Shiitake Mushrooms Three Ways
The Shiitake is a widely versatile mushroom that has been considered a medicinal mushroom in many traditional forms of medicine, particularly in China and Japan, where they have been cultivating this restorative mushroom for thousands of years of healing. Shiitake...
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Nourishing Postpartum: Insights from Western and Eastern Traditions
On October 4th, Laroot hosted an event at Boram, a postpartum and postnatal care facility in New York City, to explore postpartum nutrition and holistic well-being. Our goal was to emphasize the importance of postpartum nutrition in supporting new mothers....
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Postpartum Nutrition
Most of us can agree on the importance of quality nutrition for the sake of our own wellbeing, and we do our best to maintain our own standards of what that should be (with the exception of necessary indulgences). In...
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Table Talk with our medical advisor, Molly Knauer
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself, what’s your background and how did your home culture form your relationship with food?This tells a lot about me: https://www.mollys-best.com/meet-molly 2. What’s your favorite food memory? Any traditions that stand out? Thanksgiving growing up...
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Five Ancestral Anti-Inflammatory Superheroes
Every 4th of July the U.S. celebrates the 1776 Declaration of Independence, marking the United States' independence from Great Britain. Favorite ways to celebrate the 4th of July include (of course) picnics and BBQs with family and friends, as well...
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Ancient Persia: Bright hues, complex flavors and vibrant culinary traditions
Since at one point the Ancient Persian empire, under Cyrus the Great, stretched all the way from Egypt to India and parts of Greece, its culinary influence lives on in many of the world’s traditional ancestral cuisines. A pinch of...
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Hara Hachi Bu: the medicine of moderation
Hara Hachi Bu is a Confucian teaching that invites people to eat until they are around 80% full. The principle originates from the Blue Zone region of Okinawa, where inhabitants experience comparatively low rates of heart disease, cancer and stroke....
