Canyon Ranch spa's celebrity clientele poses a particularly challenging conundrum for a chef; how do you cook for people who want to eat well without looking well-fed? Judging from the recipes in Canyon Ranch Cooks, the trick is to emphasize vegetables, fruits, and grains, and plenty of protein from fish, soy, poultry, low fat dairy and beans. But the Canyon Ranch chefs make room for a little red meat, too, with recipes for lamb, beef, and veal. Some recipes use a bit of butter. And there are even desserts without so much as a dash of deprivation.
Interests: Living life as an intiatic experience, uniting with like minds and hearts to build a better, cleaner, more peaceful world, listening to the wisdom of the inner voice, communing with the elemental forces of Nature, the arts, media and communications, personal growth and development, the natural healing arts, interesting cuisines, cinema, all that expands the consciousness, betters the Self, and links me with THAT from Which I come.
Inspiration: Whitman, Thoreau, the Tao, deep meditation, spiritually anointed words carried on the human voice and the Cosmic Winds, being with those of like mind and calling.