Food and Wellbeing: Chef Conversations

The Australian culinary icon on whole foods for brain health, the meditative joys of gardening, and the pleasure of cooking with jazz.

"Cooking is a meditation, and it works best when you enter the kitchen with all your senses present and involved."

Gowardhan discusses her philosophy that the myriad flavors, textures, and colors of a thali are metaphor for life and balance.

The James Beard Awards-winning Sioux chef sketches a blueprint for wellbeing from the ancestral wisdom of Indigenous peoples.

Chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Semma, Kumar talks about cooking with the heart and the healing wisdom of food.

The New York-based Ayurveda chef explains how the ancient Indian system offers healing for physical and emotional wellbeing.

A chef in Tasmania, Dunn shares details of building a life of wellbeing around local and seasonal food.

"What is your body craving? What does your body need? It's important to take time to think about these things on a daily basis."