EPISODE XX: Divya Alter, Divya's Kitchen

"True hospitality comes from your heart and from your sincere desire to serve people." -Divya Alter

In this episode we talk with NYC based cookbook author, educator and nutritional consultant Divya Alter. Divya is the author of What to Eat for How You Feel: The New Ayurvedic Kitchen (Rizzoli, 2017), which is now in its 7th print with a German edition underway. She and her husband Prentiss launched North America’s first Ayurvedic chef certification program and Divya’s Kitchen, an Ayurvedic restaurant in Manhattan.

We talk about her background and the basics of Ayurvedic cooking, the history of Divya's Kitchen which was established in October 2016 and for 2 years in a  row has been named one of the 50 best vegetarian restaurants in the USA, about seasonal eating as an intrinsic part of holistic practice and about her recently published cookbook: What to Eat for How You Feel: The New Ayurvedic Kitchen.

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