Eating for Recovery

100 North Island Avenue,Batavia IL 60510

28 May, 2022

Description

Personal story of how cooking can bring healing not only to physical illness but also mental illness and addiction. This lecture touches on my own personal story of health crisis and resulting addiction and how cooking can bring healing not only to physical illness; but also mental illness and addiction. I have been a chef for twenty years. Educated in the kitchens of Boulder, Colorado before much of the country was aware of food as medicine. I took my knowledge and began a career in private service; after the birth of my daughter and subsequent health crisis; I began posting my dishes on social media and was then contacted to begin catering to those who wanted healthy foods. That is how Qs Kitchen was born. I have traveled in and out of country bringing healing cuisine to communities seeking vitality through food. I have contributed to a best selling wellness book, worked in the Kane county prison system, and have developed menus for other concepts. It is my long term goal to create a program for cooking healthy foods within the addiction and recovery realm.