Maya Klein Author

Ellen Goldsmith, LAc, is co-founder of Pearl Natural Health, a naturopathic, acupuncture and Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Portland. She is a graduate of the NUNM's Classical Chinese Medicine programme, with a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine, is licensed as an acupuncturist, and certified in Chinese herbal therapy. She has taught Chinese dietetics and its application in practice for NUNM's classical Chinese medicine program for the past 12 years and is currently adjunct faculty for the Masters of Science of Nutrition programme. Maya Klein's passion for food has brought her to recipe development and cooking instruction, a departure from her professional training as an economist. Maya's culinary work includes recipe testing and development to teach in her classes, for commercial clients and for numerous cookbooks, including 'The Joy of Cooking' and eight books as assistant to Alice Medrich. She is co-author with Alice Medrich of the James Beard Award-winner 'Flavour Flours'.