cynthia's speaking schedule

If your group, club or team is interested in a presentation by Ms. Lair,
contact Jamie Lopez at 206-427-7449.

2008 Classes & Lectures

November 15 "Raising Healthy Eaters" Sno-Isle Libraries, Mukilteo, 2:00 pm
November 10 Booksigning at Third Place Books (17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA.), 7:00 pm.
October 9 "Raising Healthy Eaters" NW Montessori School, 4910 Phinney Ave N, 6:30 pm
September 24 "Raising Healthy Eaters" Sno-Isle Libraries, Edmonds, 7:00 pm
September 23 "Raising Healthy Eaters" Sno-Isle Libraries, Snohomish, 7:00 pm
September 18 Healthful Eating with co-presenter April Stempien-Otero, Bush School, Seattle 7:00 pm
September 13 "Raising Healthy Eaters" Sno-Isle Libraries, Lynwood, 2:00 pm
August 20 "Raising Healthy Eaters", Starbucks/Java Gym, Seattle, 12:00 pm.
August 16 "Sports Nutrition for Kids", Asante Health Systems, Medford, OR 10:00am - 12:00 pm..
August 15 "Raising Healthy Eaters", Ashland Food Coop, Ashland, OR. 7:00 pm.
May 24 Cooking demo and booksigning, Mrs. Cooks at University Village, 1:00 pm.
May 22 "If I Only Had Some Greens", PCC Cooks at PCC Co-op Office, 6:30 - 9:00 pm.
May 13 "If I Only Had Some Greens", PCC Cooks at PCC Redmond, 6:30 - 9:00 pm.
May 10 Lecture and booksigning, Third Place Books , 6:30 pm.
May 8 "Raising Healthy Eaters", French Immersion School, 7:00 pm.
May 7 "If I Only Had Some Greens", PCC Cooks at PCC Greenlake, 6:30 - 9:00 pm.
May 3 "If I Only Had Some Greens", PCC Cooks at PCC Bastyr University, 10:00 - 12:30 pm.
April 21 "Raising Healthy Eaters", Sandhurst Cooperative Preschool , 7:45 pm.
April 12 Cooking Demonstration, PCC booth at The Green Festival, Seattle Convention Center, 1:00-4:00 pm.
March 19 "Feeding the Young Athlete, REI in Redmond, 7:00-8:30 pm.
March 12 "Feeding the Whole Family", PCC Cooks at PCC Greenlake, 6:30 - 9:00 pm.
February 28 "Feeding the Whole Family", PCC Cooks at PCC Issaquah, 6:30 - 9:00 pm.
February 23 "If I Only Had Some Greens", NW Flower & Garden Show, NW Horticulture Society exhibit "Eat Your Vegetables" presentations at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm.
February 19 "Feeding the Whole Family", PCC Cooks at PCC Redmond, 6:30 - 9:00 pm.
January 29 "Whole Grains", lecture and cooking demonstration, Auburn School District, 2:00 - 4:00 pm.
January 26 "Feeding the Whole Family", PCC Cooks at Bastyr University,10:00 am - 12:30 pm, Visit PCC Cooks.com to sign up for PCC classes.
January 24 Bastyr University, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Lecture and Booksigning, Check web site for more details: www.bastyr.edu

"Cynthia must have a great time in life, because she radiated so much joy, excitement and passion in the class she taught. She loves food and she inspired myself and many others in the class to be creative, adventurous and playful while cooking. She is immensely knowledgeable about nutrition, food preparation, and healthy living. I highly recommend any class she teaches. She is entertaining, engaging, and just an all around great person to work with."

--Michael Byrne, N.D.

Thank you so much for the presentation yesterday - I thought it was wonderful and I received many compliments. You have a real gift for communicating your passion for "real food" and I think you inspired a few of us yesterday. You certainly got us thinking - I have never seen such concentration on a message (by my staff)!
--Eric Boutin, Director, Child Nutrition Services, Auburn School District

"Finally! Someone has unlocked the mystery of this critical aspect of athletic performance. Ms. Lair practically assimilates the principles of exercise science and sports nutrition with the soccer-specific demands of training, matches, and tournaments in terms that the average soccer mom, team manager, and coach can easily follow. Tons of practical tips and easy-to-follow meal plans and guidelines make this a must-have for any team, coach, or parent - a truly outstanding effort and the highlight of the 2005 NSCAA Convention!"
--John T.H. Germanos, Technical Director for Neighborhood Youth Soccer League (NYSL)

"Cynthia Lair is a dynamic and knowledgeable speaker, who offers very practical food preparation tips and great insights on the value of eating whole foods. As the Spring 2005 Healthy Aging Lecturer for the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging at the University of Washington School of Nursing, Ms. Lair's talk on "Whole Foods and Healthy Aging: How to be a Pickle and Get Livelier with Age" was both well-attended and inspiring!
--Ruth Cochrane, Director of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging at the University of Washington School of Nursing

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Cynthia Lair graduated as a Certified Health and Nutrition Counselor from the Health and Nutrition Program (NYC) in 1987. She has been a member of the Nutrition faculty at Bastyr University, coordinating and teaching their whole foods cooking program, since 1994 and an adjunct faculty member for the University of Washington School of Nursing since 2006. Cynthia wrote Feeding the Whole Family (Sasquatch Books, 2008) and Feeding the Young Athlete (Moon Smile Press, 2002) and is a Contributing Editor for Mothering Magazine. She teaches whole foods cooking classes for the Puget Consumer's Coop,  Evergreen Hospital, Pike Place Market and other venues. The Starbuck's Corporation, Vancouver Wellness Show, Clear Channel's Baby Expo in San Francisco, La Leche League convention, NSCAA convention, USYSA convention, and Greenhouse Spa in Dallas are a few of the schools and businesses where Ms. Lair has been invited to be a guest lecturer. She is the host of the  web cooking show Cookus Interruptus. Cynthia lives with her husband and daughter in Seattle, Washington.