About Sofia

Sofia grew up in Minden, Louisiana, in the south of the United States. When she was eleven she begged her grandparents to let her join them on a cruise to Europe. Seeing six countries in fourteen days, she caught a travel bug that still tickles her. After attending high school in Texas and college in Tennessee, Sofia decided it was time to leave the South and see the world. Over the next ten years she worked and studied in Ireland, France and Italy. In 2001, from a high floor of a Manhattan office building, she saw the towers fall. This event started the chain reaction that led to her exit from the corporate life two years later. Learning she was ill, Sofia went on a healing and spiritual journey that took her around the world. The spiritual part of the journey ended with an encounter with a Zen master; the healing part gave birth to a cooking style that produces dishes intended to be simple, addictive and easy to digest. Sofia is still moving around, looking for ways to sustain herself while following her heart.