Lia Huber
Lia Huber had an auspicious start to her food career when she won a gold medal in a beanstalk growing contest at her kindergarten. But it wasn’t for another two and a half decades, when she moved from New York to San Francisco in 1997, that she cultivated food into a full-time pursuit. Since then, Lia has written hundreds of recipes and articles for over a dozen national magazines including Cooking Light, Prevention, Health, Natural Health, Hemispheres and Fitness, and her work has been featured on CNN.com, MSNBC.com and WebMD. Lia has appeared live on FOX and ABC television and speaks on nourishing body and soul through food.
Now Lia is furthering her goal of helping people enjoy food that’s healthy for both their bodies and the earth in new ways. Lia recently launched Nourish Network, a new website and conversational hub that promotes sustainable change through tempting recipes and bite-sized bits of rich content on sound nutrition, “eco-clean” eating and being mindful around meals. Also in the works is a small-group coaching program called MyNourishMentor. On the surface, Lia’s goal is to help people maintain a healthy body, a comfortable weight and an eco-clean conscience while getting more pleasure from food. But on a deeper level, it’s about helping people feel fulfilled, content and connected with every meal, every bite.
Lia first broke into writing during the wee hours of the night in the late 90s while working as a marketing manager in New York City by day. Her first article, in a 1996 issue of Hemispheres, covered the music clubs in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans and was followed by several other destination pieces. But her move to California spawned a love affair with fresh, seasonal produce and local ingredients and Lia shifted her focus from travel to food. Later, a serious health issue and a persistent “20 pounds too many” prompted Lia to branch out and seek nutrition-focused assignments to learn from the experts what healthy living looked like.
In addition to writing for publication, Lia also continues to help food and wine companies find their voices as a branding and messaging consultant. She is also Vice Chair of the Food Writers, Editors and Publishers section of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Lia received an MBA from University of Florida, a BA in Communication with a minor in French from Tulane University, and has studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Culinary Institute of America Greystone in Napa Valley. She recently finished writing her first novel, I Land Home, a culinary odyssey that takes readers from an island in Greece to both coasts of America. Lia lived in New York, New Orleans, Paris, Greece, Costa Rica and San Francisco before putting down roots in Healdsburg with her husband, Christopher, and daughter, Noemi.
Visit Lia’s profile on Nourish Network here.