Thoughtful recipes, beautiful photography, and calm collaboration for projects rooted in nourishment and purpose

Culinary content for wellness brands authors and practitioners

Trusted by wellness professionals and publishers to create nourishing content and manage full-scale cookbook projects with clarity and care.

  • Recipe Development + Testing

    Health-focused recipes created from scratch, fully tested, and tailored to your audience’s dietary needs. Great for websites, client programs, and cookbooks.

    Perfect for: Wellness practitioners, health brands, and cookbook authors

    Recipe Development ↗

  • Food Styling + Photography

    Beautiful, brand-aligned food photography that feels nourishing and natural. Styled with intention for websites, social, cookbooks, and digital marketing.

    Perfect for:Health food brands, cookbook authors, and wellness educators

    Food Styling + Photography ↗

  • Cookbook Production Services

    Collaborative cookbook support—from ghostwriting and testing to styling and photography. Ideal for both self-publishing and traditional publishing.

    Perfect for: Aspiring authors, publishers, and agents seeking a trusted partner

    Cookbook Production ↗

  • Personalized Consultations

    One-on-one culinary support for individuals navigating specific diets or health goals. Includes custom recipes, product suggestions, and meal ideas.

    Perfect for: Clients exploring therapeutic diets or personalized nutrition

    Personalized Consultations ↗

Meet Andrea

With over twenty years of experience as a culinary-trained Holistic Chef and content creator, I specialize in recipe development, food styling, photography, and cookbook project management for wellness professionals, brands, publishers, and agents. My background in organic farming and food-as-medicine shapes everything I create.

I’ve collaborated with functional medicine doctors, natural food companies, cookbook authors, and publishing houses to develop thoughtful, nourishing content and guide cookbook projects from concept to completion. Whether it’s a full production or a single shoot, I bring care, clarity, and creativity to the process.

If you’re looking for culinary content that supports your work and communicates your expertise, I’d love to help bring your ideas to life.

Trusted by…

  • "Andrea completed a lot of excellent work for our team and is a pleasure to work with. She always adhered to our deadlines, was readily available for anything we had for her to work on, and communicated well throughout the course of our time working together."

    The Spruce Eats

  • “Working with Andrea is a dream. She consistently helps bring my vision to life with her delicious recipes, even when working with myriad dietary restrictions and parameters. Her recipes have become a cornerstone of our offerings at the Functional Nutrition Alliance and are, hands-down, the go-to favorites for our customers, clients and even my team! I would recommend Andrea’s recipe development services without hesitation and I’m always eager to work with her every chance I get.”

    -Andrea Nakayama FNLP, MSN, CNC, CNE, CHHC, Founder Functional Nutrition Alliance

  • "I hired about 8 different freelancers for a recipe development and photograph project. Although most were pretty good, Andrea rose above the rest with thorough attention to quality recipes and beautiful photos. She also knows the subject matter well. Will definitely be hiring again."

    Kharrazian Institute

  • "I am deeply grateful to Andrea for creating the remarkable collection of recipes that brought my book to life. Her expertise as a holistic recipe developer perfectly aligned with our mission to make anti-inflammatory eating both healing and delicious. Her thoughtful approach to recipe development, rooted in her own experience of finding health through food, has resulted in a collection that makes healing accessible and enjoyable. Her artistic eye and culinary talent have transformed complex nutritional concepts into practical, beautiful dishes that anyone can create."

    Dr. Josh Redd

Interested in working together?

I’d love to hear more about your project. Reach out and let’s talk about how we can work together.