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...

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....

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...

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...

Dear friends of Laroot,  We were lucky enough to get to visit a few incredible places this summer, starting with Lisbon. There we discovered the beauty of Portuguese Tabernas, old school taverns that serve typical Portuguese food, where the menu...

What is bone broth? To make this savory, mahogany-toned broth—the likes of which have been consumed for almost 3,000 years—organic beef bones are slowly simmered with immune-boosting vegetables and herbs until the bones’ vitamins, amino acids, collagen, and other proteins...