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Who's in the Kitchen?

Marie Trudeau

Marie Trudeau grew up on a farm in Farnham outside of Montreal, Canada. She immigrated to the United States after graduating from college, and worked for 25 years running several successful real estate companies as an owner and manager in Phoenix, Arizona, and southern California. Marie was a private, commercial and instrument pilot when there were few women with commercial licenses, flying between her Phoenix and Carlsbad, California offices. She also piloted her 42 foot cabin cruiser between San Diego and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

A fine gourmet meal, both as a cook and as a diner is one of her passions. She has collected many fine recipes over the years, using only fresh, nutritious herbs, fruits, and vegetables whenever possible. She gets great joy from sharing her love by creating fine dining experiences for family and friends

She is co-author with David Leonard of the work-in-progress: Kitchen Alchemy: Herbs as Food, Food is Medicine, a cookbook for people empassioned by nutritional healing and herbal medicine.

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Keoki Sousa

Keoki Sousa studied Asian philosophy at San Jose State University and educational psychology at Stanford University.

Since returning home to Maui in 1989, he has studied under na kupuna (elders and ancestors) who have shared with him their knowledge and wisdom. He has been encouraged by them to perpetuate the traditional practices of na kupuna. He facilitates ongoing classes in traditional Hawaiian healing practices and la‘au lapa‘au (medicinal plants and herbs) the first Monday of each month in Kahului. He also offers non-credit classes in Hawaiian studies in the Hawaii Pacific University Elderhostel Program and in the Maui Community College PACE program.

He currently serves as president of the Kahuna La‘au Lapa‘au O Maui, Inc., a non-profit association of traditional practitioners, and the Community Garden at Ma‘alaea, Inc., a non-profit educational organic and botanical garden.

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David Leonard

David Bruce Leonard is a practitioner and teacher of all five branches of traditional Chinese medicine: Acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, dietary therapy, and martial arts exercises. David has studied traditional medicines with healers in Asia, North and South America, and Hawai’i. He has a working knowledge of more than 400 traditional Hawaiian, Chinese, and Western plants. A Hawaiian medicinal plant specialist and deep ecologist, he has been a student of Hawaiian medicine under Kahu Kawika Ka’alakea, Na Kupuna ‘O Maui, and Keoki Sousa since 1992. He sometimes wears his pants too short.