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Stress Reduction & Mindfulness Meditation
Dr. Edna Esnil is a licensed Counseling Psychologist in private practice in Menlo Park, CA. With over 20 years of specialized training...
jlrosner
Nov 12, 20252 min read


Fun Ideas For Entertaining
After several years of working as a food photographer in New York City, Erin Gleeson moved to a cabin in the woods in Woodside, CA, where...
Erin Gleeson, Chef, Photographer, Cookbook Author
Sep 7, 20251 min read


The Pebble Of The Plate
Lia Huber believes you don't have to be a chef or "foodie" to cook fabulous tasting food, and you don't need to be a nutritionist to make...
jlrosner
Aug 17, 20251 min read


The Secrets of Brain Food: Boost Memory, Mood, and Mental Health
"Brain Food - The secrets of nurtruring the most important organ of all. An exploration of the lifestyle and dietary interventions that...
Alex Dimitriu, MD
May 13, 20252 min read


Healthy, Fun, and Delicious Snacks
Katie Sullivan Morford, MS, RD is a writer and registered dietitian. She is the author of two cookbooks: Rise & Shine: Better Breakfasts...
Katie Morford, MS, RD, Cookbook Author
May 12, 20251 min read


Organic Spring & Summer Vegetable Gardening
SOUL Food Salon went on a field trip to the amazing garden of Lisa Putnam! LISA PUTNAM Lisa has a BS in Agricultural Economics from...
jlrosner
Apr 29, 20252 min read


Understanding the Microbiome: How Your Gut Impacts Health
Erica Sonnenburg, PhD, is a senior research scientist at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the Department of Microbiology and...
Erica Sonnenburg, PhD
Apr 19, 20252 min read


The How And Why Of Cooking Gluten Free
Stephanie Willard, owner and chef of Rolling in Dough food truck and Amanda Bernshteyn, MPH, NC "Gluten: The How and Why of Cooking...
jlrosner
Apr 14, 20252 min read


America’s Protein Obsession: Understanding the Science and Myths
Christopher Gardner holds a PhD in Nutrition Science and is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford. For the past 20 years his research has...
Christopher Gardner, PhD in Nutrition Science
Feb 8, 20252 min read


RENEW, RECHARGE, REJUVENATE
Clia's style of teaching incorporates both yin and yang elements into an aligned vinyasa practice. Clia believes the benefits of yoga...
jlrosner
Jan 14, 20251 min read


Spices: The Power Of Healing
Dr. Sangani has been practicing Internal Medicine for the last 15 years. For the past 8 years she has been a concierge physician at The...
jlrosner
Jan 2, 20251 min read


Clean Soups: Simple, Nourishing Recipes for Health and Vitality
A nationally-recognized culinary translator and expert on the role of food in supporting optimal health, Rebecca has a Masters of Science...
jlrosner
Dec 6, 20242 min read


Total Health From the Ground Up
Dr. Daphne Miller is a practicing family physician, author, and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California...
Daphne Miller, MD
Dec 5, 20242 min read


REAL FOOD, REAL SCIENCE, REAL HEALTH, How to Become a Foodist
REAL FOOD, REAL SCIENCE, REAL HEALTH, How to Become a Foodist Darya Rose , a popular writer and world renowned expert in health and...
jlrosner
Dec 2, 20242 min read


How Our Food Choices Affect Our Health and the Environment
Ken Cook, president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s...
Ken Cook, Co-founder and President of EWG
Nov 17, 20242 min read


Cooking With Healthy Fats
Deborah Blake is a Nutrition Consultant in Menlo Park, California. She graduated in 2007 from Antioch University in Seattle with a...
Deborah Blake, NC
Nov 16, 20241 min read


CHEF & OWNER OF KELLAN'S KITCHEN
At SOUL Food Salon Chef Kellan cooked some tasty and healthy dishes using as few ingredients as possible. He emphasized locally sourced...
jlrosner
Nov 11, 20242 min read


Make Ahead Family Meals
Lynda Marren A returning Soul Food Salon guest speaker, Lynda teaches cooking classes at Kitchentown in Burlingame and Draegers in San...
jlrosner
Oct 21, 20241 min read


Creative Breakfast Ideas
Growing up in the health food capital of the world that is also at the heart of California's farmland, Santa Cruz, Kristi cultivated a...
jlrosner
Oct 18, 20242 min read


Women and Alzheimer's Disease: Our Brain, Our Future, Our Cure
Roberta Brinton, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences where she...
Roberta Brinton, PhD
Oct 17, 20241 min read


THE INVISIBLE ELEMENT In Food
Dr. Jennifer Hartle is an environmental health scientist who researches the connections between chemical exposures, food policy, and...
jlrosner
Oct 7, 20242 min read


The Science of Character
Laura Poppink is a local psychotherapist who specializes in leveraging the mind-body connection to help people tap into their potential...
Laura Hughes Poppink, MFT
Sep 22, 20242 min read


LOVE THE SKIN YOU'RE IN
Brie Mathers conducts connective school-wide body image events about media literacy and mindfulness. She has spoken to 60,000 teen girls...
jlrosner
Sep 2, 20242 min read


BACK TO SCHOOL & BACK IN THE KITCHEN
Dr. Reshma Shah is a board-certified pediatric physician. She obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins...
jlrosner
Aug 30, 20242 min read


Fighting Inflammation With Food
Reshma Shah Ann Ming Yeh Reshma Shah Dr. Reshma Shah is a board-certified pediatric...
jlrosner
Apr 13, 20242 min read


SEPERATING THE FOREST FROM THE TREES- Health Panel on Nutrition
SOUL Food Salon hosted it's first health panel FEATURING: Eric Weiss, MD, Jennifer Miller, MD, Amanda Bernshteyn, MPH, NC, Sandee...
jlrosner
Mar 25, 20243 min read


A Virtual Salon- Culinary Medicine and Cardiometabolic Health: Reversing Prediabetes and Fatty Liver Disease with Sara Bowling, MD
Sara Bowling is a Family Medicine physician, medical acupuncturist, yoga teacher, athlete, amateur chef and mom of two little boys. She...
jlrosner
Mar 4, 20242 min read


THE SPRING GARDEN & WHOLE GRAINS
Melissa was born and raised in Los Angeles by traditional Chinese parents. She knew how to work a wok by age six and learned to cook by...
jlrosner
Mar 3, 20242 min read


Four Rules to a Simple Life
Consultant and coach, David Baum integrates 30 years of experience as a nationally respected expert in change. His work includes...
jlrosner
Mar 1, 20242 min read


FERMENTATION & THE MICROBIOME
Sandee Birdwell (left), Jeanne Rosner (middle), Kathleen Putnam (right) Sandee Birdwell is a radiation oncologist, clinical advocate and...
jlrosner
Feb 11, 20242 min read


DIGESTIVE HEALTH & STRENGTH OF IMMUNE SYSTEM
Dr. Abrams began her career in healthcare when she graduated from medical school from the Pavlov Institute (former Soviet Union) with...
jlrosner
Feb 8, 20242 min read


How to Develop A Healthier Relationship With Food And Your Body At Any Age with Brenna O'Malley
Brenna O’Malley is a registered dietitian and owner of The Wellful, a virtual nutrition therapy private practice based in San Francisco....
jlrosner
Feb 1, 20241 min read


52 NEW FOODS CHALLENGE
Jennifer Tyler Lee is a mother, the creator of an award-winning nutrition game that makes healthy eating fun, and the author of The 52...
jlrosner
Jan 27, 20242 min read


COOKING OUT OF THE BOX
Lynda and Joe grew up in a large Italian Family where they regularly cooked Southern Italian dishes with their Nana Grillo. Both...
jlrosner
Jan 13, 20242 min read


New Year's Resolutions for Your Cognitive Health Salon with Ed Park, PhD
Edward Park is the founder of NeuroReserve, a preventive health and nutrition company focused on healthy brain aging. Ed's background...
jlrosner
Jan 11, 20242 min read


Feel-Good Food For Holiday Entertaining Salon with Katie Morford, RD
Katie Sullivan Morford is a food writer and registered dietitian with more than two decades of experience sharing her passion for food...
jlrosner
Dec 7, 20231 min read


Virtual Salon with Lisa Patel, MD How Climate Change is Affecting our Health
Lisa Patel is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine and she also works clinically as a pediatric...
jlrosner
Nov 15, 20232 min read


Salon- The Six Facets of a Balanced Life with Karen Gould, LMFT
Karen Gould has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1988, as well as an Art Therapist, having received her Master's...
jlrosner
Oct 12, 20231 min read


Live Your Best Life Longer: Lifestyle & Cellular Aging with Sally Duplantier, MS
Sally Duplantier is a gerontologist and Healthspan educator. She is the founder of Zing, with a mission to help older adults live their...
jlrosner
Sep 6, 20231 min read


Brain Health Mindset: Using the science of neuroprotective foods in your kitchen, Annie Fenn, MD
DR. ANNIE FENN is the founder of the Brain Health Kitchen, the only cooking school of its kind focused exclusively on brain health and...
jlrosner
May 5, 20231 min read


Celebrate Spring with Yoga and Mindfulness with Clia Tierney, MA
Clia's teaching style incorporates both yin and yang elements into an aligned vinyasa practice. She believes the benefits of yoga and...
jlrosner
Apr 16, 20231 min read


Easy Entertaining with Pamela Salzman, Instructor & Cookbook Author
Pamela Salzman is a cooking instructor, cookbook author, holistic health counselor and food blogger. Her first cookbook, "Kitchen...
jlrosner
Mar 25, 20231 min read


SOUL Food Salon- Rewire Your Brain with Shauna Shapiro, PhD
Shauna Shapiro, PhD, is a best-selling author, clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and...
jlrosner
Feb 14, 20232 min read


Using Ayurveda to Nourish Ourselves in the New Year Salon with Siri Chand Khalsa, MD, MS
Dr. Khalsa has had a lifelong interest in mindful living as the basis for long-term vitality of mind, body and spirit. She completed a...
jlrosner
Dec 7, 20222 min read


All About Sleep Health with Caroline Okorie, MD, MPH
Dr. Caroline Okorie is board certified in Sleep Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Pediatrics. She is a Clinical Associate...
jlrosner
Nov 16, 20221 min read


Art and Science of Flavor with Liv Wu Chef, Instructor, Consultant
Liv Wu is a chef, award-winning cookbook author (The Grand Wok Cookbook) and an 18-year food journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle's...
jlrosner
Oct 11, 20221 min read


Heart Health Optimization with Nicole Harkin, MD
Nicole Harkin, MD, FACC is a preventive cardiologist who is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear...
jlrosner
Sep 7, 20221 min read


Cooking in the Spicebox Kitchen with Linda Shiue, MD, Chef
Linda Shiue is a practicing physician, chef and founder of Thrive Kitchen at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, a popular...
jlrosner
May 4, 20222 min read


Road Tripping Through California with Erin Gleeson- Cookbook Author, Photographer
Erin Gleeson is the New York Times bestselling cookbook author and artist behind the lifestyle brand "The Forest Feast." After working in...
jlrosner
Apr 4, 20221 min read


Non-Toxic: Living Healthy in a Chemical World with Aly Cohen, MD
Dr. Aly Cohen is triple board-certified in rheumatology, internal medicine and integrative medicine. Additionally, she is an...
jlrosner
Mar 7, 20222 min read
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