Have you ever heard of, or maybe even tried, the Kousmine Method? Introduced in the 1930s by Dr. Catherine “Katia” Kousmine (1904–1992), a Swiss general practitioner with Russian roots, this nutritional methodology promotes a diet composed largely of whole grains; legumes; raw, organic,...

Traditional Chinese Medicine, in its most basic sense, posits that a vital energy, called qi, must flow freely throughout the body in order to prevent disease. An imbalance or obstruction of qi—and, by extension, illness—is thought to be indicative of asymmetry between...

While most of the dishes that have inspired Laroot meals possess a history dating back hundreds of years, some of them, even if they do have centuries-old predecessors, came into popular existence in modern times. One of them is pho,...

One of many Laroot-subscriber favorites is our High Italian lunch: a medley of brown-rice rigatoni, sun-dried tomatoes, blanched kale, and hemp seeds, tossed with a traditional basil pesto that honors the sauce’s roots in Liguria. Derived from the Italian verb pestare,...

At Laroot, we source our ingredients from farms and suppliers right in our backyard. But long before we relied on the fertile soil beneath our feet, Native Americans called the same land home. Over thousands of years, they developed a...

Our curiosity and passion for culinary wisdom takes us to destinations all around the world. Recently, we found ourselves in Ecuador, a cultural treasure nestled in northwestern South America. From the Andes Mountains, to the Amazon basin, to the Galapagos...