Meet Leslie McGowan

Leslie's health and food journey began in 2013 when she began learning to cook and reinventing old family recipes to adapt to her family's developing allergies and health conditions.

 

After moving to the Bay Area in 2014, she adapted her cooking to host friends and family with numerous dietary preferences, sometimes in a single meal.

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She is a self taught chef and holds a certification in nutrition from Cornell University. She is a world traveler, carrying out a promise to herself to visit a new country each year and attend local cooking classes to bring home new recipes and cooking techniques to apply and share. 

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Leslie now calls Ventura County her home but splits her time between the coasts, spending time with her family in New Jersey and the Carolinas, exploring new LA restaurants and reading her long TBR list with her dog by her side in her free time.​​