After a post-collegiate stint at studying primate mating behavior, Michelle taught high school biology and environmental science for 5 years. Now, instead of parenting 150 high school students a day, she focuses on her two wonderful children and various 4-legged pets. When she isnt spending time with her own children, Michelle runs Whats Cooking, a certified-green company that offers healthy and seasonal cooking classes to kids in the San Francisco Bay Area. Not only do her classes teach kids and their families to enjoy delicious home-made foods, but they also motivate families to use food and cooking to help those less fortunate.

A few tasty tid-bits about Michelle:

• In the past year, Michelle has appeared on ABCs live talk show, The View From the Bay, 6 times to share tips on cooking with kids, waste-free lunch and holiday food ideas.

• In 2008, Michelle was the technical editor for two books:  Picture Yourself Cooking With Your Kids and Kids!  Picture Yourself Cooking.
  

• Michelle received a grant from Heifer International to participate on an Educator Study Tour to Honduras in the summer of 2007, where she learned about sustainable development and the prevention of hunger.

• She helped her friends, the owners of Spread, to cater the Celebrity Poker Tournament at the 2006 Emmy Awards.Michelle assisted her friend, Jennifer Carden, to style food for a Thanksgiving-themed Satellite Media Tour for Food Network Star, Guy Fieri.

• In the past year, Michelle has been fortunate to meet Jacques Pepin and Mollie Katzen, both of whom praised her work on helping families cook and eat well together.

• In addition to writing for her own blog, What's Cooking Blog, Michelle also writes for several popular websites and blogs, such as Bostonmamas, Mommy Track'd and the WellFed Network, on topics related to cooking with children, family mealtimes, helping others through food and healthy menu planning.