Jennifer Murray is a Hawaii-based food writer and recipe developer. She focuses on vegan and raw food and was head chef at a Kauai restaurant.
Highlights
- Food writer
- Co-author of three cookbooks featuring vegan or raw food
- Co-owner and head chef of the Blossoming Lotus restaurant
Experience
Jennifer Murray is a former writer for The Spruce. She has co-authored three cookbooks focused on vegan and raw cuisine. She teaches classes internationally, demonstrating the ease and delectability of vegan cooking, baking, and raw food preparation.
Before becoming an author, Murray was a head chef for the celebrated Blossoming Lotus restaurant. She also opened the Lotus Root Juice Bar & Bakery for the Blossoming Lotus, an organic health-food cafe on Kauai.
Education
Jennifer Murray attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has an associate's degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Awards and Publications
- The Blossoming Lotus restaurant won The Honolulu Advertiser's Ilima Award for Best Kauai Restaurant.
- She is a co-author of three cookbooks.
- "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw"
- "The 30-Minute Vegan"
- "The 30-Minute Vegan's Taste of the East"
About The Spruce
The Spruce, a Dotdash brand, is a new kind of home website offering practical, real-life tips and inspiration to help you create your best home. The Spruce family of brands, including The Spruce, The Spruce Eats, The Spruce Pets, and The Spruce Crafts collectively reach 30 million people each month.
Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.