About

Hi! I’m Tina and I’m originally from Massachusetts. I recently moved from NYC after 30 years of interesting experiences. I’m excited to share my passion for nutrition and healthy cooking in the New Hamshire and Boston area.

My passion for cooking began in my 20’s when I worked for catering companies to supplement my freelance illustration career. I loved working with food then and as I developed my art life eventually as a graphic designer and painter, my passion for working with food grew even more. I eventually went to culinary school in 2002 at the Institute of Culinary Education and spent 2 years working in NYC restaurants thereafter. Although I loved my restaurant experiences, focusing on nutrition and the power of healthy cooking felt closer to my values.

I started The Tasteful Table in 2006 as a side business, while still working as a graphic designer. The more I worked with food, the more I wanted to learn about nutrition, which led me to the Institute for Integrated Nutrition. At IIN, I absorbed life-changing information from top functional medicine doctors in nutrition, along with environmentally-conscious experts on healthy living, beyond food. I’m also enrolled in Full Body Systems with Andrea Nakayama, learning more about how the systems in our body work together as a whole.

I sincerely believe food is medicine—to quote Hippocrates, and I love sharing what I know and what I continue to learn about the power of food, eating with the seasons and WHY organic or eating locally is better for your body, on a cellular level. Also, working with the variety of seasonal vegetables that brighten your plate and energize your body makes cooking fun.

Whether you’re trying to eliminate gluten, sugar, processed food, dairy or simply desire to eat more nutrient-dense plants, I’d love to guide you on your journey as a chef, or health coach.

Warmly,

Tina

 

To learn more about my health coaching service click here.

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