Divya Alter is the chef and co-founder of Divya’s Kitchen, an Ayurvedic restaurant in Manhattan, and of Bhagavat Life, a nonprofit dedicated to education and community. With more than 35 years of experience studying and teaching Indian spiritual philosophy, yoga, Sanskrit chanting, and vegetarian Ayurvedic cooking across Europe, India, and the U.S., she is one of today’s leading voices in Ayurvedic cuisine. Originally from Bulgaria, Divya is the author of What to Eat for How You Feel: The New Ayurvedic Kitchen (Rizzoli, 2017) and Joy of Balance: An Ayurvedic Guide to Cooking with Healing Ingredients. Her passion is to use food as medicine—and to make delicious, healing meals and practical knowledge easily accessible to people all over the world.