SL_Palate_6_22_Palate 6 / 27 / 22 12 : 41 PM Page 1 p P A L A T E Chef Kelly Unger’s wisdom may very well help others become better cooks , have more fun in the kitchen , and eat their way to better health . BY BILL DONAHUE Feast of Unger offers a range of public and private cooking classes , with each class building off two of her core beliefs : one , Eden that food is medicine ; and two , that the elly Unger came from a family “ where everybody cooks . ” Although she best results come from using fresh , locally wanted to be a nurse , she chose culinary school and , later , business grown , and chemical - free ingredients , lov - school . Naturally , she built an enterprise that enables her to combine ingly prepared . her talent for cooking with her innate desire to take care of others . K Like many chefs , Unger’s interest in “ There’s overlap between food and nursing , ” says Unger , a Bethlehem native who other cultures and other parts of the world — went to Johnson & Wales University in Providence , Rhode Island . “ I want to help people Israel , Spain , Thailand — shines through in and heal people . I was not able to do that through the dishes she pre - nursing , so I’m channeling that inner nurse in the kitchen . pares . For example , Food is where it all starts . ” she currently offers “ Through her Bucks County - based culinary business , a class series called The Rooster and The Carrot ( theroosterandthecarrot.com ) , “ Let’s Eat France , ” ? ? Unger offers farm - to - table cooking classes designed to through which she ? ? ? Food support local farms , help attendees connect with the in - C explores each of the ? ? gredients they use , and live more healthfully . She teaches different regions of ? ? ? her classes out of a beautifully restored barn in the village France through its ? is where ? ? of Carversville . distinctive cuisine . ? ? ? “ A friend of mine who had a year - round indoor She has also ex - R ? farmers market [ in Doylestown ] asked me , ‘ Why don’t ? plored the so - called ? it all ? you come teach cooking classes ? ’ ” she recalls . “ It intrigued “ blue zones , ” mean - ? ? ” me because I loved farmers markets , but I had never ing parts of the ? ? ? ? taught cooking classes before . … I tried it and fell in love world thought to ? ? ? starts . with it . ” have a higher - than - ? ? ? The market wound up closing , but Unger felt the urge usual number of ? ? ? to keep teaching . She convinced her family to move to a new home with more space so ? people who live significantly longer than ? ? she could have her own cooking studio . Thus , The Rooster and The Carrot was born . ? average — among them , Ikaria , Greece ; SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 13 ISSUE 10 12 |
