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Dr. Andrew Weil at True Food Kitchen in Phoenix


Good-health guru Dr. Andrew Weil is an Oprah favorite, the founder and director of the University of Arizona’s Center for Integrative Medicine and the author of such bestsellers as “8 Weeks to Optimum Health, Spontaneous Healing and Healthy Aging.”

He’s also partners with restaurateur Sam Fox in true food kitchen, the good-for-you restaurant at Biltmore Fashion Park. (A second branch will open this fall in Scottsdale.)

At 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 6, Dr. Weil will be at true food kitchen to give a talk about the importance of breakfast. Chef Michael Stebner will also be on hand, demonstrating recipes for True Food Kitchen’s new breakfast menu.

While Weil is well-known today for his work in integrative medicine, his early career was somewhat more controversial. While a Harvard undergraduate in the early 1960s, he worked with professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later known as Ram Dass), who were researching mind-altering drugs. According to a new book by Don Lattin, “The Harvard Psychedelic Club,” Weil began undertaking his own experiments. (Weil’s undergraduate thesis was entitled, “The Use of Nutmeg as a Psychotropic Agent.”). Lattin says that a jealous Weil was responsible for the expose that resulted in the expulsion of Leary and Alpert from the Harvard faculty.

Admission is free for the Weil breakfast talk, but reservations are required. Call 480-751-2176.

true food kitchen, 2502 E. Camelback Road (Biltmore Fashion Park), Phoenix. 602-774-3488

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