Storybook: Episode with Jeremy Rock Smith

Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health's Executive Chef and author of their latest cookbook, The Kripalu Kitchen: Nourishing Food for Body and Soul, talks to us about ways to make cooking at home easier and lighthearted, how to bring more joy into the kitchen, and what it's like for him to teach guests and oversee the culinary team that prepares about 400,000 meals a year at Kripalu. He also shares details about the cooking culture when he started, over 30 years ago, and how it has changed in ways that impacted the trajectory of his career in ways he didn't expect, leading to a more fulfilling working life. Jeremy also offers tips, tales, and shortcuts for meal planning and prep, so home cooking can become a way of life, connection, and wellbeing.Jeremy graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and began his career in classical French cuisine, working in fine restaurants in the United States and abroad. In 2005, Jeremy’s love for teaching and natural foods led him to Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, where he applied his classical training to creating healthy cuisine in their kitchen and as a demonstration chef. He joined the Kripalu Kitchen in 2010 as Chef de Cuisine, and is the author of The Kripalu Kitchen: Nourishing Food for Body and Soul. Follow him on social media, and visit www.kripalu.org to see which programs he is teaching soon.In 2019, Jeremy competed on Food Network's popular Chopped cooking show.At the end of the podcast, Jeremy talks about his work on a PBS special that is due to air on March 7, 2020.Podcast hosted by Heidi Spear, www.heidispear.comIntro and outro music written by Scott Spear, performed by Scott Spear, Rob Hoffman, Dan Calig, and Tom Staszak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.