Bio
Elizabeth J.E. Johnson earned her degree in Food and Restaurant Management at New York University. Later, at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health, she fine-tuned her love and passion for culinary arts.
As a Program Director for B-HEALTHY (Build Healthy Eating And Lifestyles To Help Youth), Elizabeth inspired teenagers to make personal, social and political change through their food choices.
She continued this work at Just Food as the Community Food Education Program Coordinator. There, Elizabeth helped Farmers Market shoppers and members of Community Supported Agriculture understand the connection between farming and wellness and helped them prepare delicious meals with their locally grown produce.
Elizabeth has contributed recipes to Essence Magazine, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, and Just Food's Veggie Tip Sheet Book and website.
She has been featured in articles published in Gourmet Magazine and Brooklyn's Bounty and was a contributor to Satya Magazine. Currently she is busy teaching and working on a new television series with Green Gourmet.
Elizabeth lives in Brooklyn, New York.