ABOUT RITA

Rita Romano has had a unique interest in food as medicine for many years.  What started as a hobby has become her life’s work.  Her creative ability and desire to nurture has resulted in an exciting new genre of life-giving recipes.

Rita’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York in Stonybrook and post-graduate nutritional studies at Hofstra University in New York.  She is also a graduate of Kushi Institute in Massachusetts where she studied nutritional food preparation, oriental medicine, shiatsu massage and visual diagnostic techniques.  After co-owning and operating New Horizon Natural Foods Restaurant in Key West, Florida, she went on to serve as the Executive Chef and Food Director at Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida.

            After WPB, Rita returned to Key West. She opened "Dining in the Raw Creative Kitchen" and provided wonderful raw food cuisine for the local community and incoming tourists. Classes were given for those committed to a raw food lifestyle. The kitchen was sold June 2001 so Rita could devote full time to teaching.

For the past twenty five years she has been providing specially prepared meals as well as teaching theory and technique to a wide array of people ranging from those interested in maintaining health to the seriously ill.  Her vast knowledge of different vegetarian styles and philosophies has helped her to satisfy just about anyone’s palate. 

Please write me at dine_raw@bellsouth.net