Cybele Pascal
Bio
Cybele Pascal is the award-winning author of The Allergen-Free Bakers Handbook and The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook. She has been a guest on The Martha Stewart Show, the Food Network, the Today show, ABC News, Good Morning America Health, and NPR. She writes a weekly food blog called Food Allergy Recipe Challenge on Martha Stewarts Whole Living Daily. She is also a regular contributor to Living Without; the magazine for people with allergies and food sensitivities, and her allergy-friendly recipes have appeared in many national publications, including Good Housekeeping, Whole Living (Body + Soul), and NY Parent. Additionally, she has written regular columns for Oxygen Media, AOL, and Gaiam.com.
Cybeles lifelong passion for cooking and food history began when she was growing up on Cape Cod, in a family of notoriously excellent cooks who used the organic produce from their garden to prepare delicious and wholesome meals. Sustainable Cuisine was a family way of life and a tenet she continues to practice in her inventive and healthy recipes today.
As a young child, Cybele was taught to cook by her grandmother, who became a superlative home chef during her many years living in Italy. Cybele believes that recipes are a form of heritage, and over the years she has learned to cook dishes handed down from her Southern ancestors, as well as her Eastern European great-grandmother, a famously gifted and enthusiastic cook who reputedly spent so much time at the oven she could lift out hot casseroles with her bare hands.
In addition to recipes she learned to prepare from her family and during her fifteen years spent working in restaurants, Cybele is constantly expanding her repertoire. She has traveled the world extensively, making local food the focus of her trips. Food is her passion, and cooking fresh, delicious and healthy meals for her family and friends is a daily pleasure.
When her son was diagnosed with severe food allergies in 2002, Cybele learned about allergen-free cooking and made it a priority to transform this cuisine into a delicacy.
In addition to her culinary work, Cybele is also an award-winning playwright and writer. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and an Artists Diploma in Playwriting from the Juilliard School.
Cybele lives in Los Angeles with her food-allergic family: husband Adam, sons Lennon and Monte, and their dogs Izzie and Carly (who also has food allergies).
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