Mind, Body, Spirit, Food
With Cookbook Author, & Recipe Developer Nicki Sizemore
Epicurean Santa Barbara welcomes acclaimed chef, educator, and author Nicki Sizemore all the way from New York for an inspiring morning demonstration and conversation celebrating her new book, Mind, Body, Spirit, Food. Part cookbook, part meditation, this deeply nourishing work invites home cooks to slow down, reconnect with the kitchen, and rediscover cooking as a source of joy, creativity, and well-being.
**Members may pre-purchase the cookbook in advance to guarantee their copy, or purchase at the event for the retail price of $30.
Limited copies will be available onsite, so advance purchase is highly recommended to ensure you take one home!
Non-member registrations include a copy of the cookbook with admission.
Drawing on more than two decades in the culinary world, and her personal journey from burnout to renewed purpose, Nicki will share how simple mindfulness practices can transform everyday meals into meaningful rituals. Every recipe (all naturally gluten-free) is paired with a grounding intention and adaptable variations, encouraging flexibility, presence, and pleasure in the process.
Guests will enjoy a welcome bite and beverage, an intimate talk and Q&A, followed by a live culinary demonstration and tasting of one of Nicki’s signature recipes.
Join us for a restorative, delicious morning that nourishes mind, body, and spirit, and leaves you inspired to cook with renewed intention at home!
Nicki Sizemore is the author of Mind, Body, Spirit, Food: Adaptable Recipes and Grounding Meditations for Preparing Meals with Joy and Intention, released in January 2026. An East Coast based trained chef, cookbook author, and educator, she brings more than two decades of experience in the food industry to her work, bridging mindfulness and cooking in practical, accessible ways. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Parents, Better Homes & Gardens, Goop, Real Simple, EatingWell, Fine Cooking, and other publications. Nicki is also the author of Fresh Flavors for the Slow Cooker (Storey Publishing, 2019), Build-a-Bowl (Storey Publishing, 2018), and The Food Processor Family Cookbook (Sonoma Press, 2016). Through her Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter and podcast—and her longtime blog, From Scratch Fast—she shares recipes, rituals, and tools designed to bring more presence, ease, and joy into the everyday act of cooking and eating. Find her at nickisizemore.com and @nickisizemore.
