The Doctor's Spicebox - Thrive Kitchen Cooking Classes

10/13/2026

Asia Pacific Medical Humanities & the Arts Summit
October 14-16, 2026 | Virtual | FREE
What does it mean to stay human in
medicine?

Join scholars, health care workers,
artists, educators, and others from across the Asia-Pacific region for a
virtual gathering exploring the intersections of medicine, narrative, ethics, technology, and the
human experience.
Rather than a traditional academic
conference, the Summit is designed as an intellectual “commons,” a space for
short, engaging contributions and conversations across disciplines,
perspectives, and regions.
 Four themes:
•
Difficult Emotions
• Unsung Stories
• Connecting Past & Present
• Staying Human
October 15–16 | 8 AM–12 PM Hong Kong
October 14–15 | 5–9 PM Pacific
Convened by a committee
representing Stanford University
and the University of Hong Kong.
✨ Registration is free!
Register
via the QR code. 

I’m honored to be presenting on a panel on day 2, Connecting Past and Present:
Culinary Medicine, Teaching Kitchens, and the Evolution of Healing Through Food




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10/07/2026

Tonight was such a lovely full circle moment to celebrate the release of Ali Francis ‘s The Curious Lives of Vegetables. Ali found me back in 2021 and wrote a lovely profile of my work in culinary medicine in bonappetitmag when was published. I was so excited when she got back in touch to talk to me about bitter melon, and included my little (and slightly heavy) quote in this gorgeous and fascinating book on vegetable history and culture. And how great to meet IRL tonight!
If you like vegetables, botanical prints, history, culture, food systems and so much more, check it out. I’m excited to read every page.

10/06/2026

Food is meant to be enjoyed!

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/nigella-lawson-takes-big-bites-stop-being-weird-about-it

Critics have misunderstood the newest judge's enthusiastic noshing on "The Great British Baking Show" since her on camera career began.

09/24/2026

What is the literary trope where one emergency happens and while it’s still barely settling down, a bigger one happens, and that one reveals yet another? A few of my friends know that this is the dark spiral of my parents’ health that I’ve been co-managing with my brother for the past week and counting. I slept on a chair next to my mom’s hospital bed the last 3 nights.
I’m overwhelmed.
So I cooked.
This was my mom’s welcome home meal. Doesn’t look like much, but this what I cook for myself and my family when comfort and healing are needed. Taiwanese rice porridge with various pickled vegetables (chili bamboo and radish here), eggs over easy cooked with soy sauce and sugar, nuts, and braised gluten.
What do you cook to heal, nourish and love?

09/18/2026

This was a very nice surprise to be featured by American Medical Association with other women in medicine. I’m grateful to have had the tremendous support of Permanente Doctors and Kaiser Permanente as I’ve built a gratifying and meaningful career in engaging with both patients and medical trainees.

09/14/2026

Congratulations Clarissa Wei on the publication of !
What a treasure of a resource for new mothers and delicious recipes for everyone!
I’m excited to try out some of the recipes using HEYDOH Clear Source Herbs and to wind down with the Destress Gummies from Reprise — thank you!

09/11/2026

This just came up in my memories- learning to make thiboudienne in Senegal, 2018.

09/11/2026

Not me looking smug— just thrilled to have taught my second cooking class in as many weeks ON MY FEET after my little foot injury left me seated for 3 long months. I still have a ways to go before I’m myself again, but I’ll take steady progress! And always a thrill to get people excited by the fundamentals of flavorful cooking. Congratulations to the 50+ participants in the 12 week workshop at Kaiser Permanente Northern California !
It was a delight to teach you how to season your beans, pan fry tofu, and make your own dressings to top an 🌈🌿🍊🍇🍉🍒🍍🍐🍋🍓🌈 salad!
Inspired? Hungry? Come cook with me in
Kp.org/sanfrancisco/thrivekitchen

09/08/2026

Love hot sauce? Support early partner of Thrive Kitchen, local farmer Raised Roots. This is great stuff!

In 2020, my good friend Max taught me how to make fermented hot sauce without vinegar. Now it’s how I make a living.

Living foods.

Good food is just as much about showing up and being consistent in the marketplace as it is the food itself.

Raised Roots is bridging the gap, proving you don’t need to decide between accessibility and a good clean product with no fluff.

Peppers, water, salt. An open source recipe that really anyone could make.

But I’m here, showing up, and being consistent for my customers who’ve figured it out, and here to invite new customers to experience something different.

I’m on the farm and in the kitchen. Find me at my markets and sample every one of my sauces.

09/05/2026

Congratulations Belinda Hahn for provoking thoughts.
Belinda Hahn selfportrait