Cynthia Lair

Cynthia Lair has been a Professor for Bastyr University's School of Nutrition and Exercise Science since 1994. She founded their B.S. in Nutrition and Culinary Arts program. Find her on video in the on-line cooking show Cookus Interruptus: how to cook fresh, local, seasonal whole foods despite life's interruptions. Her TEDx Rainier talk "How to Cut an Onion" on YouTube sums up her personal philosophy about cooking. Ms. Lair has been an invited speaker at the Food as Medicine Conference, La Leche League conventions and the 2015 and 2017 Nutrition & Health Conference (Arizona). She has taught whole foods cooking classes at the Puget Consumer's Coop, Sur La Table, Evergreen Hospital, Pike Place Market and many other venues. Latest schedule: www.cynthialair.com. A new, fully-revised fourth edition of her popular cookbook, Feeding the Whole Family has sold over 80,000 copies. Her second book, Feeding the Young Athlete: Sports Nutrition Made Easy for Players and Parents was released in 2012. Sourdough on the Rise will be released October 2019.