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  A recent shopping trip to my local coop brought up a delicious memory. The abundance of organic meyer lemon trees filled with ripe fragrant lemons. Everyday, while training chefs […]

Falafel is fun to make & easy to be creative. You can mix and match a variety of herbs and spices. Swap healthy fats, too. It's gluten free, vegan, vegetarian.

Nutritional yeast makes a cheesy, vegan Alfredo Sauce. Brings back yummy memories teaching Improvisational Cooking for Health & Vitality @ Esalen Institute.

Being in an organic farm and garden, I feel nourished. And inspired to teach you how to cook from scratch. These days on Zoom, and I look forward to being in person post Covid.

"In the kitchen, feet planted on the ground; shoulders down; breathing easy; see, touch, smell, taste, experience it all as this moment slips into the next."

Smiling at the memory of teaching my hands on farm to table cooking class at Esalen Institute and showing how to make these delicious, absolutely scrumptious Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Brownies, [...]

A banquet feast of farm to table organic vegetarian dishes; every time I teach, right before we eat, we share our learning experience: cooking with new ingredients. In the photo […]

Beautiful organic edible flowers make a meal gorgeous. One of the things I love about teaching cooking is inspiring folks to engage their senses, cook from their hearts, be mindful, […]

My friend Linda came to Esalen Institute when I taught 2 hands organic farm to table vegetarian cooking classes. She had a revelation after eating my buckwheat pancakes. The quick […]

This morning, as I looked around my newly painted kitchen, I felt so grateful. While color is a part of it, the process of letting go, paring down, and looking […]

“Gather Ingredients grown with love: cook and serve with love.” Leslie Cerier February 19-26, 2016, I taught 2 hands on organic, vegetarian, farm to table cooking workshops at Esalen [...]

Recently, a Mom with her 3 daughters came to me for a private cooking lesson. The mom and her 2 daughters were flying in from Chicago to visit her eldest […]

From pale yellow to deep red, organic nasturtium flowers are easy to grow. In fact, they reseeded themselves in my organic garden. Their mildly peppery taste is a great addition […]

Click here for more information and to register:  or call 888-837-2536; or Email Leslie leslie@lesliecerier.com Please join me March 29-April 3, 2015 at the Esalen Institute; Big Sur, CA.  In [...]

Recently, my mother and I were fortunate to take a trip to Florida to visit family. My mother talked about her favorite cousin, Eileen, for as long as I can […]