Linda Shiue

Director of Culinary Medicine, Kaiser Permanente; San Francisco, CA

Linda Shiue, MD, is an internal medicine physician, chef, and the first director of culinary medicine at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, where she founded Thrive Kitchen, a teaching kitchen for patients. She believes that the best medicine is prevention. Her cooking classes showcase seasonal produce, lavishly flavored with spices and fresh herbs. Her food writing has been published widely and she has been interviewed frequently on television and in print. Her first cookbook, Spicebox Kitchen: Eat Well and Be Healthy with Globally Inspired, Vegetable-Forward Recipes, will be released in March 2021. Linda has served as faculty at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Stanford University, and serves on the board of the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. She is a graduate of Brown University, San Francisco Cooking School, University of California at San Francisco. She also holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University, and previously worked in the kitchens of Mourad, a Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco. (San Francisco, CA) @spiceboxtravels