Hello, you're listening to me, Liz Earl, and another edition of Wellness with Liz Earl,

where today I am joined by one of our most fabulous and best known foodies

Jasmine Hemsley best-selling author and fellow Well-being Warrior who first hit the

headlines as one half of the Hemzy Sisters with their

incredibly successful books and brands Hemley and Hemesley. Jasmine is now

focusing on the fascinating subject of Ayurvedic medicine and food in her latest book East by West, which is a new take on the

ancient art of living and eating well. Jasmine, welcome to my little studios.

And before going on to the new, I'd like to look back at the old and actually ask you,

how did this whole foodie thing start?

Because you were such pioneers, weren't you you in this making food fashionable.

It's a funny one.

It kind of, it wasn't what I set out to do.

I didn't train as a cook.

I didn't train as a cook. I didn't train in nutrition I just

had an interest which I guess came from both my parents who are very old school my

dad's army and mom is Filipino and they weren't one for eating out or

and definitely not for wasting food. Dad as well as being army was also when he was at home he was on a farm in South Africa

and you know he will eat 85% of the apple could be moldy but he'll still find a bit that's worth

eating and my mom you know it was always kind of proper dinners. Not in a very you know sometimes when I when I talk about this I almost wonder if it sounds like spinning those beautiful you know Italian round the

kitchen table stories it wasn't particularly romantic it was just what my

parents knew which was a good meal at the table with the family family and we all look forward to our food. We really loved food.

And I think because my parents are so well travelled, I was game for really eating anything except when it was not fashionable on the playground.

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