Maria Atwood, CNHP
Catering To The Traditional Cook in Everyone of Us

Dear Friends:

This web site was expressly created to encourage you gently back to the practices and time when food was really just that! "Good healthy, life-giving food". In detailing "My Story" and "A Health Perspective" from the links above, I do so, not to talk about myself from an ego position, but rather that you might see in them some one thing or things which may also lead you to a place of simplicity and the beginning of a state of wellness. In due time I have as a goal to make it more comprehensive. Let me know what you would like to see on it and I will do my utmost to supply it.

Many of the recommendations on this site have been around for thousands of years, rediscovered in our own time by a number of insightful individuals and set down in print to make our earthly journey more satisfying. I am not one of these individuals, but having experienced wonderful health benefits by following their counsel, I have decided to help spread their message. My personal health philosophy is best expressed by Dr. Bernard Jensen, a renowned clinical nutritionist, in one of his famous quotes below: