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Cooking with Heritage grains, heirloom beans, rice, & corn, organic CSA (Community Supported Agriculture); is important to me. Flavors are way beyond compare.

Organic Lifestyle: Recharge, relax and renew.  Immersed in nature, Leslie will teach you how to incorporate a nourishing home environment with the art of self care, gourmet vegetarian, [...]

Like many chefs, I love to garden. Growing organic vegetables, berries, tasty herbs, & beautiful flowers nourishes me, and all that come for a Gourmet Getaway. Fresh cut from my […]

Happy Summer! I have spent everyday happily gardening. Nurturing organic vegetables, herbs, garlic, edible and perennial flowers. Nibbling on wild berries, too. Lots of swimming and of course, [...]

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, [...]

Dreamy south facing deck of my home, early morning in July. This is one of my favorite times of the year. Well, I am biased, it is my birthday month. […]

Gathering organic, cheerful, fresh, bright, orange, Mexican Sunflowers at my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) organic farm in Amherst, MA. These flowers are pretty in a vase. With the [...]

Making my first bunch of organic Beet Burgers. This is going to be yummy! And Lucky for me my daughter Emily was here to capture it on video. Summer fresh, […]

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, […]

Summer continues to give and I am gathering. Harvest basket is full of organic heirloom tomatoes, eggplant, onions, carrots, flowers and more. Grateful for the harvest of fresh, abundant [...]