Guests: Laura Theodore and Latham Thomas
Part 1: Laura Theodore, The Jazzy Vegetarian
Laura Theodore is a radio host, television personality, and award-winning jazz singer and songwriter. She currently hosts the Jazzy Vegetarian cooking show on public television and Jazzy Vegetarian Radio, a talk and music show focusing on easy-to-prepare, plant-based recipes, earth-friendly entertaining tips, celebrity interviews, and upbeat music.
Part 2: Latham Thomas, Greening the Planet One Belly At A Time
Born and raised in California, Latham is a graduate of both Columbia University, where she earned a degree in Visual arts and Environmental science, as well as the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is a certified holistic health counselor, who mixes her passions of plant physiology, botany, holistic nutrition, fitness, yoga, and green cuisine into a lifestyle program that supports the various needs of her clients. Specializing in maternal and child wellness, Latham served as Program coordinator for the Healthy Moms-Healthy Babies project for the B-Healthy organization. She is the co-founder of Panela Productions, a company that educates parents and children about food, through cooking classes, and events. Latham has developed partnerships with Vogue Magazine, Destination Maternity, Jurlique, and Euphoria Spa to produce events for expectant and new moms.
Latham has taught plant-based culinary classes at Natural Gourmet, Whole Foods Market, and the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, where she is a part of the guest faculty, and for a host of private clients. In addition to cooking, Latham occasionally works as a menu concept development consultant for boutique hotels, spas, and restaurants. She gives lectures and demos on plant based nutrition has spoken at Laughing Lotus Yoga Center, North American Vegetarian Society’s Summer Fest, and Excellence Charter School, to name a few.
Latham completed her 200 hour Yoga Alliance certification through Sonic Yoga, and has taught Vinyasa Flow classes at OM Factory, Golden Bridge Yoga Center, Sports Club LA, PEAK Performance Gym, Aerospace, and 19th Street Gym, RealBirth, and Yoga Sutra. She completed her prenatal yoga training with the world renowned teacher Shiva Rea, Mary Barnes- Yoga for Two Method, and apprenticed with Sohkna Heathyre Mabin- Mama Sutra Method. She currently teaches prenatal yoga classes at Om Factory & Golden Bridge Yoga and open level vinyasa and Anti-gravity yoga classes at Om Factory.
Features include: The Dr.Oz Show, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, Fox 5 news, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, and the We Network.NY Daily News, Time Out NY, Elle Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Ideal Bite, The Examiner, The Daily Practice, Latham contributes to Ecomii, Yahoo Green, Body + Soul, Crazy Sexy Life, Essence Online, and Naturally Savvy. She lives in New York City with her son and turtle. Her favorite dish is sauteed Brussel sprout greens with garlic and olive oil.
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