The Kitchen of Longevity - Loma Linda, California

Discover tasty, healthy recipes that boost longevity at The Kitchen of Longevity in Loma Linda! The Kitchen of Longevity Cooking Demonstration at Drayson Center, Loma Linda - Thursday 5 November 2026 Is your diet already healthy? Now make it your medicine. Loma Linda already knows how to eat well. As one of the world's five Blue Zones, this community lives with a level of nutritional awareness that most of the world is still catching up to. This evening isn't about convincing you to eat differently - it's about showing you what happens when the food you already eat is cooked differently. A turning point in the way that you cook. From simply cooking to eat and cooking for taste, to cooking for wellbeing. About the Kitchen of Longevity The Functional Kitchen of Longevity isn't just a method George and Eleni invented - it's one they inherited. Built from the conditions passed down by their ancestors, and refined alongside some of the longest-lived people on Ikaria, its methods have since been tested against modern nutritional science: inherited wisdom, now backed by research into inflammation, gut health and the prevention of chronic disease. It is a new concept, derived from ancient wisdom - one that advances past how food is prepared today. Most modern cooking has never asked how the food itself is being treated as it cooks. The kitchen of longevity does. The Objective Tasty food. Nutrient-rich food. Almost no kitchen achieves both - high heat makes food delicious but destroys what's in it; gentle preparation preserves nutrients but can leave food bland. The kitchen of longevity exists to solve exactly this - and tonight, you'll see it done. About George & Eleni Karimalis George and Eleni Karimalis run the Karimalis Estate and Farmhouse Restaurant in Pigi, Ikaria - one of the world's five Blue Zones, where people live measurably longer, healthier lives. Ikarians for five centuries, they didn't learn this from a book - they learnt it from their ancestors, and have lived it for over fifty years on the same land their family has farmed for five centuries. They teach over 100 workshops and lectures a year for medical symposiums, professional chefs and wellness communities across Europe and North America. As featured on Netflix's Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones. Evening Programme 🕔 5:00pm - Lecture: Lifestyle of Longevity (50 min) 🍳 5:50pm - Cooking demonstration: Ikarian longevity kitchen in action (1 hr 10 min) 🍽 7:00pm - Q&A while guests enjoy food from the demonstration (30 min) 7:30pm - Close Please Note A small snack of Ikarian dishes will be prepared live and served for guests to try. All food is plant-based. 📍 Collins Auditorium, Drayson Center, 25040 Stewart St, Loma Linda CA 92350 🎟 $85 per person 📧 Inquiries: [email protected]