THE HISTORIAN
Dr. Jessica B. Harris, professor, journalist, and author of 12 cookbooks, has been writing and lecturing about the food of the African diaspora for more than three decades.
THE SPA GURU
Conscious Cuisine is not just the name of former spa chef Cary Neff‘s first cookbook, it’s also his award-winning cooking philosophy: Enjoy foods that are good for you and taste good too. He developed it in 1995 as executive chef at the Miraval resort and spa in Tucson, Arizona, before going on to become executive chef at the world-renowned La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. Neff is now vice president of Culinary Corporate at Morrison Management and president of Pear Restaurant Group L.L.C., a restaurant consulting and management company with seven locations.
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