Louisa Shafia has cooked at restaurants in San Francisco and New York, including Millennium, Aquavit, and Pure Food and Wine. She has created original recipes for Whole Living, Food Network Magazine, Prevention, and Better Homes and Gardens and has been featured in Yoga JournalNew York magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, the Washington Post, and Saveur. Her first cookbook, Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life, is a collection of seasonal recipes that was nominated for an IACP award. Look for her on the Cooking Channel's Taste in Translation series, making Persian kebabs.