INTRODUCING
MAYA FELLER X LAROOT WORLD
Maya Feller is the founder of Brooklyn-based Maya Feller Nutrition. A registered dietitian nutritionist, Maya is the author of Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World (a Laroot favorite!) and the host of the YouTube series “Where Wellbeing Meets Flavor.” Maya’s work blends cultural traditions with modern nutrition to empower individuals to nourish themselves through wholesome meals.
In collaboration with Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN, we have crafted two new dishes that celebrate flavor, discovery, and wellness. Like all of our meals, these dishes are organic, gluten-free, locally sourced, fresh, never frozen, and now available for delivery in NYC, Upstate NY, and select areas of NJ, and CT.
Drawing inspiration from the culinary traditions of Trinidad and Tobago, Maya's Island Salad and Maya's Curry are guided by the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) to support one's optimal wellness.
Maya's Curry
A dish that Tobagans are proud to call their own, salty-spicy crab and dumpling originates from the ingenuity of Tobago’s West African enslaved people, who sourced crabs to round out the meager diet they were provided. The introduction of curry sauces from Indian indentured laborers in the 19th century gave rise to the generously seasoned coconut gravy that crab and dumpling is prepared with today. Laroot’s version features jumbo saltwater-crab meat simmered in a curry of more than a dozen spices, covering all six rasas of the Ayurvedic diet. Gluten-free dumplings made from green plantains, rather than the traditional cassava root, lends a starchy foil to the affair.
Maya's Island Salad
A bright and nourishing salad with macerated kale, roasted okra, a legacy crop of African origin prized for its mucilaginous properties, and fonion pilaf, a West African grain known for its iron and amino acid profile, is a grounding base. The salad is finished with a tangy-sweet guava dressing, whose vitamin C-rich fruit balances the dish with a hint of tropical acidity. At once restorative and refreshing, this dish speaks to a lineage of vibrant culinary traditions that prioritize flavor, wellness, and cultural memory.
Together, we are excited to bring the restorative power of food directly to your doorstep!
Coming soon to Caviar and Doordash on June 15th..