About

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When Nancy changed her diet and approach to food and eating she transformed her life by giving birth to her two daughters. A certified macrobiotic counselor and culinary medicine practitioner, Nancy guides people in improving their health and well-being through making informed diet and lifestyle choices. She integrates her wide-ranging skills and experience to craft and teach food awareness and culinary arts programs for children and adults. She is also a certified Yoga Alliance and Torah Yoga teacher. For twenty years before awakening to the power of food, Nancy was an editor and writer on lifestyle magazines.

Nancy holds a MS in Nutrition Education from American University and a BA in Political Science and Italian from Trinity College.  She attended the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She is a Kohenet ordained by the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, a graduate of The Strengthening Health Institute in Philadelphia, PA, Jewish Spirituality Teacher Training and Yoga University (East Coast).

Icing on the Cake: Testimonials

I loved Ms. Nancy’s cooking class so much.! I have been in this cooking class for two years and I would love to sign up for another one. I tried a lot of new foods like winter squash, cardamom, Brussels sprouts and kale. My favorite salad was the kiwi, carrot, radish salad.
Not only did we cook and eat, we also did labs about food. We used rulers to measure the size of plants. We also explored stone fruits and their ripe season. Now in my house we have window boxes and I am growing cherry tomatoes and basil.
I learned that we can use a lot of different tools to cook, not just our hands and senses. We used safety knives, potato peelers and a carrot sharpener (I wonder if you could sharpen a pencil with it?) !!!
Because of this class I can help papi make dinner and I will try any new food at least once to see if I like it. Thank you, Ms. Nancy for making cooking fun and interesting and helping me be excited about food.

- Love, K (a 7-year-old boy).