TINY STORE 266

07/18/2025

01/01/2020

When I was growing up, people called me a ‘nutrition freak’.. and healthy food and its preparation was very fringe.. It seems so bizarre now given how food, organics and creativity have become more monetized and expensive.

I suffered from severe asthma as a child and it was dietary therapy, exercise and elimination of toxins that reignited my spirit at 13 years old. I have been intensely interested in health and healing ever since.
One of my favorite aspects of Chinese Medicine is dietary therapy due to my lifelong passion for cooking and creating healthy food.

Upon this New Year, I have been feeling a bit anxious, fearful and and a bit unsettled. I decided to prepare a food remedy of poached apples and pears in an herbal broth of lily bulb, goji berry and prepared rehmania (Bai He, Gou Qi Zi, and Shu di huang for my Chinese Medicine peeps).. what a glorious treat to nurture and tonify my lungs and kidneys and calming my heart spirit. I topped it off with fresh seasonal pomegranate and chia seeds.. Love is indeed in the Earth and in our Hearts.