Jeremy Rock Smith
Faculty
Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu faculty, graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and began his career in classical French cuisine, working in fine restaurants in the United States and abroad. In 2005, Jeremy’s love for teaching and natural foods led him to Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, where he applied his classical training to creating healthy cuisine in their kitchen and as a demonstration chef. He joined the Kripalu Kitchen in 2010 as Chef de Cuisine, served as its Executive Chef until 2022, and is the author of The Kripalu Kitchen: Nourishing Food for Body and Soul.
In 2019, Jeremy competed on Food Network's popular Chopped cooking show. | ![]() |
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Kripalu Recipe: Chocolate Avocado Mousse
Enjoy creamy, rich, and healthy avocado chocolate mousse made with avocado, semi-sweet chocolate, an coconut milk. Delicious!
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Gluten-Free Rhapsody in Orange Cookies
Sweet, citrus-filled Orange Cookies made gluten-free. If you have an orange lover in your house, they’ll LOVE these cookies!
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Kripalu Recipe: Sardinian Parchment Bread
This makes a wonderfully simple cracker that you can change the flavor profile with your choice of herbs or spices.
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Kripalu Recipe: Asian Pesto
This pesto serves nicely over your favorite asian noodle or spread it over your veggies as they come off the grill.
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Kripalu Recipe: Roasted Chicken with Sesame Cider Glaze
Finger-licking-good roasted chicken that’s easy to make. Chicken thighs, drumsticks or breasts coated in ginger and cooked with a delicious sesame cider glaze.
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Kripalu Recipe: Spiced Apple Compote
Tart apples combine with warm autumn spices for a tasty sweet-savory topping for pork, chicken, or even turkey.
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Kripalu Recipe: Anise Cumin Rubbed Salmon & Fennel Parsley Salad
Treat yourself to a healthy, delicious salmon salad enhanced with cumin, fennel and parsley.
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Kripalu Recipe: Naan
Fresh naan is the perfect accompaniment to your meal.
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Kripalu Recipe: Spinach, Swiss Chard and Pine Nuts
Savor the season with an easy weeknight dish.
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Kripalu Recipe: Grilled Mahi Mahi and Artichoke Caper Relish
Get your grill going with this summer recipe featuring the season's best vegetables and mahi mahi.
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Kripalu Recipe: Grilled Ginger Tofu and Citrus Salsa
Enjoy this fresh and invigorating citrus salsa paired with grilled tofu for a perfect summery meal.
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Kripalu Recipe: Moroccan BBQ Glaze
An excellent flavor-filled option for your summer gatherings, this glaze makes a wonderful addition to anything from grilled chicken, salmon, tofu, or even grilled eggplant!
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Kripalu Recipe: Green Curry Sauce
This summer, try this savory and fresh green curry! This sauce goes well with fish, shrimp and chicken. For those that want to keep your meal vegetarian, this sauce will go great with seared tofu, sautéed vegetables, or your favorite noodle.
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Kripalu Recipe: Aloo Gobi
For a flavor-packed vegetarian curry, try Kripalu's take on this delicious and warm Indian staple.
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Kripalu Recipe: Adobo Chicken or Tofu with Avocado Crème
Enjoy a fresh summer entrée with the protein of your choice topped with a flavorful avocado sauce!
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Kripalu Recipe: Ginger Almond Broccoli Salad
Use the flavors of the season in this summery broccoli salad with an invigorating almond ginger dressing.
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Kripalu Recipe: Fennel Relish
Add some summer zest to your meal with this refreshing fennel-forward side dish!
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Kripalu Recipe: Lemony Carrot Soup
Savor the season with an easy carrot soup recipe.
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Kripalu Recipe: Curried Cauliflower, Potatoes, Chard, and Peas
Fill your home with the delicious aroma of spices, garlic, and delicious cauliflower.
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Kripalu Recipe: Veggie or Chicken Pot Pie with Cornbread Biscuits
Start your ovens and get ready for a nutritious and classic fall meal.
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Kripalu Recipe: Simple Cucumber Raita
Beat the end-of-summer heat with our own cucumber raita side dish.
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Kripalu Recipe: Crispy Sweet Potato Fries
Wedges of sweet potatoes, tossed with oil, sprinkled with salt, and baked at high heat until browned—what could be better?
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Kripalu Kitchen: Oatmeal Raisin “Truffles”
A sweet treat for morning, noon, or night.
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Kripalu Recipe: Raspberry Avocado Mousse
Late summer means fresh raspberry season. Pick up a few containers from your local farmer's market or in your backyard for a delicious, easy end-of-summer treat.
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Kripalu Recipe: Mushroom Nut Pâté
Enjoy this gluten-free, vegan pate during your Thanksgiving feast.
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Kripalu Recipe: OMG Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Kripalu's famous OMG Chocolate Cherry Cookie recipe revealed at last.
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Kripalu Recipe: Braised Kale and Apple Slaw
Pair this delicious slaw with your Thanksgiving feast.
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Kripalu Recipe: Gluten-Free Vegan Gravy
Try Chef Jeremy's iconic recipe he's planning on serving this holiday season.
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Kripalu Recipe: Black Cherry and Cranberry Chutney
A signature side, ready for any holiday meal or to brighten up your snack.
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Kripalu Recipe: Spiced Squash Ginger Bisque
Enjoy this vegan, spicy version of classic pumpkin soup.
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Kripalu Recipe: Celery Root and Parsnip Puree
Enjoy this new recipe for your Thanksgiving holiday.
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Kripalu Recipe: Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Part of the charm of this comforting coffee cake is that some of the streusel topping falls into the batter, creating a surprise layer of sweetness, cinnamon, and crunch right in the middle.
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Kitchen Staples to Stock Up On, from Our Executive Chef
Think filling, tasty, nutritional powerhouses that have shelf life.
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Kripalu Recipe: Thai Scrambled Tofu
This recipe from Kripalu Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith works equally well as breakfast, brunch, lunch, or breakfast-for-dinner.
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Favorite Foods and Cooking Tips from Kripalu’s Executive Chef
Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu’s Executive Chef, began his career in classical French cuisine. Then he had a “midlife cooking crisis."
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Kripalu Recipe: Mushroom Cheesesteaks
Be prepared for a big burst of juicy, satisfying, savory flavor in these sandwiches.
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Kripalu Recipe: Sorrel Pesto
Sorrel has a bright, tangy acidity that gives a lift to roasted veggies, pasta, and anything else you put it on, says Kripalu Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith.
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How to Bring Side Dishes to Center Stage on Your Table
But when we bring sides to center stage, we eat more vegetables.
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Kripalu Recipe: Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Kimchi Sauce
As a fermented food, kimchi provides some fantastic prebiotics and probiotics to improve your digestive health. Just don’t cook it or you’ll kill all the good stuff.
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Creative (and Tasty!) Dressings and Toppings for Summer Salads
Grab whatever’s green and try these tips for throwing together light side dishes or hearty meals.
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Kripalu Recipe: Pumpkin Pie with Cardamom Whipped Cream
The flavors of this pie integrate nicely overnight, so you can bake it the day before serving.
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Kripalu Recipe: Thai Basil Lemonade
This recipe inspired by Ayurveda is the perfect summer mocktail.
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Kripalu Recipe: Grilled Zucchini with Cherry Tomatoes and Sorrel Puree
A perfect balance of ingredients.
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6 Tips for Home Cooking from the Kripalu Kitchen
Jeremy Rock Smith gives advice on how to avoid the most common roadblocks that home cooks face.
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The One Knife Everyone Needs, Plus More Chopping Tips from Jeremy Rock Smith
Kripalu’s Executive Chef shares advice on the most fundamental skills and tools for every kitchen.
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The Yoga of Cooking
As with yoga, there are guidelines for cooking, but we each choose the style that fits us best.
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Seven Tips for Better Baking from Kripalu’s Culinary Ambassador
When it comes to baking, says Jeremy, you can’t rush it and you can’t control everything.
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Kripalu Recipe: Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Layers of crushed graham crackers, sweetened peanut butter, and dark chocolate ganache.
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Kripalu Recipe: Raisin Sauce
Here is the most magical asked-for recipe at Kripalu. We go through a ton of it—we actually make it in 5-gallon buckets.
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An Excerpt from Our New Kripalu Kitchen Cookbook
Dozens of holistic wellness strategies and 115 deeply satisfying recipes.
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5 Ways to Embrace Winter, Kripalu-Style
Create new, healthy routines, learn how to take cold-weather comfort food to the next level, and adventure into the snow-covered woods this winter at Kripalu.
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9 Heart-Opening Things Couples Can Do at Kripalu
If Valentine's Day has you thinking about how to nurture your relationship, consider stepping outside your daily routine together, and into a space that’s dedicated to mindful connection.
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Kripalu Recipe: Buddha Bowl
Here's how to fill your bowl with a balance of colorful greens, grains, vegetables, protein-rich foods, nuts, seeds, seasonings, and sauces.
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Behind the Scenes in the Kripalu Bakery
From sourdough to scones, all the deliciousness happens in the Kripalu Bakery! Take a guided tour with Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith.
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4 Things to Do with Your Extra Day
Leap Day may look and feel like any other day of the year, but why not treat it like a rare and special gift?
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Behind the Scenes in the Kripalu Kitchen
Take a guided tour and find out where all the magic happens!
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The Joy of Cooking
“I always think of cooking as empowering, and compare it to having a practice like yoga,” says Kripalu Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith.
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Five Tips for Feeling Empowered in the Kitchen, from Kripalu’s Culinary Ambassador
Getting back in the kitchen for the first time in a while?
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5 Yoga and Ayurveda Tips for Happy, Healthy Travel
Get ready for the road with yoga and Ayurveda tools that can counteract some of the common physical and emotional issues that often come with travel.
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The Summer Foodie
One of the best things about summer is eating fresh produce in season. When it's local and organic, that's even better.
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The Yoga of ‘Chopped’
Kripalu's Executive Chef was the first-ever 'Chopped' competitor from a yoga center.
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Cooking as Self-Care
In mindfully creating our meals, we nourish ourselves and others, both physically and spiritually.
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Being the Helper: Confessions of an Unenthusiastic Cook
As a perfectionist who finds it hard to multi-task, author and Kripalu faculty Lara Tupper find that cooking pushes all my buttons.
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Eating Your Way to Good Health
The Paleo diet argues for a return to how our ancestors ate—mainly fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, with limited amounts of fish, seafood, poultry, and whole grains.
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How to Experience Fall at Kripalu
Experience autumn in the Berkshires with all five senses—at the retreat center and in the beautiful landscapes and picturesque towns that surround our campus.
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Kripalu Perspectives: Food, Glorious Food! with Jeremy Rock Smith
Kripalu Executive Chef Jeremy Rock Smith discusses how food nourishes us not just physically but also emotionally and spiritually.
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