renown Sicilian chef and restaurateur, Alfredo Bellinghieri (“Alfredos” and “La Trucha Vagabunda” restaurants in Mexico City), Palma fuses generations of family and Bellinghieri-restaurant recipes and upbringing into nutritious and delicious foods. Palma has been a Demonstration Chef at the Vegetarian Cooking School of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, assuring us that thoughtful food choices can be made, leading to prevention and reversal of many chronic conditions. Palma also caters delicious healthy food for special events and parties.

For the last 18 years during the summer months, she directs and teaches the popular camp series “For Young Chef’s,” teaching healthy eating, food preparation and cooking to children and teens with recipes and culture from Around the World!

For the past three years, Palma has been immersed taking over Hotel Las Palmas Hotel in San Felipe, Baja California, where her parents spent the last 30 years of their life. As a result, she has remodeled Alfredo’s Restaurant & Bar and has redesigned the gardens and 45 rooms in the hotel to create a culinary and hospitality legacy. Las Palmas is in the Sea of Cortez, a retirement community only 4:30 hours from San Diego, with warm beaches and fresh local produce.