From our previous conversations,
I knew she was a proponent
of the ancient Indian health
practice of Ayurveda, and that
she espouses the philosophy of food
as medicine. As I logged onto the
Nature’s Oasis website to access
their wi-fi, I was greeted by this quote
from Hippocrates: “Let food be thy
medicine, and medicine be thy food.”
Clearly, we were in the right place for
this conversation.
Over the next hour or so, Rizvi gave me a
crash course in Ayurveda, got me excited to
try Northern Indian cooking, and gave me
insight into what it’s like to put down new
roots as an immigrant in Shaker Heights.