Fast Meals, Not Fast Food: Simple & Nutritious Plant-Based Food
About this Event
Inspiration for Your Food Journey!
Stanford Research Scientist Jessica Hope will discuss why and how to eat simple, healthy plant-based meals. She will share the kinds of fast, extremely simple dishes she prepares at home and how she chooses to eat when dining out. This talk will not feature gourmet meal descriptions - when cooking, Jessica values speed over complex tastes - but it is ideal for new cooks, busy people, reluctant cooks, and people new to eating plant-forward diets.
Food Prep Demo and Tastings!
Jessica's inspiring presentation will follow a fun and educational food prep demonstration and tastings brought to you by Rev. Chef Beth Love. All of the dishes will be whole food, plant-based, and free of added oil. We will be serving generous samples, sufficient as a light meal. You are welcome to bring your dinner if you like to eat a large meal in the evening.
Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired!
Donations are Appreciated.
Eat for the Earth wants to make sure our events are accessible to all, regardless of income. Similar classes can cost $75 or more. Please be as generous as you can so that we can continue providing quality education, support, and programs for dietary transformation.
All donations go to support the nonprofit Eat for the Earth.
About the Presenters
Jessica Hope is a research scientist in the Humane & Sustainable Food Lab at Stanford University, which applies rigorous statistical analysis to interventions intended to decrease dependence on confined animal feeding organizations (CAFOs, or factory farms). Her current research there focuses on a) the sale of plant-based meat analogues in restaurants, b) the role of California CAFO management practices in increasing worldwide antimicrobial resistance, and c) the use of documentary films to spread awareness of CAFOs and nutrition.
Jessica is also part of the nutrition pillar of Stanford Lifestyle Medicine, a community educational program housed in the Stanford Prevention Research Center. A guest lecturer for the Rethinking Meat and introductory Lifestyle Medicine courses, Jessica loves mentoring students and talking about how animals are treated today. She maintains a strong interest in cardiovascular health, from utilizing plant-based diets for longevity to researching spontaneous coronary artery dissection and fibromuscular dysplasia.
Rev. Chef Beth Love has been creating luscious, vibrant foods that deeply nourish on all levels—palate, body, planet, heart, and soul—for over four decades. She is the founder and Executive Director of Eat for the Earth and the author of the Tastes Like Love book series. A gifted speaker, facilitator, teacher, and ordained New Thought minister, Beth has brought a message of transformation to multiple audiences with her speaking and facilitation skills, in contexts as diverse as the California state Pr*son system, schools, churches, businesses, radio, online forums, local community television, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Due to her concern about the contribution of animal agriculture to the climate crisis and other environmental issues, Beth started an organization that supports a human dietary shift towards more plants and less animal products to sustain all life on Earth.
To Find Us
Drive towards the back of the parking lot. About halfway down you will see a smaller parking lot towards the left. We are in Sundean Hall, between the side parking lot and the street.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 2.00 to USD 100.00
